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4 Examples of Policy and Program Strategies for Reducing Violence and Promoting Citizenship Engagement and Peace
4 Examples of Policy and Program Strategies for Reducing Violence and Promoting Citizenship Engagement and Peace
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HRH Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, co-chair of Every Woman Every Child EveryWhere, introduced Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) as a global movement that aims to save the lives of millions of women, c hildren, and adolescents around the world by targeting major health challenges through the provision of health services.
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The latter is dedicated to the women, peace, and security agenda that provide what Salah deemed an impressive normative legal framework that integrates women's equal participation in peace and reconciliation initiatives. The aforementioned is occurring alongside the escalating engagement of civil society buttressed by the rising voice of women and children requesting their own involvement in promoting resilience, social cohesion, and peace (United Nations Security Council, 2000)
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Furthermore, HRH maintained that proper nutrition is necessary to support a woman in what should be her choice to conceive, and then in her carrying, delivering, and nursing her child. Second, HRH advocated for counting everyone, everywhere, by providing birth certificates and identity cards, even in the most dire of circum tances where vulnerable populations are currently denied access s to services because these people "do not exist." Providing concrete examples, HRH referenced children conceived in violence due to rape, mothers who are children themselves, and children whose mothers are forced to flee without identity papers.
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Moving beyond the individual, El Chammay commented on the link between mental health and peace building at the policy level where he argued social justice should be the cornerstone for alignment between the two. El Chammay noted that violence and conflict are significant determinants of poor mental health, which bring about feelings of sorrow and grief -- normal reactions to abnormal situations.
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Those that will inevitably develop PTSD and psychotic episodes will require health care systems, which he urged needs to be in place. El Chammay suggested a sequencing of priorities for individuals during times of conflict, stating that emergency mental health care is typically left out of the provision of other basic needs such as shelter, protection, and education.
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Notwithstanding these important support interventions, the UN Secretary-General and the Peacebuilding Support Office have come to recognize that equitably and transparently leveraging social services in a way that meets community needs also contributes to peace, resilience, and social cohesion, and deserves consideration. In reference to the work of UNICEF, Affolter highlighted how UNICEF's position as a UN agency delivering critical services (education, water, sanitation, hygiene, health, and nutrition)
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Elsewhere such as in Burundi or Uganda, host communities struggling to absorb incoming refugees and internally displaced persons benefited from investment support for school and early childhood development centers, as they facilitated the peaceful integration of children from host community and refugee groups, both experiencing considerable amounts of distress that could have sparked resentment and inter community violence. Affolter concluded that while peace building is multidimensional, requiring diplomacy and structural reforms, social services also do play a significant role.
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. BOX 4-2 Convention on the Rights of the Child Presented by Andrew Claypole The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an inter national human rights treaty aimed at upholding the distinct rights of children as h uman beings.
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Harnessing the international energy channeled toward child rights and violence issues, the SRSG launched a new initiative in March 2016 to galvanize political will and mobilize widespread social support for children's protection from violence. The High Time to End Violence against Children Initiative calls on governments, communities, civil society, the private sector, and individual citizens to commit to bringing an end to violence against children.
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32 INVESTING IN YOUNG CHILDREN FOR PEACEFUL SOCIETIES BOX 4-3 SDG Violence Against Children-Related Targets 16.2 nd abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against and E torture of children 5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and pri vate spheres, including trafficking, and sexual and other types of exploitation 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early, and forced marriage and female genital mutilation 8.7 limination of the worst forms of child labour, including slavery, human traf E ficking, and recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms 4.a Provide safe, non-violent, inclusive, and effective learning environments for all 4.7 Ensure that all learners acquire knowledge .
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Because o reconciliation is an important part of society in Colombia, Alarcón stated that community rituals, returning to places associated with home and community, and tempering painful memories are all fundamental to the implementation of the programs that seek to promote reconciliation. Alarcón concluded by stating that these efforts for addressing early childhood development amidst the conditions fostered by structural violence in Colombia demonstrate how an integrated framework can be used to help children overcome their exposure to prolonged conflict.1 PERSPECTIVES FROM THE GROUND Prior to a systematic summary of breakout sessions, workshop participants came together using Poll Everywhere to offer candid responses on what individuals learned from the breakout sessions and what emerged that was a surprise during the breakout sessions (see Box 4-4)
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Strategies need to take into account the coexistence of chronic challenges facing children with their acute basic needs emerging from conflict. Issa concluded by reminding workshop participants that children and families have the transformative power to promote peace and reduce violence.
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STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE AND PROMOTING CITIZENSHIP 35 To follow, workshop participants were asked what about the discussion in the breakout sessions surprised them: FIGURE 4-2 Screen capture of Poll Everywhere question and responses. SOURCE: www.PollEverywhere.com.
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2. Leverage mothers, parents, and the full family to be vehicles for supporting all areas of early childhood development insofar as families are critical to emphasizing values of compassion, tolerance, and positivity among chil dren who are so deeply affected by conflict, while at the same time providing support to host communities.
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a The disabilities and developmental delays perspective that was supposed to be repre sented in this breakout session was not possible because the workshop speaker was denied entry upon arrival at the airport.
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Crystal Professor in Adolescent Health and Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at the Icahn School of Medi cine, Mount Sinai, reported for the breakout session that considered different dimensions of youth and human rights perspectives during times of conflict. The breakout session participants observed the exchange between Hamzah Al Najar, a youth representative of Generations for Peace, as he was interviewed by Nicole B ehnam from the International Rescue Commission.
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