Unpacking Children and Young Peoples Participation in Promoting a Safe Environment Caux, Switzerland 28 July 2013 Maria Lucia Uribe Director, Arigatou International - Geneva Safe environment for children and youth: from a protection to a development perspective

Human Dignity Human life is sacred Fulfillment of basic necessities Capacity to choose and make decisions freely Develop identity 2 Learning to Live Together © Stacy Hughes

Safety – Protection perspective Physical Emotional Environmental 3 Learning to Live Together Cognitive Spiritual Safety – From Protection to Development Perspective © Stacy Hughes

Safety – From Protection to a Development perspective 4 Learning to Live Together Direct violence Structural violence Cultural violence * Johan Galtung Physical and verbal mal/mistreatment and abuse Inequalities, injustices, environmental degradation Indoctrination, manipulation, conditioning

Physical safety – threatened by Child labor Sexual exploitation/abuse Child trafficking Recruitment child soldiers Corporal Punishment Child marriage 5 Learning to Live Together © Stacy Hughes

Emotional safety – threatened by Verbal abuse Isolation Discrimination Bullying Exclusion Vertical relationships Manipulation 6 Learning to Live Together © Stacy Hughes

Environmental safety – threatened by No proper construction of schools Unavailability of washing facilities Attacks - conflicts Natural disasters Environmental hazards Poverty - inequalities 7 Learning to Live Together © Stacy Hughes

Cognitive safety – threatened by Malnutrition Inadequate stimulation of learning opportunities Indoctrination 8 Learning to Live Together © Stacy Hughes

Spiritual safety – threatened by 9 Learning to Live Together Lack of spaces for silence and reflection No opportunities for children to practice their own religion No space for possibilities No emphasis on self-expression and for questioning No priority to the arts, nature, sports No encouragement or time for dialogue Absence of Role modeling

Spiritual safety 10 Learning to Live Together © Arigatou International

Learning to Live Together 11 Learning to Live Together An intercultural and interfaith programme for ethics education Educational manual with tools and resources for educators A pedagogical approach to learning

Learning to Live Together 12 Learning to Live Together

Safe learning environment Control of their own learning Trust Encouragement Dialogue Develop themselves Get to know themselves and others Cooperation and collaboration 13 Learning to Live Together

Safe learning environment 14 Learning to Live Together

Ecuador and Tanzania - Belonging 15 Learning to Live Together © Arigatou International

Being 16 Learning to Live Together

Israel - Connecting 17 Learning to Live Together © Arigatou International

India, Colombia and Belgium – Becoming 18 Learning to Live Together

Children and youth around the world TRANSFORMING 19 Learning to Live Together

Children and Youths participation and Safe environment 20 Learning to Live Together Safety as a promoter of the full development of the child and as a leverage to foster the participation of children in the promotion of safe environments

21 Learning to Live Together Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Lifes longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday... Khalil Gibran