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20 NOVEMBER – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS “CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO PEACE” The Educational Cooperation Movement (MCE) and FIMEM (International Federation of Modern School Movements)
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MCE - FIMEM RELEASE
“CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO PEACE”
In a difficult moment in which a terrible pandemic has put health in crisis all over the world, sociability, solidarity, the normal life of millions of people and especially of children, also deprived of the vitality of the school, appears -in this year 2022- even a war in Europe, which is added to those often forgotten or little known internationally, which have been afflicting populations especially in Africa and Asia for several years.
A devastating conflict has also thrown the peoples of Europe into crisis, a “rich and evolved continent”, demonstrating that war and the funereal arms trade have no borders and limits, nor spatial, nor thunderstorms.
We invite teachers from all over the world, in particular those of the Freinet Movements which refer to popular pedagogy, always oriented towards the formation of individuals capable of cooperating and building a society that realizes the values of justice and equality, to be more than ever peacekeepers.
On the occasion of the anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention, the next 20 November, we invite educators and educators to start courses, initiatives, activities aimed at drawing attention to the Right to Peace as a fundamental right for all humanity, primarily for infancy, and as an inalienable good.
We propose that the 20 November 2022 (and/or in the following days) the “International Day of Right to Peace”, either an opportunity to start or already implement, routes and activities aimed at:
– to live experiences that settle the habit of keeping an open mind and available for discussion and to welcome new solutions to problems
– live formative experiences of active citizenship, democratic and planetary by experimenting with solidarity and care for common goods
– experience the school as an active community, open to the area, and able to reflect and intervene on the problems of reality
– become aware of the fact that boys and girls, girls and boys from all over the world are bearers of rights that must be educated to affirm from an early age, especially the Right to Peace.
Respecting the autonomy of each reality, some activities are proposed, achievable in a short time or over a long period
- Reading books, narratives, documents (ad is. articles of the Constitution, of the Declaration of Human Rights, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child), view of works of art, film, video etc…
- Reading of passages of different types, also by authors who exalted war as a problem solver
- Staging of situations in which conflicts are resolved in a non-violent way also using theatrical techniques (role play, theatre-image …)
- Production of narratives, video, etc… on the topic
- Comparison between boys and girls, girls and boys on their experiences in relation to the war
- Animation games on conflict resolution and cooperation.
- Flash Mob/ performance (making images, images built with bodies, written ...)
- Participation in the 'Caravan of Peace' https://www.lacarovanadeipacifici.it/come-partecipare/
- Implementation of proposals to be brought to the institutions
Useful materials can be found on the web pages (http://www.webottegaforthepeace.it/it/attivita) and
( https://www.fimem-freinet.org/action-pour-la-paix )
The managers of each initiative will be able to draw up a short press release on the activity carried out and send it to webottegaforthepeace@gmail.com , oppure a webmaster@fimem-freinet.org , accompanied by a short photo-videographic documentation, also reporting the opinions of the participants, to insert it on the dedicated FIMEM website https://www.fimem-freinet.org/action-pour-la-paix), and on the site http://www.webottegaforthepeace.it/it/attivita . The important thing will be to leave a "trace" of the work done, which will be useful for the continuation of the commitment.
In the spring of 2023 a live webinar will be organized with national and international realities (with which significant contacts exist), by the MCE, in which girls and boys, participating boys and girls, will present the activities carried out.
You are invited to adhere to this proposal:
– The Territorial Groups of MCE Italy
– The teachers of the Movements adhering to the FIMEM
– The FIMEM Commissions: Rights of the Child, and Peace Education
– Girls and boys, boys and girls from all over the world, with their teachers, cultural operators, associations.
The CA FIMEM – MCE ITALY
OTHER MATERIALS ON THE PAGE http://www.webottegaforthepeace.it/it/attivita