Lauren Chamberlain

From Conflict to Peace Building: The Power of Early Childhood Initiatives: Lessons From Around the World

While very young children (birth-age eight) are often seen as "too young" to be a part of peacebuilding efforts, research shows that early childhood initiatives can be powerful vehicles for building peace and long-term positive change within conflict-affected communities.  From Conflict to Peacebuilding, by Paul Connolly, Jaqueline Hayden, and Diane Levin (author of the amazing book, Teaching Young Children in Violent Times) offers a critical discussion of how violent conflict impacts the youngest members of society, and presents case studies from around the world to support the assertion that "The early years sector has an important role to play nationally and internationally in advocating for children and bringing pressure to bear for peace" (107). 

The entire book, which was published in 2007 by the World Forum Foundation, can be found here:

http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/pdf/peace/WF_Peacebook_complete.pdf

Enjoy!

Lauren

Tags: Early, childhood, conflict, education, peacebuilding

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