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[Civil Society Briefing] “Childhood After Atrocity Crimes: Hope for Peace, Dignity and Equality”
4 February 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Free
Civil Society Briefing “Childhood after Atrocity Crimes: Hope for Peace, Dignity and Equality”
Register here: bit.ly/39Kzaau
Experts examine the approaches taken to support children who survived the Holocaust and consider how these approaches contributed to models adopted for contemporary practice for working with young people who have survived atrocity crimes.
The briefing is organized by the Outreach Programme on the Holocaust and the Civil Society Unit of the United Nations Department of Global Communications.
SPEAKERS
Ms. Hawa Diallo, Chief, Civil Society Unit, Department of Global Communications
Dr. Beth B. Cohen, Social Historian and Author
Professor Theresa S. Betancourt, Boston College School of Social Work
Ms. Divina Maloum, Founder, Children for Peace
POEM
Lament of Syria
by Ms. Amineh Abou Kerech, Winner, Betjeman Poetry Prize 2017
For more information about the 2021 Holocaust Remembrance please visit: https://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance
If you have questions please contact: education-outreach@un.org
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bknotts@uua.org or bobbinassar@gmail.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, please visit unforb.org.