Faiths will commit to child protection at Coventry Cathedral service
-13/10/06
Endorsi
Faiths will commit to child protection at Coventry Cathedral service
-13/10/06
Endorsing the recommendations of the United Nations secretary generalís Global Study on Violence Against Children, released yesterday, members of the UKís major faith groups and charities will this weekend make a commitment to protecting children from all forms of violence.
During a special service on Saturday 14 October at Coventry Cathedral to highlight this issue, members of the Anglican, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Methodist and Jewish communities as well as representatives from the NSPCC, Save the Children, Barnardo’s and the Childrenís Society will sign a special charter.
An initiative of the Churchesí Network For Non-Violence (CNNV), the Coventry Charter for Children and Non-Violence pledges to work in cooperation to foster respect for children, to campaign for greater recognition of childrenís rights under law and to support all those working with children.
Ms Christine Dodd, Coordinator of the CNNV, said; ìWe believe that children are entitled to the same level of protection as adults and that no form of violence against children is justifiable. The protection of children is the responsibility of the whole community and working together towards a culture of respect for children is a key towards ending violence against childrenî.
In particular, the Charter raises concerns about the corporal punishment of children as currently legal in the UK and the need to foster non-violent forms of parenting. It promotes and supports childrenís human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, described by Nelson Mandela in 2000 as ìThat luminous living document that enshrines the rights of every living child without exception to a life of dignity and fulfilmentî.
The public are invited to attend Saturdayís service in Coventry Cathedral at 2.30pm, which will bring together those of different faiths and none.
The first of a series of such events, it will feature, say the organizers, ìa celebration of children as made in Godís likeness with a real contribution to make to family and community lifeî.
Candles will be lit to signify the respect that children deserve and to remember those around the world suffering from violence.
Faiths will commit to child protection at Coventry Cathedral service
-13/10/06
Endorsing the recommendations of the United Nations secretary generalís Global Study on Violence Against Children, released yesterday, members of the UKís major faith groups and charities will this weekend make a commitment to protecting children from all forms of violence.
During a special service on Saturday 14 October at Coventry Cathedral to highlight this issue, members of the Anglican, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Methodist and Jewish communities as well as representatives from the NSPCC, Save the Children, Barnardo’s and the Childrenís Society will sign a special charter.
An initiative of the Churchesí Network For Non-Violence (CNNV), the Coventry Charter for Children and Non-Violence pledges to work in cooperation to foster respect for children, to campaign for greater recognition of childrenís rights under law and to support all those working with children.
Ms Christine Dodd, Coordinator of the CNNV, said; ìWe believe that children are entitled to the same level of protection as adults and that no form of violence against children is justifiable. The protection of children is the responsibility of the whole community and working together towards a culture of respect for children is a key towards ending violence against childrenî.
In particular, the Charter raises concerns about the corporal punishment of children as currently legal in the UK and the need to foster non-violent forms of parenting. It promotes and supports childrenís human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, described by Nelson Mandela in 2000 as ìThat luminous living document that enshrines the rights of every living child without exception to a life of dignity and fulfilmentî.
The public are invited to attend Saturdayís service in Coventry Cathedral at 2.30pm, which will bring together those of different faiths and none.
The first of a series of such events, it will feature, say the organizers, ìa celebration of children as made in Godís likeness with a real contribution to make to family and community lifeî.
Candles will be lit to signify the respect that children deserve and to remember those around the world suffering from violence.