AMI and UNESCO Partnerships for Advocacy and Networks

Victoria Barrès 5th EsF Assembly, Hyderabad, , August 4, 2016

Maria Montessori gave many speeches on social reform

1896 2 Women’s Conferences in (she had just graduated from medical school)

1900 Advocacy against child labor, London with Queen Elisabeth Montessori and Gandhi meet in 1931

Maria Montessori Training Center, London Montessori on Education & Peace a few dates

1932 , Montessori Speech on “Peace” Int’l Bureau Education 1936 , European Peace Conference 1937 Conference “Educate for Peace” Conference, Danish Parliament, May 22

“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war”

Maria Montessori Maria Montessori: Discovery of the Child 1948

Conviction that mankind can hope for a solution to its problems Early start to learn about Human Rights

Children at UN Kindergarten, 1948

Education for All Girls - “I can write” Yemen Nagasaki Angel UNESCO Peace Garden UNESCO Peace Garden

Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO

UNESCO “Square of Tolerance”

“If wars begin in the minds of men, then it is in the minds of men that peace must be built.”

What does Montessori mean by ‘education’? A non-violent education Carefully prepared adult Carefully prepared materials & activities Children have choices Children have time Exploring the beauty of the natural world starting in infancy Give me the world! Peaceful behaviour after concentration - internal transformation

UN Resolution on a Culture of Peace

to promote Global Movement Culture of Peace

Eight areas:

1) Education and Peace: over 1,000 initiatives. Institutionalizing an Academic Path for Future Peacebuilders.

2) Sustainable development. Included since Rio Conference in 1992.

3) Equality between women and men

4) and 5) Human Rights, Tolerance and Solidarity

6) Democratic participation

7) Free circulation of information

8) Disarmament In 2000, the Security Council unanimously adopts

Resolution 1325 calling for broad participation of women in peace-building, post-conflict reconstruction

City Montessori School Lucknow, India

Unesco Prize Peace Education 2002 Schools as Lighthouses

UNESCO prize for peace education, “A school must act as a lighthouse of society, providing direction and guidance, for each child is potentially the light of the world... as a future conscious and proactive member of society.” Mr Matsuura former Director General UNESCO to City Montessori School, 2002 Promoting a Culture of Peace

"The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction.

- Dr. Maria Montessori Education and Peace, page 58

Corner of Hope Solidarity in camp for children Corner of Hope NGO/UNESCO Culture of Peace Event, 2013 Video Skit by Children at Corner of Hope

Montessori's hope for the world, for peace, and for lasting positive changes lay in the children and the men or women they would become. Indigenous children expressing their culture

Members of the International Coalition December 2010

National Coalitions: : Österreichisches Netzwerk für Frieden und Gewaltfreiheit Benin : Coordination béninoise pour la Proposal Décennie : Coordination canadienne pour la Décennie – observer for an International Declaration Congo Brazzaville : Plate-forme congolaise pour la Décennie Democratic Republic of Congo :Coordination congolaise pour la Décennie on children’s right : Coordination française pour la Décennie : Kooperation für den Frieden - to violence-free education observer Guinea : Coordination guinéenne pour la Décennie – observer and to peace and non-violence : Comitato italiano per il Decennio : Coordination malienne pour la Décennie – observer education Morocco : Coordination marocaine pour la Décennie internationale : Platform voor een Cultuur van Vrede en Geweldloosheid Niger : Coordination nigérienne pour la Original: French Décennie : Coordination sénégalaise pour la Décennie – observer : Coordination togolaise pour la Décennie

International organisations: Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Church and Peace Everest Range network– observer Franciscans International Friends World Committee for Consultation – Quakers Gandhi International – observer Initiatives of Change International International Federation of Action by Chistians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT) International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) International Network Youth and Non- Violence – observer International Pax Romana / ICMICA Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace – observer International Coalition for the Decade Réseau Foi, Culture et Education – Central Africa for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Servicio Paz y Justicia en América Latina (SERPAJ- AL) – observer for the Children of the World (2001-2010) SIGNIS - World Catholic Association for Communication Women’s International League for Peace and 148, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis – F-75010 Freedom (WILPF) Tel.: + 33 (0)1 40 36 06 60 World Council of Churches (WCC) – observer Fax: + 33 (0)1 40 36 06 80 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.nvpdecade.org

2008 Peace Salon Paris

Children’s version International Declaration

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“It is clear that nature includes among the missions she has entrusted to the child, the mission of arousing adults to reach a higher level.

The children take us to a higher plane of the spirit and material problems are thereby solved.”

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Montessori Institute for Peace Studies

Youth for Alliance of Civilizations:

Promoting Dialogue, building a Culture of Peace

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Global Youth Solidarity Fund and Programme

UNESCO Youth Forum 2011 Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development A joint initiative by UNESCO and the Government of India UNESCO - CULTURE DIALOGUE Joy We shall understand one another, in spite of differences of language because we have at least two common principles that unite us: the love of the child and the love of freedom.

“The gift of peaceful education must given to young children.” Maria Montessori

“The choice is no longer between violence and non-violence. It is between non- violence and non-existence”.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace Garden, UNESCO, Paris

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed. UNESCO , Preamble, Constitution, 1946