International Conference #Mothers4Peace – Report, presentations and resources

 Report of the Conference

Presentations

• Introduction by Anne-Claire de Liedekerke, President of Make Mothers Matter (in French)

Personal and familial level “Peace begins in the home”

• Presentation of Rima Salah, an Assistant clinical professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF; co-author of “Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families” with Yale Profs. James Leckman and Catherine Panter-Brick.

Video shown during the presentation: Mother & Child Education program 2012-2013 (in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon)

• Presentation of Gary Barker, Director and Founder of Promundo Institute, a leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls

Also shown prior to the presentation:

Community level

• Introductory video: Security Moms – Brazil

• Fostering peaceful Communities in Morocco – A program of Creative Associates International to counter violent extremism in vulnerable communities in Marocco.
  → Read the article of Femme du Maroc on a pilot project that empowers mothers and young women to counter violent extremism (in French), which is part of this program.
• The “Mothers’ Schools” of Women without borders

Closing

• Presentation of Pauline Ambrogi, MMM representative at UNESCO on education, gender equality and peace issues. Author of a book in preparation on Mothers for Peace (in French)

Other resources

• Article of Marwa Azelmat following the conference

See also:

• The full program and the speakers’ bios
• The Photo Gallery