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La vision d’un monde meilleur pour les enfants, où ceux-ci seraient protégés de la violence et des abus sexuels au sein de leur famille, à l’école et dans leur communauté, a été affirmée avec détermination par les représentants et représentantes d’organisations religieuses et laïques lors d’un forum qui s’est tenu le 27 août à Genève (Suisse).

Violence against children was one emerging issue discussed at the Christian Conference of Asia's assembly. “It is still a sad reality in large parts of the world, but momentum to end violence against children is growing within governments and communities, amongst parents and religious leaders. This is a good thing since it takes everyone to make a change”, says Lauren Rumble, UNICEF’s chief of child protection in Indonesia.

La violence faite aux enfants était l’un des points prioritaires figurant à l’ordre du jour de la réunion de la Conférence chrétienne d’Asie. «C’est encore une triste réalité dans de vastes régions du monde, mais le dynamisme pour lutter contre la violence faite aux enfants s’accroît au sein des gouvernements et des communautés, chez les parents et les chefs religieux. C’est excellent, car c’est en nous unissant qu’on induira un changement», indique Lauren Rumble, du Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF) en Indonésie.

A worship resource published by the Churches’ Network for Non-violence and the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children invites church leaders and Christian communities to help end corporal punishment of children. The Churches’ Network for Non-violence includes member churches of the WCC.

للتعبيرعن تضامنها مع الكنائس في إسرائيل وفلسطين وشعبيهما قامت رئاسة اللجنة المركزية في مجلس الكنائس العالمي بزيارة إلى إسرائيل وفلسطين بين السابع والثاني عشر من آذار/مارس.

The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, this week invited 20 of its major partners from the private sector and civil society to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The WCC general secretary represented faith based-organizations at a high-level breakfast in New York hosted by the UN agency.

The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has congratulated the two children's rights activists who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

For the National Council of Churches of Brazil (CONIC), the World Cup offers a unique opportunity to provide pastoral care and highlight understanding about Brazil.

The abduction of more than 250 young women by the Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria has prompted “profound concern” from the WCC, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit. In his letter to Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, Tveit encouraged “swift and peaceful” action to restore these students back to their homes.

To promote children's rights and eliminate violence against children, the WCC invites its member churches to join an inter-religious call for prayer and action on 20 November.

Arrests of Palestinian civilians and vandalism of their homes at the hands of Israeli military forces is not a new phenomenon in the West Bank. Natalie Maxson, a volunteer for the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel speaks from her experience of meeting a family in Azzun faced with a similar situation.

Alors que 2.2 milliards de personnes dans le monde sont des enfants, les Eglises tant du Sud que du Nord ignorent souvent ceux-ci dans les ministères de Dieu. Les problèmes des enfants, leur place dans l’Eglise, les droits des enfants dans le monde, toutes ces questions ont besoin de l’appui d’une voix chrétienne forte et unie.

While 2.2 billion of the world's population is children, churches both in South and North have often ignored children amidst God's ministries. Children's issues, their place in churches and children's rights in the world, all need a strong united Christian voice.

L’histoire commence avec Pierre. Pas le Pierre de la Bible, simplement un gamin prénommé Pierre, un peu boulot, avec des bosses sur le visage et, il faut le dire, qui ne sent parfois pas très bon.

The story starts with Peter. Not biblical Peter, just a kid named Peter who's a little bit overweight, who has bumps on his face, and, oh, yeah – sometimes, he doesn't smell very good.