{"id":14470,"date":"2018-11-25T14:18:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=14470"},"modified":"2019-10-09T14:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:56:23","slug":"march-for-our-lives-wins-international-childrens-peace-prize-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=14470","title":{"rendered":"March For Our Lives wins International Children\u2019s Peace Prize 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

An article from Kids Rights<\/a><\/p>\n

The March for Our Lives initiators, who started the American mass youth movement for safer schools and communities and against gun violence, have won the International Children\u2019s Peace Prize 2018. <\/p>\n


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\nWatch a\u00a0short documentary about March For Our Lives\u00a0<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Today [20 November], on Universal Children\u2019s Day, David Hogg, Emma Gonz\u00e1lez, Jaclyn Corin and Matt Deitsch, received the prize from Archbishop Desmond Tutu during a special ceremony held in Cape Town, South Africa in the presence of distinguished guests and the world press. The International Children\u2019s Peace Prize is an initiative of the international children\u2019s rights organization KidsRights. The young winner\u2019s message each year reaches millions of people worldwide.<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has been the patron of The International Children\u2019s Peace Prize and KidsRights for more than a decade, said that March For Our Lives is one of the most significant youth-led mass movements in living memory. \u201cThe peaceful campaign to demand safe schools and communities and the eradication of gun violence is reminiscent of other great peace movements in history. I am in awe of these children, whose powerful message is amplified by their youthful energy and an unshakable belief that children can, no must, improve their own futures. They are true changemakers who have demonstrated most powerfully that children can move the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Questions related to this article:<\/div>\n
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\nDo you think handguns should be banned?, Why or why not?<\/a><\/p>\n

Youth initiatives for a culture of peace, How can we ensure they get the attention and funding they deserve?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nMarch For Our Lives<\/strong><\/p>\n

David, Emma, Jaclyn and Matt co-initiated March For Our Lives alongside more than 20 other students, after their school was the scene of a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida this past February, with 17 fatal casualties. Personally affected by the tragedy, they responded by organizing the March For Our Lives event in the spring of 2018 to demand safer schools and communities and to protest gun violence. Hundreds of thousands participated in the rally and more than 800 sister marches took place that same day across the US and beyond. For David, Emma, Jaclyn and Matt, this was only the beginning. In the\u00a0summer of 2018 the group\u00a0took to the road,\u00a0visiting 80 communities in 24 states leading discussions and advocating for the creation of safer communities. <\/p>\n

They lobbied, held town hall rallies, and motivated thousands of young people to register to vote. The March For Our Lives movement has continued to be highly vocal and very successful. <\/p>\n

Since its advent, over 25 US states have passed more than 50 pieces of legislation in line with their cause.
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\nA call on the international community to halt violence in schools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marc Dullaert, founder of KidsRights and the International Children\u2019s Peace Prize, said that out of the extremely impressive group of nominees, March For Our Lives was this year\u2019s most deserved winner, if only due to the sheer size of the movement that it inspired in 2018: \u201cMarch For Our Lives has transformed a local community protest into a truly global youth-led and peaceful protest movement. The initiators have utilized the skills and knowledge of young people to generate positive change, whilst mobilizing millions of their peers, controlling the public narrative on the issues that matter to them, and making people in power listen. This will shape the way in which children\u2019s rights are campaigned in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the ceremony today, Mr. Dullaert called upon the international community to halt the surge in school violence witnessed internationally. \u201cSchools must be protected as safe havens for children. KidsRights calls upon the international community to halt this issue and to prevent schools from becoming battlegrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DISARMAMENT & SECURITY . An article from Kids Rights The March for Our Lives initiators, who started the American mass youth movement for safer schools and communities and against gun violence, have won the International Children\u2019s Peace Prize 2018. Watch a\u00a0short documentary about March For Our Lives\u00a0 Today [20 November], on Universal Children\u2019s Day, David … Continue reading March For Our Lives wins International Children\u2019s Peace Prize 2018<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,76,91],"tags":[11,5],"class_list":["post-14470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disarmament","category-global","category-north-america","tag-global","tag-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}