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| Children
and Poverty: The Impact of Economic, Social and Political Choices |
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| The Organization
for the Protection of Children’s Rights (O.P.C.R.) organized
a 5th International Conference on the Child with the theme:
Children and Poverty: The Impact of Economic, Social and Political
Choices. The conference brought together approximately 100
speakers from 26 countries and was held on May 23-25, 2002 at the
Hilton Montreal Airport Hotel. |
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| The speakers
and participants discussed the problems associated with economic,
political and social choices, which often result in conditions that
perpetuate poverty among children. |
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| More than 650 million
children live in extreme poverty, living with less than one dollar
per day (UNICEF). This figure does not include the huge number of
children who also suffer from emotional, psychological, social and
spiritual poverty. It is a tremendous challenge to resolve this situation.
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| Poverty continues
to increase both in developing and industrialized countries, in spite
of the ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the
Rights of the Child during a Summit in New York in 1989. The Canadian
Council of Social Development (CCSD) published a report :« The
Progress of Canadian Children in 2002 » revealing that some
75,000 families with children below the age of 12 had insufficient
food intake in 1996, the last year for which statistics are available.
This represents an increase of 33% compared to 1994. |
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| Here are some of the
themes tackled by speakers and participants among which were doctors,
nurses, social workers, psychologists, teachers, legal advisors and
other professionals: |
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Educational
Programs; |
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Early Intervention
Programs; |
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Taxation, Social
Welfare Policies; |
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Programs for Teens
and Young Mothers; |
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Family Poverty,
Child Neglect; |
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Policies Affecting
Children; |
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Marital Breakdown
and Poverty; |
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Sexual Exploitation
of Children; |
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Poverty and Health
Problems; |
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Child Abuse; |
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Children with Special
Needs; |
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Children and the
Law, Street Children and Street Gangs; |
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Child Labor; |
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Poverty and Indigenous
Communities; |
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Social Policies
and Programs and Social Justice. |
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| You may consult the Montreal
Declaration on Children and Poverty and the Addendum
to the Declaration that were adopted by the participants.
The Declaration defines the priorities and actions to undertake
in order to improve the situation of children worldwide. |
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| Conference Proceedings |
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| You may also consult the Final
Program of the 5th Conference to find out more about
the speakers and the themes discussed during the conference
and workshops. |
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| Keynote
speakers |
Sylvia
Ann Hewlett, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman, National
Parenting Association, USA.
Rashmi
Mayur, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Sustainable Future,
Bombay, India. Special Advisor to the United Nations for Developing
Countries.
Linda McQuaig, B.A., Journalist and best-selling
Author, Canada.
William Rowe, D.S.W., Director,
School of Social Work, McGill University
The Honourable
Lise Thibault, Lieutenant Governor of Québec.
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SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE |
| Honorable
Herbert Marx, Justice, Quebec Superior Court, Co-Chair
of the Scientific Committee
William Rowe, D.S.W., Director, School of
Social Work, McGill University, Co-Chair of the Scientific
Committee
Peter Allik-Petersenn, B.A., LL.B., Lawyer
and Family Mediator, Director, O.P.C.R. British Columbia
Adrian Bercovici, Executive Director, Generations
Foundation
Dorival C. Bruni, Ph.D., Professor, University
of Rio de Janeiro
Richard Cloutier, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology,
Université Laval à Québec
Katherine Covell, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology,
University College Cape Breton, Director, Children’s
Rights Centre
Dominic D’Abate, Ph.D., Accredited
Family Mediator, Director, Consensus Mediation Center
Riccardo Di Done, Founding President, O.P.C.R.,
President of the Fifth International Conference
The Honorable Antonio Discepola, Judge, Municipal
Court in Montreal
Me. Angela Ficca, B.A., LL.L., LL.M., Lawyer,
O.P.C.R., Director of Scientific Committee
Bernard Fortin, B.A., L.L., L. Péd.,
Pastoral Planning Coordinator, Diocese of Montreal
Me. Richard Goldman, B.A., B.C.L., LL.B.,
Legal Clinic Supervisor, Project Genesis
Donald Horne, Executive Director, Kahnawake
Community Services
Brian R. Howe, Ph.D., Professor, Political
Science, University College Cape Breton, Director, Children’s
Rights Centre
Carl Lacharité, Ph.D., Professor,
Psychology and Director of GREDEF, Université du Québec
à Trois-Rivières
France Laurendeau, Director, Research Department,
Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses
du Québec
Me. Hugues Létourneau, LL.M., Legal
Department, Youth Centers of Montreal
Justin Lévesque, Ph.D., Professor,
School of Social Work, Université de Montréal
Edgar A. MacLeod, B.A., Vice-President, Canadian
Assoc. of Chiefs of Police, Chief of Police, Cape Breton Regional
Police Service
Me. Tony Manglaviti, B.A., LL.L., Commissioner,
Immigration and Refugee Board
Rashmi Mayur, Ph.D., Director, International
Institute for Sustainable Future, President, People’s
Global Assembly, United Nations, Mumbai, India
Aldo Morrone, B.A., Family Mediator, Family
Mediation Service of Youth, Centers of Montreal
Arthur Neumann, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist,
Director, O.P.C.R. Alberta
Godwin O. Ohiwerei, Ph.D., Chairman, Department
of Sociology and Anthropology, New Jersey City University
Jean Panet-Raymond, LL.L., M.Sc., Professor,
School of Social Work, Université de Montréal
Laurel Rothman, M.S.W., National Coordinator,
Campaign 2000, Director of Social Action, Family Service,
Association of Toronto
Joanne Roulston, M.S.W., Director, National
Council of Welfare
François Ruegg, Ph.D., Anthropologist,
Lecturer and Director of Research, Institute of Ethnology
of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Katherine Scott, MES, Senior Policy Associate,
Canadian Council on Social Development
Me. Philip Shaposnick, B.A., B.C.L., Lawyer
and Family Mediator, Interlex Group of Canada
Father Joe Sullivan, B.Th., St. Aloysius
Parish
Father John Walsh, B.Ph., S.S.L., S.T.L.,
St. John Brébeuf
Cindy Wiggins, B.A., Senior Researcher, Canadian
Labor Congress
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HONOR
COMMITTEE |
John
Mould, M.S.W., R.S.W., Children’s Advocate, Northern
Alberta Director, Alberta Family Social Services, President,
The Canadian Association of Social Workers, Co-Chair of the
Honour Committee
Liz O’Neill, Executive Director, Big
Sisters and Big Brothers Society, Co-Chair of the Honour Committee
Harata H. Baucke, President, Aotearoa New Zealand,
Association of Social Workers
Frank Carbone, President, Rosmar Litho Inc.
André-H. Dandavino, M.D., President,
Association des médecins de langue française du
Canada
The Right Honorable Antonio Lamer, Former Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Special Advisor, Stikeman,
Elliott
Louise Landry,President, Ordre des conseillers
et conseillères d’orientation et des psychoéducateurs
et psychoéducatrices du Québec
Jack W. Lee, C.M., F.I.B.A., Member, Order
of Canada
Henri Massé, President, Fédération
des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)
Pat Minicucci, Senior Vice-President, Retail
and SME Banking, Quebec Region, Scotia Bank
Eugenia Repetur Moreno, M.S.W. (Equiv.), Executive
Director, Canadian Association of Social Workers
Brian F. O’Neill, Consultant, National
Hockey League
Alison Palin, Director General, Hilton Montreal
Airport Hotel
Monique Côté Petit, President,
Executive Director, Association des puéricultrices de
la province de Québec
John Ruggieri, Principal, Di Caprio Ruggieri
Inc., Member of the Board of Directors, Indemnity Fund of Bureau
des services financiers
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire, President
and Executive Director, Centraide of Greater Montreal
Peter B. Yeomans, Chairman, Borough of Dorval/Dorval
Island |
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ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
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Riccardo
Di Done, Co-Chair, President,
O.P.C.R.
Rashmi Mayur, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Director, International
Institute for Sustainable Future, President, People’s
Global Assembly, United Nations, Mumbai, India
Angela Ficca, LL.M., Lawyer, Director of Scientific
Committee
Pascal Fischer, B.A., Responsible for Communications
Giovanna Fusco, LL.B., Lawyer, Responsible
for Promotion
Brigitte Jalbert, General Director, Conference
Coordinator
Patricia Palmieri, B.A.,Translation and Promotion
William Spears, M.B.A.,Project Coordinator,
Responsible for English Media |
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| The Organization for the Protection
of Children’s Rights thanks all participants, volunteers,
as well as the staff of the O.P.C.R. for their contribution
to the success of the 5th International Conference on the
Child. |
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