Violence, peace and extreme poverty
“Extreme poverty is violence - Breaking the silence - Searching for peace
Final report and conclusions of the 2009-2012 Action-Research Project and International Colloquium
Over a period of three years, the International Movement ATD Fourth World conducted an action-research project on the connections between extreme poverty, violence and peace, involving more than a thousand people from all over the world. Five regional seminars enabled the researchers to base themselves on local realities and identify common themes. An international colloquium with academics, grass-roots workers from other NGOs and international organisations was organised in January 2012 in Pierrelaye, France, to finalise the results of this research. An event was organised at UNESCO in Paris to present the results of the action-research project to the general public. The conclusions have been prepared by a group that was representative of the diversity of participants in this Colloquium.Extreme Poverty Is Violence Videoclip
At the initiative of ATD Fourth World Movement, over 1000 people from five continents, who face the violence of extreme poverty every day, shared their pain, their resistance and their initiatives. They shared their knowledge and their proposals with academics, public officials and others active in this field.
This videoclip introduces to the 26’ film "Extreme poverty is violence" that presents this participatory action research project.
Extreme poverty is violence
A video that presents the three-year international participatory action research project "Extreme poverty is Violence. Breaking the Silence. Searching for Peace"
At the initiative of ATD Fourth World Movement, over 1000 people from five continents, who face the violence of extreme poverty every day, shared their pain, their resistance and their initiatives. They shared their knowledge and their proposals with academics, public officials and others active in this field.See also the videoclip
See a 8 minutes version of this videoclip
Other files
Speeches of the Public Event of the Colloquium 2012:" Extreme poverty is Violence. Breaking the Silence. Searching for Peace" at UNESCO House
Understanding the violence faced by people
in chronic poverty and the pathways towards peace.
Thursday 26th January 2012. UNESCO House. Paris
