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Creative Workshop “Nurturing vs Punishing”
2 July, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The issue on violence against children has, for so many years now, caught the attention of various states and regions globally, including Southeast Asian countries. One specific issue on violence against children that urgently needs policy and social action is the practice of corporal punishment, defined by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child as “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light. … In the view of the Committee, corporal punishment is invariably degrading”. The Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment of all Children has vigilantly monitored actions taken by countries and states to ban corporal punishment of children in all settings. In Southeast Asia, the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Children aims to “develop ASEAN Guideline on non-violent approach to nurture, care, and development of children in all settings (e.g. home, school, community, juvenile justice center, alternative care institutions)”. In the Philippines, various civil society organizations have actively campaigned for the promotion of positive discipline in place of corporal punishment.
As part of these efforts the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), a 50-year old theatre institution, has launched a cultural campaign in 2010 to advocate positive discipline entitled Advocate Right to Safety (ARTS) Zone Project for Children. Close to 7 years now, the project has staged plays and conducted theater workshops for parents and children as a platform for advocating the right of Filipino children to protection, specifically on their right for non-violent discipline. One of the advocacy pieces is the Adobo Monologue in which a PETA actor shares his growing-up experience of being punished by his father while cooking chicken adobo, one of the Philippines’ main dishes.
Early June, PETA will be performing Adobo Monologue as part of the Mode of Liaisons Exhibition organized by Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) and the Japan Foundation Asia Center on 1 and 2 July at 7PM in the BACC multi-function room 1st floor. On Friday 30th June at 2PM also a workshop will be held for registered audience only.
In addition, in collaboration with SEA Junction, PETA will conduct a creative workshop on positive discipline for anyone who take care of children on 2 July at 2 PM at SEA Junction. At the workshop PETA ARTS Zone Project Director, Marichu Belarmino-Carino. Trough role play, discussion and other participatory approaches, she will share the concept and principles of positive siscipline, introduced by Dr. Joan Durrant, a child-clinical psychologist and associate professor of Family Social Sciences in the Faculty of Human Ecology at the University of Manitoba and their relevance for Southeast Asia. The workshop is free, but donations are welcome. If interested please contact us at the email below to reserve as place is limited.
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Organizers
SEA Junction, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia
SEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) was founded in 1967 in the Philippines. In its early years, the company developed a People’s Theater dedicated to social change and empowerment, particularly of marginalized communities. PETA introduced plays written and performed in Filipino. Prior to transferring to its new performance venue in 2005, most of PETA’s plays were performed at the Dulaang Rajah Sulayman, an open-air theater in Intramuros, Manila designed by Leandro Locsin. PETA has produced a significant number of plays and is committed to artistic development, education in theater and the arts, and development through its strong outreach component.
