When: 21 March – 28 April 2024
Where: BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels
In the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, our UN colleagues from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, in collaboration with the European Commission and the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium organized a photo exhibition at the Bozar Center of Fine Arts. The exhibition “From Despair to Hope: Children Beyond Armed Conflict”, by the globally renowned humanitarian photojournalist and correspondent Paddy Dowling, through a collection of powerful portraits, hopes to reflect the complexity of the lives of children amidst conflict, emphasizing both the tragedy of their stories, their strength and their faith in a better future.
The exhibition will be freely available from 21 March to 28 April 2024 at the Bozar Center of Fine Arts (Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels). More information to plan your visit is available here: From Despair to Hope: Children Beyond Armed Conflict | Bozar Brussels.
Children are the most vulnerable in times of armed conflict. Wars and hostilities deprive them of their lives, families, friends, homes and rights – essentially of their very childhood and future. They become both targets and instruments of war. They are recruited and used by armed forces and armed groups, abducted, maimed or killed and sexually violated. Their schools and hospitals are attacked, and they are deprived of essential humanitarian aid. Through a collection of powerful portraits, the globally renowned humanitarian photojournalist and correspondent, Paddy Dowling, hopes to reflect the complexity of the lives of children amidst conflict, emphasizing both the tragedy of their stories, their strength and their faith in a better future.
In the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organised by the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Office of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the European Commission.
If you have any questions about the exhibition, please feel free to reach out to my colleague Federica ([email protected]) in cc.
