Stories on tolerance

Abstract

Publisher's description: The book is a selection of stories written by children and youth from around the world. Through these stories we understand that the authors are writing about a subject matter they regard as significant and relevant to themselves. The volume makes the complexity of the notion of tolerance visible. It gives the reader grounds for optimism. Youth worldwide do fully appreciate what tolerance is about, and the dilemma it implies. The stories are a mirror of tolerance, or lack of tolerance, as experienced around the world. They are chosen from the world wide contest for children and youth initiated by the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, as a part of the Oslo Coaltion project "Teaching for tolerance and freedom of religion or belief". The contest was announced through the global network of UNESCO's Associated Schools Project Network.