One, Two, Three for Me and My Friends - Un, dos, tres por mí y mis amigos

This document is intended as a vehicle to allow the voices of the children forced to live in the violent environment of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to be heard. The publication gathers evidence, embodied in words, voices, and images, through which it attempts to reach out and make available the learning of those who experience inhabiting the territory of violence.

The central goal of the publication project was to document how what is happening in Juarez affects the lives and perspectives of girls and boys. The first effect of urban violence in children is, as stated here, fear and dread. Children say they do not want to go outside or to the park to play because it is dangerous, but the research found that there are also additional effects of being stuck at home. These results framed what was detected in the neighbourhoods - delays and setbacks: in development, in psychomotor abilities, and in language. Children as young as 5 years drew pictures of anxiety and stress. Signs that were difficult to detect were linked by the boys' and girls' mothers to exposure to violence.

The document compiles texts produced in consultations and interventions for child participation developed between 2008 and 2010 by the Organización Popular Independiente, Casas de Cuidado Diario, Human Rights Centre Paso del Norte, Caminos Posibles, and Ririki Intervención Social. The process was conducted under the Programa Infancia en Movimiento funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

The publication also includes photographic material from the contest "A Change in the Wind 2008", organised by the Citizens' Council for Social Development with interviews conducted by journalist Marcela social Turanti between 2009 and 2010.

The Infancia en Movimiento programme is a social mobilisation investment programme of resources focused primarily on early childhood and migration issues in Mexico, which aims to contribute to the restoration and compliance with human rights and, in particular, promote development and human security of girls and children up to eight years old and parenting communities.