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Within the framework of the Child Friendly Cities Research initiative, the workshop aimed to critically analyse the newly developed child friendly communities and cities assessment tools and to review the process to support their effective use in selected countries.
Stewart Asquith, highly respected partner, colleague and friend, passed away 13 April. We are very sorry to have lost an important resource to the international academic child rights community and to the Childwatch International Research network.
Submit your research to the forthcoming special issue on The future of youth sport and youth sport policy, to be published in International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 22nd March 2013 Deadline for submission of papers: 30th November 2013
Paper length: Between 8,000 and 10,000 words including references
Este número de la Revista Tramas. Subjetividad y procesos sociales propone abordar el papel de los jóvenes en relación a los procesos de ciudadanización en la construcción de las subjetividades juveniles. Convocamos a los interesados a reflexionar sobre la condición crítica y movilizadora que están viviendo los jóvenes en esta coyuntura sociopolítica y que resuena con otros movimientos juveniles internacionales. Fecha de cierre; 30 de abril 2013
This executive summary describes different types of community-based child protection groups,sets out six key challenges to maximising the effectiveness of groups and puts forward recommendations to practitioners and donors on how to strengthen community support for children’s protection and wellbeing.
Centre for Child Development of Hong Kong Baptist University organized the third international symposium on child development to disseminate state-of-the art information on creativity and play with a multi- and interdisciplinary emphasis and to offer theoretical and practical value to participants. More information on the symposium to be found on the centre web site: www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ccd/
Call for Papers/Conference Contributions
"Family, children and education at the core of the new challenges of social development: global scenarios, migration and active citizenship"
Deadline: 25 September 2012 for papers
NEREC was established with the assistance of the World Bank in the year 2000 in the Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. The main objective of the NEREC is to be engaged in Research in the field of Education and provide advice to Education planners. Educational Testing, Evaluation and Training are its other functions.
The Institute is a central academic organization which takes a main role on child and family researching and teaching. Also, the Institute is a center on gathering data related to child behavior and development as well as giving advices and policy recommendations for the government and social movement agencies. Moreover, the Institute acts for knowledge distribution for children, family and academic institutions in order to serve all dimensions of development and support our children to be the qualified person in nearest future.
International delegates and child welfare experts will gather in New York November 8 to 11 for WorldForum 2010, the 21st annual summit of the International Forum for Child Welfare.
Deadline for Submission of Presentations: Wednesday, June 9th 2010 at midnight EST
Modelo Interinstitucional de Atención a Víctimas de Trata de Personas: Propuesta de contenido de un modelo interinstitucional de atención a víctimas de trata de personas, a partir de los conocimientos y la experiencia de prestadores de servicios publicada por La Fundación Renacer I.A.P. derivado del proyecto: Elaboración de un modelo institucional de atención a víctimas de trata de personas, recatando la labor de la sociedad civil y fundamentándolo con estudios científicos.
World Bank and Jacob's Foundation launch and learning event: Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting Human Development During Economic Shocks
Date: June 18, 2012 12pm- 5:30pm
Location: The World Bank, J-Building, Room JB1-080, 701 18th Street NW, Washington, DC
This report provides the results from a comparative international study of the models of children’s participation in family law processes related to post-separation care arrangements.
Presented by Sallie Newell and Anne Graham
Centre for Children and Young People, Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Contact: Tel 02 66203613 Fax 02 66203243 Email:
ccyp [at] scu.edu.au
For more info: http://ccyp.scu.edu.au/index.php/68/
The conference was co-organized by the Childwatch Key Institution the Caribbean Child Development Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI). The multidisciplinary conference covered children's issues across many countries of the English speaking Caribbean. The several themes included children in violent circumstances, children and HIV/AIDS, parenting, child rights and policy planning, child health and nutrition and development. The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Research, also from the UWI, was the other host, and the conference was being supported by UNICEF, Jamaica, along with a number of other collaborating agencies. There was active participation from a CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Youth Ambassadors panel, and from Jamaican school children.
Around 20-25 researchers participated in the workshop, from different Arab regions (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Gulf area, Oman, Yemen) with little expertise and experience in quantitative and/or qualitative research. The participants were selected based on their interest in research, specifically child research methodologies, and all of them worked in organizations dedicated to children (fully or partially). The workshop was lead by Dr. Mohammed Shahin, with a guest appearance by Dr. Faisal Awartani, and revolved around the methodologies of child research.
The conference "Child Participation: Together We Decide" will be held on January 10th 2011 in Cairo. Policy experts, practitioners, researchers and representatives of institutions with child-participatory initiatives from the Middle Eastern, North African and Mediterranean regions will exchange and present evidence-based researches, case studies and successful practices.
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, highlighted the economic benefits of quality early childhood programs for an audience of children's advocates gathered for a national conference this week in Cincinnati. ( Education Week Article )
Latest research and resources on alternative care and related programming and policy guidance. In particular, this newsletter includes recent research findings, country and global reports and a media spotlight on the following issues: The continued presence of orphanages in Cambodia; Child care reform and deinstitutionalization in Georgia; Child adoption, war and the role of social workers in El Salvador and Argentina; Inequality and child protection in the post 2015 development agenda; Better Care Network Netherlands' guide to volunteering at a children's home;TED talk on 'The Tragedy of Orphanages'.
Twice a month, the BCN Secretariat disseminates alternative care publications, news, conferences, events and job postings via the newsletter. The newsletter includes issues related to the care and support of vulnerable children across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas
Download the latest edition of the monthly newsletter prepared by the International Bureau for Children’s Rights regarding children in armed conflict.
This issue: August 2012; 19 (3). Children's interethnic relations in everyday life – beyond institutional contexts.
Guest editors: Véronique Pache Huber and Spyros Spyrou
In 2010 the members of the global Child Protection Working Group agreed on the need for child protection standards in humanitarian settings. The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action were developed between January 2011 and September 2012. The process of drafting the Minimum Standards involved over 400 individuals from 30 agencies in over 40 countries, including child protection practitioners, humanitarian actors from other sectors, academics and policy makers.
IRC has partnered with DevInfo in the development of the CFC DevInfo assessment and monitoring toolkit. This is designed to help implementing countries automate database management on Child Friendly Cities (CFC). It is based on the CFC assessment toolkit and indicators developed through the CFC research initiative (http://www.childfriendlycities.org/en/research). It comprises: (a) community assessment indicators (derived from the CFC community assessment tools) and (b) CFC objective indicators (derived from other administrative surveys). The toolkit consists of DevInfo templates and Data Capture sheets. The DevInfo templates and Data Capture sheets can be customized and managed by cities or countries that wish to collect data on children's living conditions and child well-being in local settings.