An estimated 178 million children younger than 5 years in developing countries experience linear growth retardation and are unlikely to attain their developmental potential. We aimed to evaluate adult benefits from early childhood stimulation and/or nutritional supplementation in growth-retarded children.
An article from Pediatrics published online Apr 25, 2011.
This volume of the ANNALS considers conceptual, legal, and practical issues related to the realization of children as citizens. The treatment of children is of vital interest to all who seek stronger democracy, especially in aging societies that will necessarily become increasingly dependent on the young.
Robbie Gilligan, the President of Childwatch International Research Network, discusses the work of the Network and its partners, and the importance of sharing ideas and conducting research to generate newknowledge and insight in the field of child rights and child protection.
Global Studies of Childhood is a peer-reviewed, internationally focused, online research journal. The journal provides an opportunity for researchers, university and college students and professionals who are interested in issues associated with childhood in education, family, and community contexts from a global perspective to present, share and discuss their work. GSC aims to present opportunities for scholars and emerging researchers to interrogate the ways in which globalization and new global perspectives impact on children’s life experiences.
SPECIAL ISSUE: Girls and Young Women’s Education and Empowerment in Marginalized Regions of the World
UBS Optimus Foundation seeks to commission research on child sexual abuse prevalence and service provision in an African and a Latin American country in a project that will last from October 2011 through 2015.
Submission deadline is August 31, 2011, at 17:00 CET.
UNICEF has partnered with Economic Research Foundation to develop the learning programme "Socio-Economic Policies for Child Rights with Equity".
The Child labour cluster at The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization is offering training on Child labour issues.
This issue of The African Child E-Newsletter features an interview with Ms. Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children. Ms. Pais shares her views on violence against children in Africa, her role as Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children as well as the various challenges and opportunities of her mandate and much more.
The aim of this research, commissioned by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and carried out by a team from the University of East Anglia, was to seek children and young people’s views of the child protection system and to consider how those views might contribute to improving responses to abuse and neglect. It aimed to gather the views of children and young people living with their parents, who all had a child protection plan in place.
The Child Protection Working Group is seeking a potential partnership with an academic institution in order to develop and implement a programme for an Advanced Certificate or Diploma in Child Protection in Emergencies.
NEW Deadline for submitting Declaration of Intent Monday 13th June 2011
On 1 January 2010, the activities of the Centre on the Rights of the Child (Department of Social Welfare Studies, Ghent University) were transferred to the Childrens Rights Knowledge Centre (KeKi). The Childrens Rights Knowledge Centre (in Dutch: Kenniscentrum Kinderrechten, abbreviated as KeKi) aims to collect and disseminate knowledge on childrens rights, generated by national and international scientific research.
This international conference for researchers, policy makers, industry, educators, NGOs and government will be held on 22-23 September 2011 at LSE, London, UK.
Deadline for abstracts 30.04.11
Recognizing the need to turn this vulnerable age into an age of opportunity, UNICEF has dedicated the flagship publication to adolescents. The report examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage.
The first international biennial conference organised by Una: The Global Learning Initiative on Children and Ethnic Diversity! This international conference will explore the power of early childhood as a force for reducing racial and ethnic divisions and building peaceable communities.
Amsterdam, 12th - 14th May 2011
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday 11 March 2011
The papers in this special issue of Journal of International Development are drawn primarily from a panel organised by Young Lives, a longitudinal study of child poverty in four developing countries, at the 2009 Development Studies Association conference.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe / Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS)
Invites you to submit a proposal to conduct a thematic study on the capacity of child care and social protection systems to provide adequate support to the most vulnerable children and their families and prevent family separation in three countries of CEE/CIS.
www.childrecovery.info is a dedicated online resource for the recovery and reintegration of children affected by sexual exploitation and trafficking globally. Developed and maintained through an Oak Foundation fellowship, the site is supported by an Advisory Group of experts and hosted by the UHI Centre for Rural Childhood in Scotland.
Save the Children Norway (SCN) calls for researchers or consultants to lead a thematic evaluation of Partner Cooperation – Strengthening local and national capacity, and invites relevant institutions/consultants to respond with an Expression of Interest, deadline 25 February 2011.
The Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University has launched its own YouTube channel.
Under various names – education and conflict, education and fragility, education and insecurity, etc – the understanding of linkages between education and violent conflict has emerged as an important and pressing area of inquiry.
This paper seeks to address the underlying issue of why age assessment is so politicised in the UK. How have ‘age-disputed persons’ become a salient political problem? Why does their age assessment remain contentious despite a number of policy amendments?
This edition of Early Childhood Matters looks at young children’s experiences of growing up in urban settings. A quarter of the world’s children live in poor urban settlements - a fact which presents opportunities to deliver accessible services cost-effectively, but also poses many challenges.
A report on the situation facing Palestinian children detained in the Israeli military court system. Reporting period: 1 July to 31 December 2010
This report is submitted on behalf of Defence for Children International–Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine), a national section of the international non-governmental child rights organisation and movement, Defence for Children International
Ethical issues are a crucial consideration when researchers are working with children and young people. This clear and practical text informs students and researchers about all the relevant laws and guidelines that apply when they are conducting research with children and young people.