This 2011 edition of The African Report on Child Wellbeing is the second in a series of reports published biennially by The African Child Policy Forum as our contribution to putting Africa’s children on the public and political agenda, and to holding African governments accountable to their obligations – to their children.
This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars to explore key issues, opportunities and challenges in implementing the UNCRC. In particular we are interested in exploring the gap between children’s rights standards as set out by the UNCRC and the active implementation of the UNCRC rights within States Parties.
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST Jun 1 - 2, 2011. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 March 2011.
Early in 2008 the International Play Association: Promoting the Child’s Right to Play (IPA) entered a partnership with seven other international organisations to propose that the UNCRC organise a Day of Discussion and/or develop a General Comment on article 31 for the purpose of elaborating on its meaning and increasing state accountability with regard to compliance.
Evaluation is crucial for determining the effectiveness of social programs and interventions. In this nuts and bolts handbook, social work and health care professionals are shown how evaluations should be done, taking the intimidation and guesswork out of this essential task.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN CRISIS: THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL CRISES ON THE HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PROCESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW TO BEST PROTECT SUCH INVESTMENTS
A research conference organised by World Bank Human Development Network and Jacobs Foundation
Castle Marbach, Marbach, Germany, May 5-6, 2011 Deadline for abstracts: February 15, 2011
This book is about the opportunities and challenges involved in mainstreaming knowledge about children in international development policy and practice. It focuses on the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates.
The 12th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect arranged by the University of Tampere and ISPCAN (International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect), together with NASPCAN (The Nordic Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect)
18 - 21 September, 2011, Tampere, Finland. Deadline abstracts: 15 March 2011
Volume 29 Issue 8 2010: Social Work Education in Asia: New Horizons The articles in this issue focus on the growth of social work education. They have also brought out the challenges faced by social work educators in their respective countries. Some authors have argued for re-focusing of target groups; some would like greater attention to be paid to social change and more work with the marginalized and those facing abuse of their human rights.
Social Welfare, Social Work and Social Development: Policy Options for a Sustainable Future. The Joint Biennial World Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council on Social Welfare and the International Federation of Social Workers in cooperation with Swedish partners is set for Stockholm, Sweden 9 - 12 July 2012.
Development in Practice offers practice-based analysis and research relating to development and humanitarianism providing a worldwide forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences among practitioners, scholars, policy shapers, and activists. By challenging current assumptions, and by active editorial engagement with issues of diversity and social justice, the journal seeks to stimulate new thinking and ways of working.
The Thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child yesterday elected nine members to the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Using lessons learnt in emergencies, from the genocide in Rwanda to the Asian Tsunami and the earthquake in Haiti, Save the Children in this report, Misguided Kindness, demonstrates what action is needed to keep families together during crises and to bring separated children back into a safe and nurturing family life.
This guide is intended as a tool for better understanding EU policies, responsibilities, and funding mechanisms related to the education of migrant children and youth within existing EU agendas on human rights, equal treatment, antidiscrimination, integration, social inclusion, and education and training.
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.
The 2nd Annual International Conference on Qualitative Research for Policy Making will be held on the 26 & 27 May 2011 in Belfast, UK. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2011.
The December 2010 issue of "Indicators: The official newsletter of the International Society for Child Indicators" is now available, with news on relevant conferences and reports.
3rd International Conference of theInternational Society For Child Indicators: Children’s Well-Being: The Research and Policy Challenges is taking place at the University of York, UK, 27–29 July 2011. You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the Conference. Deadline: January 31 2011.
Please be reminded that the deadline for abstract submission and student scholarship applications for the Third Greenville Family Symposium is December 15, 2010.
Young Lives have published two new Policy Papers: "Social Protection and Children: A Synthesis of Evidence from Young Lives Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, India and Peru" and "Children and the Millennium Development Goals: Fragile Gains and Deep Inequalities".
The Children, Youth and Environments Journal just published 10 original papers on various topics. Articles focus on work in the US, Canada, UK, Iceland, Israel, Germany and Australia.
Plan UK, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) are seeking submissions from adults and young people working in the field of youth and governance who would like to contribute an article to a Special Issue of the journal Participatory Learning Action (PLA) focusing on Youth and Participatory Governance in Africa.
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) are announcing a joint call for proposals for systematic reviews to strengthen the international community’s capacity for evidence-based policy making.
Childwatch thematic group “Building Capacity for Ethical Research with Children & Young People” invites researchers in universities, NGOs and government agencies to complete a survey on ethical research with children. The survey will identify the ethical issues and challenges in undertaking research with and for children and identify and collate existing ethics guidelines and resources in use in different countries.
Ethics in Light of Childhood fundamentally reimagines ethical thought and practice in light of the experiences of the third of humanity who are children. Much like humanism, feminism, womanism, and environmentalism, the author John Wall argues, a new childism is required that transforms moral thinking, relations, and societies in fundamental ways.
On October 28th 2010, Director and founder of CINDE Martha Arango Montoya and Regional Director in Manizales Sara Victoria Alvarado Salgado were awarded the medal “Cruz de Comendador” (“The Commander’s Cross”) by the Colombian Congress. The award was presented by Member of the Congress Gloria Inés Ramírez Ríos.