Childwatch International Newsletter - January/February 2013 Issue

The Childwatch International Research Network disseminates every month an online newsletter with the latest news on child research; publications, news, conferences, events, including the latest news from our Key Institutions.

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January/ February Issue

Items of Interest

ENOC releases a position paper on the consequences of the economic crisis on ICRIs: The General Assembly of ENOC, meeting in October in Cyprus, agreed to on the terms of a common position statement on the negative consequences of the economic crisis on the level of protection and promotion of children's rights in the different jurisdictions within ENOC in general and more specifically on the impact of the crisis on Independent Children's Rights Institution (ICRIs). Read more...

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. 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. Read more...

New Research Guides and Tools:

Young Digital: New website about using digital research with children and young people. Young Digital, a website about using digital research with children and young people, is now live at www.youngdigital.net Young Digital has advice, guidance, case studies, audio, videos and slideshows about how digital media can be used in research. Read more...

Calls for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals:

Call for Papers for the Conference on “Child Poverty and Social Protection” Supported by the National Development Planning Board (BAPPENAS), UNICEF Indonesia, and the SMERU Research Institute: On February 28, 2013, abstracts for the Conference on "Child Poverty and Social Protection" are due. Themes: The papers will be presented in parallel sessions based on 5 themes: A. Dimensions of poverty B. Child-sensitive social protection and poverty reduction. C. Inclusive social protection D. Integrated social protection system E. Enabling environment for social protection. Read more...

KEKI Children's Rights Database: Calls for Projects: In order to disseminate knowledge on children's rights between researchers, policy makers and practitioners, KeKi develops a children's rights database, consisting of a legal instruments database, a Flemish research database and a publications database. The legal instruments database, containing legal instruments and important policy documents at the international, regional, Belgian and Flemish level, was launched on November 20th 2011, as a contribution to the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read more...

Call for Papers: The future of youth sport and youth sport policy: 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: 22^nd March 2013. Deadline for submission of papers: 30^thNovember 2013. Paper length: Between 8,000 and 10,000 words including references. Read more...

European Journal of Social Work Call for Papers: Travelling Knowledge in Social Work: This special issue of European Journal of Social Work aims to explore the interactive ways in which knowledge flows in the social professions – from one country to another, from one organisation to another and between practice and academic settings. Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 24th March 2013. Read more...

Special Issue Call for Papers: Education, Childhood and Disability in Countries of the South: Re-positioning the Debates: There are greater numbers of people with disabilities living in developing economies in comparison to the developed, and in both these settings, those living in poverty are disproportionately represented amongst the world’s poor. Youth with disabilities are generally unemployed and live far below the poverty line. Education as a pathway of moving out of poverty has long been acknowledged.This special issue will explore ways in which the goal of quality education for children and youth (up to 18 years) with disabilities is grounded in the normative, socio-cultural, political and economic realities of Southern countries. Final deadline for receipt of papers is 1 May 2013. Read more...

Events

International Conference on Inclusive Education: The first International Conference on Inclusive Education under the banner of Asian Centre for Inclusive Education (ACIE) will be held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. ACIE is a joint initiative of some academics, scholars and researchers of universities and professional bodies in the Asian region. Its prime objective is to improve access to high quality education of disadvantaged children in Asian countries. Date: 15 February 2013 to 17 February 2013. Place: Asian Centre for Inclusive Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Read more...

'Building Bridges - From Principle to Reality" The 6th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights. Time and place: Mar 17, 2013 - Mar 20, 2013, Sydney, Australia. The call for abstracts is now closed. Read more...

RIGHT TO HEALTH: UN Annual Day on the Rights of the Child (2013): The Annual Day on the Rights of the Child - this year focusing on the right to health - will take place on 7 March during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council. Read more...

Joint Council on International Children's Services 37th Annual Child Welfare Symposium: The Joint Council on International Children's Services is announcing its 37^th Annual Child Welfare Symposium, which will be held in New York City, May 20-22, 2013 at the Conference Center, 130 East 59^th Street, New York, New York. Read more...

Publications

Books:

New Book from Young Lives: What Inequality Means for Children: Evidence from Young Lives: Understanding how poverty and inequalities affect children is central to understanding the impact of the MDGs and development of the post-2015 agenda. What Inequality Means for Children: Evidence from Young Lives, by Martin Woodhead, Paul Dornan and Helen Murray, draws together research from across the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty to answer questions about how inequality shapes children’s development. Read more...

Research Reports

EU Kids Online - New Report! In their own words: What bothers children online? New report launched on Safer Internet Day 2013 (Tuesday 5 February) by the EU Kids Online project. Nearly 10,000 children between 9-16 years old from 25 European countries were surveyed for the report, and were asked ‘What things on the internet would bother people about your age?’. The report presents, for the first time, a detailed analysis of how children view the risks associated to the online world ‘in their own words’. Read more...

Children and young people across Europe take action to end violence in custody: A report published on January 28 2013 by the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) presents the campaigning activities undertaken by forty children and young people in Austria, Cyprus, England, the Netherlands and Romania to try and create violence-free youth custodial settings in their countries. The campaigning activities were carried out as part of CRAE’s Ending Violence against Children in Custody project, funded by the European Commission’s Daphne III programme. The youth-led campaigns in each country were based on the recommendations developed by young researchers in the first phase of the project. Read more...

What's new in research? A review of recent research in the field of children affected by HIV and Aids: This month’s review includes an important paper about the survival and development of children born into families affected by HIV (Chen et al, 2012), the importance of social and psychological support to HIV-affected parents for the survival of their children (Ruton et al, 2012), and issues related to children’s rights (Cheny, 2013) and child participation (Farmer et al, 2013), and care and support for orphaned children (Shibuya & Taylor, 2013; Zapata et al, 2013). Read more...

Child Poverty Insights -Nutrition in Early Childhood: Insights from rural Ethiopia: Child Poverty Insights disseminates emerging research, practice and thinking on child poverty to a global audience of UNICEF and other UN staff, practitioners and academics. This edition disseminates empirical findings on the link between catch-up in nutrition with household asset levels for poor malnourished children in rural Ethiopia. Read more...

Policy Briefs:

New CROP Poverty Brief January 2013 - Poverty & the MDGs - A critical assessement and a look forward: This new CROP Poverty Brief discusses how accurate the assessments of poverty reduction are, and if it is analytically correct to credit the MDGs with being a major driver of poverty reduction.It is a result of the discussions at a recently organized CROP workshop on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The document argues that: Poverty has not declined to the extent claimed and inequity has risen. Read more...

Working Papers:

New Young Lives Working Paper: Understanding Community Variation and Change in Ethiopia: Implications for Children Changes that happen within communities can have considerable consequences for the lives of children and their families. This paper demonstrates the importance of considering the community context and shows how differences between sites can be significant. Series: Young Lives Working Paper 90: Read more...

Online Debates and Events:

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sub-Consultation - WASH in schools: Over the course of 5 weeks (14 January to 17 February), the Stream on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) will lay out weekly related topics with key questions that we would like you, the viewer, to comment, discuss and debate about in this open platform. This stream will provide a contribution to the Thematic Consultation on Water with recommendations on how to address WASH related challenges in the post-2015 development agenda. We look forward to your contributions! The Sub-Consultation will take place through discussions on five specific themes:

Week 1 : Aspirational Objectives of the Joint Monitoring Program (14-21 Jan.) Week 2 : WASH in Schools (21-28 Jan.) Week 3 : WASH and Governance: People, Power and Politics (28 Jan. – 4 Feb.) Week 4 : WASH and Environmental Sustainability (4-11 Feb.) Week 5 : WASH and Economic Development (11-17 Feb.) Read more...