Items of Interest:
- Reminder: 2013 Election of Childwatch Board: Call for Nominations - One Week until Deadline: Childwatch International invites nomination of candidates for the Board of the Childwatch International Research Network for the period 2013 – 2016. The Call for Nominations will remain open for a six week period commencing on Monday 3 June and closing on Monday 15 July 2013 to allow all nominations to be submitted for the new 10 member Board. Read more...
- Right to Health: Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) publishes new General Comment. The Committee on the Rights of the Child, a body of currently 18 independent experts monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State Parties, has published its General Comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (article 24). - Article from EPIC- Read more...
New Research Projects, Guides and Tools:
- Information resources for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Crop (The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty) has highlighted that many of the proposals that have been made for SDGs are related to poverty eradication – and are compiled is a list that CROP has published here: Read more...
- Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change. This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and families. It describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children’s lifelong learning, health, and behavior. Read more...
Calls for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals:
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Call for Abstracts: Special Issue on Greening Early Childhood Education. Call for Abstracts for a special issue of Children, Youth and Environments on Greening Early Childhood Education. The purpose of this special issue is to explore settings that provide nature experiences for young children, with attention to the effect that these initiatives have on the holistic development and environmental awareness of the children involved, their teachers, and staff. Abstract deadline: July 20, 2013. Read more...
- New European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) launched - call for submission of child focused practices being developed or implemented in EU. The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) is an evidence-based online platform which was launched in 2013. EPIC is managed by the European Commission and aims to provide information about policies, practices and programmes that can help children and their families face up to the challenges that exist in the current economic climate in Europe. Read more...
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Call for Abstracts: 19th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect. The Children’s Bureau’s Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) is pleased to announce the 19th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. The conference theme is Making Meaningful Connections. It will also celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) at the Conference. Submission Deadline: August 5 2013. Time and place: Apr 29, 2014 - May 2, 2014, Hyatt Regency New Orleans, USA. Read more...
Events
- Child Helpline International - Global and Regional Policy Dialogues. To mark its 10th anniversary, Child Helpline International is organising a Global Policy Dialogue at the United Nations in New York and five regional Policy Dialogues and Regional Consultations across the world. A global data publication and five regional data publications will be released at these events. Read more...
- European Evalation Society 2014 Biennial Conference - Evaluation for an Equitable Society. The EES 2014 Biennial Conference will take place in Dublin from 1 to 3 October 2014 in the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland. Its theme ( “Evaluation for an Equitable Society") encompasses key evaluation principles Independence, Partnership and Participation. Read more...
- Reclaiming Lost Childhoods: Developing a web-based data archive and directory of child care services and records in Scotland. This project aims to bring together a range of disciplines – child care professionals, historians, archivists, sociologists, information technologists – alongside care leavers, to explore and understand the barriers and issues in tracing information and accessing records. These workshops will identify the practical, technical, policy and legislative issues which need to be addressed. Read more...
- 2nd South African Symposium on Positive Social Sciences 2013: Towards Thriving Youth. Call for Abstracts and Invitation to Register: Optentia Research Programme at the Vanderbijlpark Campus of North-West University is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 2nd South African Symposium on Positive Social Sciences 2013: Towards Thriving Youth on 28-29 October 2013 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Workshops will be presented on 30 October 2013. Read more...
Online Debates and Events
- Permanent International Seminar "Early Childhood in the Public Setting: The Latin American Experience" / Seminario Permanente Internacional "La Primera Infancia en el Espacio Publico Experiencia Latino Americana. Invitan: El programa Infancia de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana y Childwatch International Research Network, a través de la Red de posgrados y especialistas en Derechos y Políticas para la infancia. ACCESO VIRTUAL, ABIERTO Y GRATUITO. Accessible free online.Read more...
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Making Connections: Virtual Participation Webcast Series of the National Conferences on Child Abuse and Neglect. The Children’s Bureau’s Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (CB-OCAN) is sponsoring a series of four free webcasts to provide active learning opportunities between the 18th and the 19th National Conferences on Child Abuse and Neglect. Read more...
Books:
- Care Pathways and Outcomes Study - Institute of Child Care Research. The Care Pathways and Outcomes Study is a unique longitudinal study that has been following a population of children in care in Northern Ireland. This study is a longitudinal study, which began in 2000 by the Institute of Child Care Research at Queens University Belfast. Read more...
Research Reports:
- Child Helpline International releases latest report “Voices of Young Europe”. Child Helpline International released its latest report “Voices of Young Europe” on June 26 at the European Parliament. The report comprises analysis of nearly 58 million contacts made with child helplines in Europe during the past 10 years. Read more...
- My World, My Vision: Consultations with children on their priorities for the post-2015 framework. Between July 2012 and March 2013, members of Family for Every Child consulted with children living in seven different countries. This report summarises the main findings that emerged from these consultations and incorporates the views of almost 600 children between the ages of 8 and 17 in Brazil, Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Malawi and Russia. Author: Gillian Mann. Read more...
- A Systematic Review of Interventions for Promoting Reintegration and Reducing Harmful Behaviour and Lifestyles in Street-connected Children. This systematic review, co-registered within both the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations, summarises the evidence from empirical studies comparing the effectiveness of interventions that have been established to promote inclusion and reintegration, and to reduce harm, in street-connected children and young people (0 to 24 years old) who work and/or live on the streets worldwide. Read more...
- New Retrak Report: Evaluation Outcomes: Retrak’s Use of the Child Status Index to measure wellbeing of street-connected children. Retrak is an organization that works with street children in Africa. This report offers an evaluation of the impact of Retrak's programs in Ethiopia and Uganda in its pilot period (2011 and 2012) and the progress of the children involved in the programs, using the Child Status Index (CSI) as a measurement of child wellbeing and a tool for tracking children’s progress as they transition from the street to family homes. Authors: Su Corcoran and Joanna Wakia. Read more...
- Research Report by Equity for Children: “Children, Adolescents and Intra-Urban Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Recent paper entitled, “Children, Adolescents and Intra-Urban Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean,” by Diego Born, Victoria Colamarco, Enrique Delamonica, and Alberto Minujin is now available online in preparation of several issues that were to be discussed at the July 3-4 seminar "Urban Inequalities in Childhood and Adolescence: Urban Social and Political Rights”. Read more...
- New UNICEF report: Sustainable Development Starts and Ends with Safe, Health and Well-Educated Children. On the one year anniversary of the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference, UNICEF is releasing Sustainable development starts and ends with safe, healthy and well-educated children to help make the case that investments in the health, growth and safety of children should be placed at the heart of the world’s post-2015 approach to achieving a sustainable world of progress for all. Read more...
- Women's and Children's Health: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights - Report launched by WHO. This report analyses supplementary evidential reasons for undertaking a human rights-based approach to women's and children's health. The first of its type, this 140 page monograph launched by WHO sets out a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach to human rights impact evaluation -- and makes a number of recommendations. Read more...
Academic Articles:
- Global Studies of Childhood: SPECIAL ISSUE Actualization of Children’s Participation Rights. Global Studies of Childhood (GSC) 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. Check out the latest volume: Volume 3 Number 2 2013. Read more...
- Maternal and Child Nutrition: The New Lancet Series. Five years ago, the launch of the Maternal and Child Undernutrution Series of The Lancet launched a global effort to put nutrition on the global agenda. 2013 has seen a series global and national actions taking place to address human nutrition and child health. This current Lancet Series re-evalates the national progress in nutrition programmes and international efforts toward previous recommendations. Read more...
Journal and Bulletins:
- Announcing the launch of The Lancet Global Health. The Lancet has long been a champion of global health research and the new online only journal follows this tradition by publishing high-quality original research, commentary, correspondence and blogs with direct relevance to practitioners and communities in low- and middle-income countries. Read more...
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European Evaluation Society Newsletter - June 2013 - Evaluation Connections. The goal of the European Evaluation Society is to stimulate and promote theory, practice, and utilization of high quality evaluation especially, but not exclusively, within Europe. This goal is obtained by bringing together academics and practitioners from all over Europe and from different professional sectors, thus creating a forum where all participants can benefit from the co-operation and bridge building opportunities of the EES. Read more...
- Inclusive Growth Bulletin – June/July 2013: The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth regularly produces a newsletter comprising a list of all our recent publications and highlighting what is happening on Inclusive Growth around the world. Read More
Working Papers:
- Education targets, indicators and a post - 2015 development agenda: Education for All, the MDGs, and human development. This paper is one of a series of papers in a research project, The Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of MDG Targets for Human Development and Human Rights. Motivated by a concern with the consequences of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) beyond the achievement of the 2015 targets, the Project seeks to explore their broader policy and programmatic implications. Read more...
- The Questionable Power of the Millennium Development Goal to Reduce Child Mortality.This paper is one of a series of papers in a research project, The Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of MDG Targets for Human Development and Human Rights. Motivated by a concern with the consequences of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) beyond the achievement of the 2015 targets, the Project seeks to explore their broader policy and programmatic implications. Read more...
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Discussion Paper: Single-parenthood among migrant children: Determinants and consequences for educational performance. Discussion Paper Series 09/13 from the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CREAM). Authors: Jaap Dronkers (Maastricht University) and Matthijs Kalmijn (University of Amsterdam). This paper addresses both the occurrence of single-motherhood among migrant mothers in OECD countries and the effect of living in a single-mother family on the math scores of 15-year old migrant pupils in OECD countries. Read more...
Policy Briefs:
- New Briefing Paper from Children's Institute: Child Death Reviews in the Context of Child Abuse Fatalities - Learning from International Practice. This briefing paper provides a review of published articles and reports on child death review mechanisms internationally. By Shanaaz Mathews, (Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town) Naeemah Abrahams (Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council) and Lorna J Martin (Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Cape Town). Read more...