Items of Interest:
- Reminder of the Permanent International Seminar "Early Childhood in the Public Setting: The Latin American Experience" / Seminario Permanente Internacional "La Primera Infancia en el Espacio Público Experiencia Latino Americana". Last Thursday of each month from September - November 2013. Time: 9:30 am (México D.F) Free and accessible online. Hosted by El programa Infancia de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Childwatch International Research Network Key Institution.
- Out Now: Book of summaries for the upcoming Second Uni-Com Latin American Congress / Libro de Resúmenes del Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Uni-Com. Segundo Congreso International de Uni-Com: Calidad de Vida en América Latina y el Caribe, IX Conferencia Internacional de la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Childwatch International Research Network será el 16 y 17 Septiembre 2013 en Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. Libro de resúmenes y programa ya disponibles / Book of Summaries and Programme now available. Read more...
New Research Projects, Guides and Tools:
- Project by Equity for Children: Approaches to Equity - Current Theories and Practices on Equity for Children Equity for Children has developed a new research project on their website which includes research resources to push forward the agenda of children’s rights and equity, especially in light of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals agenda. This is an ongoing project which includes interviews, key documents, and abstracts from major international organizations on the topic of equity for children. Read more...
- Monitoring and Evaluation Project by HOME: The Child Recovery and Reintegration Network HOME: The Child Recovery and Reintegration Network is developing a toolkit to help organisations monitor and evaluate reintegration programmes for children. This work is being supported by an inter-agency steering group including representatives from EveryChild, Save the Children UK, UNICEF, Retrak and Mkombozi. Read more...
- New measurement tool from CanChild to better understand the participation of children and youth. The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth, or the PEM-CY, is a new measurement tool designed to help parents, service providers and researchers better understand the participation of children and youth, ages 5 to 17. The developers are Wendy Coster from Boston University, Mary Law from CanChild, McMaster University, and Gary Bedell from Tufts University. Read more...
Calls for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals: - Remember to check the online link for all upcoming deadlines.
- Call for contributions: UN study on right to education for persons with disabilities. The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights is pleased to invite contributions to the OHCHR study on the right to education of persons with disabilities. Deadline for contributions: 20 September 2013. Read more...
- Call for action: International surrogacy: A new field of investigation for International Social Service Network . Given the rapid development of the use of surrogate mothers at the international level, ISS is now investing in this new theme. ISS intends to develop advocacy strategies, undertake research and fundraising activities in order that this subject be addressed quickly at the international level. Read more...
- Call for Papers for contributions to special edition of Child Care in Practice: Valuing Disabled Children and Young People. Child Care in Practice intends to publish a special issue of the journal in 2015 focused on disabled children and young people and their families. The guest editors of this special issue will be Dr Berni Kelly and Dr Bronagh Byrne from the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast. Deadline for abstracts: 14 October 2013. Read more...
- Call for papers: International workshop on Child Poverty, Public Policy and Democracy. Organized by CROP, in collaboration with Equity for Children/ Equidad para la Infancia, FLACSO (Mexico), IIJ-UNAM. Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 7th, 2013. Read More...
Events
- 2013 Bronfenbrenner Lecture: Frank Furstenberg, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Fifty Years of Family Change: From Consensus to Complexity Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 12:00 PM G10 Biotech Building. Read more...
- Conference: Children’s Rights Research: from Theory to Practice - Children's Rights Erasmus Academic Network (CREAN) Conference: Children's Rights Research: from Theory to Practice with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union. Deadline for Registration: September 15 2013 - Time and place: Sep 24, 2013 - Sep 25, 2013, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid. Read more...
- III Global Conference on Child Labour - Brasilia, 8-10 October 2013. At The Hague Conference in 2010, the Government of Brazil announced that, in cooperation with the ILO, Brazil would host the III Global Child Labour Conference in 2013 to measure progress in implementing the The Hague Roadmap and towards the goal of 2016. Read more...
- Family Life in the Age of Migration and Mobility: Theory, Policy and Practice Time and place: Sep 16 - Sep 20, 2013. Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, Sweden
Online Debates and Events
- Podcast of Young Lives Research: Education in Vietnam and India – huge differences in achievement New research from the Young Lives research programme at the Department of International Development at Oxford University has discovered that, although there is massive importance accorded to education for children in developing countries in the Millennium Development Goals, much education provision around the world remains worryingly poor. Read more...
- Counter Child Trafficking: Global Online Conference This online event aims to bring together the global Counter Child Trafficking community to connect, share and learn from what works on the frontline in a free and accessible format through the use of technology. The Global Online Counter Child Trafficking Conference 2013 is the first event of its kind. The aim is that this event will further encourage collaboration and the creation of partnerships to strengthen the global response to child trafficking and exploitation. Read more...
Publications
Books:
- Book of summaries for the Second Uni-Com Latin American Congress / Libro de Resúmenes del Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Uni-Com. Segundo Congreso International de Uni-Com: Calidad de Vida en América Latina y el Caribe, IX Conferencia Internacional de la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Childwatch International Research Network será el 16 y 17 Septiembre 2013 en Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. Libro de resúmenes y programa ya disponibles / Book of Summaries and Programme now available. Read more...
- The Broken Compass - Parental Involvement with Children's Education. New book by authors: Keith Robinson and Angel Harris. Published by Harvard University Press. Available 12/09/2013 - Published January 2014. The study’s surprising discovery is that no clear connection exists between parental involvement and improved student performance. Read more...
Research Reports:
- How are foster carers selected? An international literature review of instruments used within foster carer selection. The Rees Centre has published an international literature review of instruments used within foster carer selection. The review looks at questionnaires, evidence-gathering forms and supplementary instruments that have been used as part of the selection process, and evaluates the available evidence on their efficacy in predicting positive care outcomes. Authors: Nikki Luke and Judy Sebba. Read more...
Academic Articles:
- Preschool Children’s Behavioral Tendency toward Social Indirect Reciprocity . New research article. Authors: Kato-Shimizu M, Onishi K, Kanazawa T, Hinobayashi T (2013) Preschool Children’s Behavioral Tendency toward Social Indirect Reciprocity. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70915. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070915. This is an open access article. Read more...
Journal and Bulletins:
- IPJJ Newsletter August 2013. The Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice August Newsletter presents the new IPJJ joint briefing paper on “The right of children deprived of their liberty to make complaints” developed in collaboration with Penal Reform International. It also reports on the International School for Juvenile Justice (ISJJ). Read more...
- Better Care Network Newsletter August Better Care Network's latest newsletter highlights recent research, tools and policy briefs relevant to children's care, including a comprehensive National Survey of Institutions for children in Rwanda and findings from research in Community based Child Protection systems in Uganda. This edition's focus is on Social transfers and the potential they have to support families to address the impact of poverty and social exclusion, with important implications for children's care. Read more...
Policy Briefs:
- New Policy Brief: Ensuring Women and Girls’ Rights to Water and Sanitation Post 2015. Authors: Corbett, H. and Mehta, L. - Institute of Development Studies Policy Briefing 38 - Publisher IDS. This policy briefing, part of the special MDG series, examines how a post 2015 framework can help ensure women and girls rights to water and sanitation. Read more...
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