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This is the third Global Forum for a World Without Orphans to be held 29 February 29 - 03 March 2024 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
If you are interested in collaborating with others in your country and region to solve the orphaned and vulnerable child crisis in your nation, we really hope you will join us! We also encourage you to send this forum application page to other leaders you recommend for participation in this event.
Once your application has been approved, each attendee will be…
The WHO South-East Asia Regional Office in collaboration with UNICEF organized a 3-day virtual meeting from 27 to 29 April, 2021. The meeting brought together over 100 participants from WHO-SEAR countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka , Thailand and Timor-Leste) and two countries from UNICEF-ROSA (Afghanistan Pakistan). Participants included government delegates from relevant ministries (health, nutrition, education, child protection, women and child affairs), WHO and UNICEF staff and partners.
On Day 1, participants reflected on progress to date…
Globally, during the COVID-19 pandemic there have been disruptions to initiatives, services, and programmes that promote and protect nurturing care for young children. While necessary to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, strategies such as complete or partial lockdown, physical distancing measures, and school and childcare closures, have made it increasingly difficult to reach children and caregivers. At the same time, the social and economic ramifications of the pandemic have put families in even greater need of parenting and family support. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many…
This report documents activities and conversations from the International Care Leavers Convention 2020, held virtually in November 2020. The three-day convention was held between November 23 to 25, 2020 and saw participation from 2,300 delegates from more than 80 countries with diverse expertise and experience in the global care system. Thus, amidst the COVID-19 crisis, there was a silver lining, as more Care Leavers could join across countries and regions due to the virtual format and share their needs, aspirations, challenges and what they themselves considered to be good policies and…
Date: Tuesday 10 October 2023
Time: 10:00 (UTC/GMT +02:00 - Europe / Brussels)
- SWEDEN: 10:00 – 11:30
- TANZANIA: 11:00 – 12:30
- THAILAND: 3:00 – 4:30 PM
The International Care Leavers Convention brought together Care Leavers at an international level to amplify the voices of children and young people and provide them with a platform to learn, share and exchange experiences, knowledge and challenges with the intention of attracting the attention of decision makers to act upon their demands. This document highlights some key takeaways from the event.
More than 100 child participants across East Asia convened with government officials to discuss the increased instances of child violence experienced during COVID-19 at World Vision’s Asia Pacific Child Well-Being Learning Exchange forum on 18 November 2020. The virtual event, organised in partnership with UNICEF East Asia and Pacific, was introduced to bring together government, UN agencies, donors, civil society organisations, corporates, academia, subject matter experts and thought leaders in the development sector, to throw light on pressing issues facing the world’s most vulnerable…
The India Alternative Care Network (IACN) came into effect in March 2020. It is hosted at Butterflies and is supported by UNICEF. IACN brings together an array of practitioners, academicians, policy advocates and organisations working on improving the well-being and protection of children without parental care or at risk of separation. Through the online and offline initiatives, IACN aims to work on strengthening policy and practice on…
Udayan Care, a non-profit agency in India, organized a two-day international seminar on ‘Improving Standards of Care for Alternative Child and Youth Care: Systems, Policies and Practices’ on on 18-19 March 2016. The conference paid special attention to “the trajectory of the lives of many children who are likely to end up in alternative settings.” The conference addressed the issues of institutionalized children, their aftercare and the transition of institutionalized children and the issues faced by the childcare givers. This document features a report on the conference from CPC Learning…
Este evento paralelo del Consejo de Derechos Humanos fue patronicinado por las Misiones Permanentes de Kenya, Portugal, Uruguay y Vietnam, African Child Policy Forum, ATD 4th World, Better Care Network, CELCIS, Family for Every Child, For Our Children Foundation, Hope and Homes for Children, International Federation of Social Workers, International Foster Care Organisation, International Social Service, RELAF, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International y UNICEF. El evento paralelo el evento se llevó a cabo el 22 de septiembre 2015 y asistieron más de 40…