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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…
This report summarizes the discussions and activities held at Eurochild’s 11th Annual Conference, co-hosted by Hope and Homes for Children in Bucharest, Romania on 26-28 November 2014. The event, which focused on “better public spending for better outcomes for children and families,” brought together representatives from civil society and government as well as researchers, other professionals, and young people themselves from 36 countries in Europe. The group was convened with the purpose of developing “a clear and convincing narrative to bring those people on board who still believe…
The UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) held its 52nd session in New York on the 11-21 February 2014. The Commission is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and its role is to advise the Council and Governments on social policy issues and on the social perspective of development. As part of its mandate, it held discussions in observance of the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family, which is due to culminate in a series of events during the 69th session…
The Parenting Africa Network (PAN) in partnership with YONECO (Youth and Net Counseling) hosted the 2nd Pan-African conference on parenting on the 16-17th October 2013 in Malawi. The theme of the conference was 'Understanding realities of teenage parenting: a special focus on adolescents (boys and girls) with parenting responsibilities'. It is estimated thatroughly 11% of all births worldwide are to girls aged 15 to 19. The proportion of births that take place during adolescence…
In November 2012, more than 130 policymakers, academics, practitioners and other experts committed to CP systems and coming from 50 countries met in New Delhi over four days for a major conference entitled “A Better Way to Protect ALL Children: The Theory and Practice of Child Protection Systems.” This conference was co-hosted by four organisations – UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children and World Vision. The report from the conference encapsulates the substantive content of the presentations and related discussion; provides an analysis and documents the journey;…
Following a participatory process with delegates and the organizing committee, the Conference Declarations and Recommendations set forth collective priorities and commitments for: improving knowledge, skills, and capacity for supporting family based care; enhancing the legislative and policy environment for children in need of care; and strengthening coordination, participation and partnerships across the continent to promote better care and reduce the use of institutions.
Save the Children Sweden, Regional Office for South and Central Asia and UNIFEM, South Asia Regional Office came together in Kathmandu, Nepal on 17-19 October 2005 to capacitate twenty four development professionals from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sweden to equip men and boys to become more caring, attentive and gender sensitive fathers and husbands, in turn helping themselves, their families and the society at large.
This report presents a background and rationale as to why it is important to engage men and fathers in caregiving, an overview of work being done within the…
The State of the World’s Fathers 2015 Report was launched at an event at the UN Headquarters in New York on 16 June, 2015. The event brought together several speakers and panelists, including Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, who delivered the opening remarks, and Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, who delivered the keynote address (filling in for Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, who was unable to attend).
The event focused on the role of men in caregiving and how an increase in men’s involvement in caretaking is crucial to achieving…
You are warmly invited to the launch of an exciting new manual for practitioners on how to engage children and young people throughout care reform. Building on ten years’ experience, this practical manual was designed for practitioners and service managers who want to build their knowledge and skills on meaningful participation. The manual was co-produced by Lumos, Changing the Way We Care and youth-advocates from around the world. At this interactive launch event you will hear from the youth advocates and those who developed the manual on innovative approaches to involving children and…
March 28-30, 2022
ISPCAN is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the COVID-19, and we are committed to keeping all participants updated on any new information that could impact ISPCAN 2022 scheduled in Québec City, Canada, March 28 – 30, 2022. At the moment, we are moving ahead with our plans to host the event in person at the Québec City Convention Center and we are also looking at hybrid options to bring the congress to you on-line for those who are unable to travel.
Along with the local organizing committee, we will work…