Board - Childwatch International
The CWI Board is responsible for implementing the strategies, policies and priorities set by the Key Institutions Assembly. The board for 2010 - 2013 was elected at the Key Institutions Assembly in Addis Ababa, 3 - 4 December 2009. The Board elected its President and Vice-Presidents at its first Board meeting in New York in April 2010.
The Childwatch International Board shall
- Review and approve or disapprove applications for membership based on the statutes and on guidelines set by the Key Institutions Assembly;
- Ensure the execution of the actions decided upon by the Key Institutions Assembly;
- Identify suitable programmes and projects which shall be given priority;
- Advocate for and promote the Childwatch International policies and strategies and promote and encourage collaboration within the Child Research community and between this community and relevant decision-makers.
The board is also responsible for developing relations with third parties. It approves annual plans and budgets and secures good monitoring and evaluation of Childwatch activities. Among its members, the board elects a President and two Vice-Presidents among its members. The three of them constitutes the Executive Committee.
Childwatch International Board 2010 - 2012
President:
Robbie Gilligan
Children's Research Centre, Trinity College
Republic of Ireland
Vice Presidents:
Marta Arango
The International Center for Education and Human Development (CINDE)
Colombia
Rose September
Department of Social Work, University of Western Cape
South Africa
Board Members:
Elisabeth Backe-Hansen
NOVA (Norwegian Social Research)
Norway
Norma del Río
Research Program on Infancy and Childhood, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Mexico
Roger Hart
Children's Environments Research Group, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
USA
Anil Kumar
TATA Institute of Social Sciences
India
Nermeen Murad
Information and Research Centre, King Hussain Foundation
Jordan
Mary Racelis
Ateneo de Manila University
The Philippines
Nicola Taylor
University of Otago Centre for Research on Children and Families
New Zealand
Former Board members (2005 - 2009)
Irene Rizzini (President)
CIESPI, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Mohammad Shaheen (Vice-President)
Child Reserach Unit, Al Quds University
West-Bank Palestine
Julie Meeks-Gardner
Caribbean Child Development Centre, University of The West Indies
Jamaica
Per Egil Mjaavatn
Norwegian Centre For Child Research (NOSEB), The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
Usha Nayar
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
India
Helen Ju Qing
Youth and Children Law Research Institute, China Youth and Children Research Center
China
