Items of Interest:
- The Childwatch International Website now lists upcoming deadlines for calls for abstracts, papers and applications. This list of deadlines is displayed on the home page along with Events and then subcategorised inside the events page, with its own calendar. The list will be kept constantly updated.
- The impact of India's Midday Meal Scheme - Young Lives Project. The deaths of 22 children in Bihar after eating poisoned school meals has launched a wave of discussion in India. Young Lives has published a number of research papers and briefs on the impact of the Midday Meal Scheme. Read more...
New Research Projects, Guides and Tools:
- The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network: New Resources. An international peer network for policymakers engaged in implementing multidimensional poverty measures. Read the report: ‘Measuring Multidimensional Poverty: Insights from Around the World‘ using the Alkire Foster methodology and watch the videos of the network launch. Read more...
- New Project by Eldis: Interactions: real-time research on the empowerment of women and girls. Eldis has joined forces with IDS and global partners to support a collaborative research programme - "Influencing Policies to Support the Empowerment of Women and Girls" - by creating Eldis Interactions - a new online resource featuring real-time research and analysis from the programme. Read more...
- New Project: Approaches to Equity: Current Theories and Practices on Equity for Children. Equity for Children has launched a new long-term project entitled, 'Approaches to Equity'. The results of this project will gradually be published on the EFC website starting in July 2013. 'Approaches to Equity' aims to push forward the important agenda of children's rights and equity, especially in light of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals agenda. Read more...
Calls for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals:
- Relaf Seminar 2013 “Strengthening the advances. Creating tools for the accomplishment of the Right to live in a family and in a community”. This seminar is hosted by Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar - Relaf and supported by Unicef. 3rd and 4th October 2013. Guanajuato, Mexico. Registration and call for abstracts now open until August 20. Read more...
- Call for Abstracts: The First Adoption Conference in East Africa. The Child Adoption Network – East Africa is pleased to announce this conference in East Africa that will bring together scholars, government ministries, policy makers, childcare and child protection personnel, the legal fraternity, adoption service personnel, parents, adoptees and other adoption stakeholders. The theme of the conference will be “East African families for East Africa’s children.” Read more...
- Call for Papers: 9th Global Conference Creative Engagements: Thinking with Children. This global research project seeks to explore the concept of genuine ‘engagement’ within the overarching framework of ‘creativity’. Friday 14th March – Sunday 16th March 2014- Prague, Czech Republic. Deadline for Abstracts: Friday 11th October 2013. Read more...
Events
- Change of date for II Uni-Com Latin American Conference. Please note the II UNI-COM Latin American Conference: "Quality of Life in Latin America" will now take place on the 16th and 17th of September 2013. Read more...
- Young Runaways and Missing Children in Europe: Towards More Effective Cross-border Cooperation. This international symposium provides the opportunity to discuss how to tackle the problem of young runaways and missing children in Europe. The symposium will examine how to improve child protection across the EU and explore innovative methods of collaboration between Member States. Time and place: Oct 2, 2013, NH Hotel du Grand Sablon, Brussels
- Eurochild's Annual Conference 2013: Building an inclusive Europe – the contribution of children’s participation. The main aim of the conference is to promote wide recognition of children’s agency, empowerment and influence on their own lives, their families and communities and the society as a whole. Children are fully fledged citizens with a voice of their own, not mere recipients or passive dependents of decisions made by others on their behalf. Nov 13-15, 2013 - Milan, Italy. Read more...
Online Debates and Events
- Equity For Children Talks with Jessica Espey. Equity for Children has a series of interviews called EFC Talks. In the latest interview EFC speaks to Jessica Espey, Senior Research and Policy Advisor at Save the Children UK. Read more...
- Join the New Tactics online community for an online conversation on Powerful Persuasion: Combating Traditional Practices that Violate Human Rights. This conversation is an opportunity for practitioners and researchers involved or interested in the power of persuasion tactics to share their experiences, questions, challenges and ideas. From August 19 to 23, 2013. Read more...
Publications
Books:
- New Publication: 'Rights of Adolescent Girls in India: A critical look at laws and policies'. This new book has been published by Vacha Charitable Trust and written by Saumya Uma at the Vacha Resource Center for Women and Girls in Mumbai, India.The book critically examines laws, policies and international conventions as they affect girls in India. Read more...
Research Reports:
- Child Trafficking, Child Soldiering: Exploring the Relationship Between Two Worst Forms of Child Labour. Author: Carl Conradi. Publisher: The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. This new research report aims to; provide an overview of existing literature on child trafficking and child soldiering; identify potential linkages between the two bodies of knowledge; and illustrate the spectrum of trafficking-related vulnerabilities that child soldiers may face before, during and after armed conflict. Read more...
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change. A new report from UNICEF analyses prevalence and trends in female genital mutilation/cutting in 29 countries. Drawing on data from more than 70 nationally representative surveys over a 20-year period, the report finds that the practice has declined in a number of countries. Other important changes are under way. Read more...
- Putting Children at the Centre of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, an Advocacy Campaign by ACPF. The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) has recently developed a Position Paper: Towards an African Position on Children and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Paper is the outcome of a review of ACPF’s extensive research on child rights and wellbeing in Africa over the past decade. The Position Paper is complemented by a Situational Analysis of Children in Africa, entitled Africa's Children and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Read more...
Academic Articles:
- FREE play articles: UK Playday 2013 Article Collection from Routledge. To mark Playday 2013 (August 7) the publisher Routledge has released a collection of recent articles that focus on the importance of space and the play environment. Articles in the collection are free to download until 31 August 2013. Read more...
Journal and Bulletins:
- The Lancet Global Health Vol.1 No.2. Second issue of the Lancet's new Journal Global Health is out now. Read here the table of contents and access all articles free. Included is also the parallel blog site to view and join discussions on items published in The Lancet Global Health and to read and comment on blogs from leading figures in global health. Read more...
- International Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) newsletter July. This edition of the International Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) newsletter announces that IPJJ database now includes films and videos as well as the wide array of tools and resources in the area of justice for children, from UN reports to experts’ opinions, from meeting outcomes to planning tools. The newsletter's focus is the High level Conference on Justice for Children in Europe and Central Asia. Read more...
- Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) Latest News. The latest issue of the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) newsletter highlights efforts that are underway to better support the work of African ECD Scholars. It provides a brief update of the ECD Scholars Workshop held in Johannesburg in February as well as other reports of advancing ECD research in Africa. Read more...
Working Papers:
- Understanding Governance of Early Childhood Development and Education Systems and Services in Low-Income Countries New Innocenti working paper by co-author(s): Dimaya, Roland; Oh, Soojin S.; Ponguta, Liliana A.; Seder, Richard C.; Van Ravens, Jan; Rebello Britto, Pia and Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Read more...
Policy Briefs:
- COHED publishes new guidance document on negotiating fairer research contracts for LMIC Council on Health Research and Development (COHED) has published a guidance document: Where there is no lawyer - Guidance for fairer contract negotiation in collaborative research partnerships. Read more...
Conference Proceedings
- News from Young Lives: Inequalities in Children’s Outcomes in Developing Countries Conference A conference on inequalities in children’s outcomes was hosted by Young Lives at the University of Oxford on 8 and 9 July 2013. The conference brought together researchers who use longitudinal data to investigate the different influences on children’s outcomes from all around the world. Read more...
- Inequalities research videos now available on YouTube Three videos of conference plenary speakers sharing about their inequalities research are now available to view on YouTube. The plenary speakers were interviewed about their research papers during the Inequalities in Children’s Outcomes in Developing Countries conference conference, hosted by Young Lives at the University of Oxford, 8–9 July 2013. Read more...
Vacancies:
- Eurochild is hiring a consultant to draft background paper for annual conference on child participation Eurochild’s annual conference in 2013 is dedicated to the theme: Building an inclusive Europe - the contribution of children’s participation. Eurochild is hiring a consultant to draft the AC2013 background paper. Deadline for submission is 22 August 2013. Read more...
- Call for Applications: Faculty Positions at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor ranks at the University of Chicago The University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration (SSA) invites applications for faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor ranks. Preference will be given to applications that are received by December 15, 2013. Review will continue until positions are filled or when the search for this academic year closes, February 1, 2014. Read more...