Items of Interest:
- The Second Annual Latin-American Colloquium on Security Policies and Human Rights: Focusing on Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescence, was held this year by Equity for Children Latin America on the 21st and 22nd of March - read about the discussions and highlights in this article written and translated by Equity for Children.
- New International Research Group: Contested Childhoods and Multiple Crisis. The Childwatch International key member Norwegian Social Research - NOVA, has established a research group with the IMISCOE research network which will work together for the coming five years; Contested childhoods and multiple crises; Contested childhoods and multiple crises. Read more...
- Psychology Prize for 2013 goes to Elisabeth Backe-Hansen at NOVA. Childwatch is proud to announce that this year's Norwegian Psychology Prize has been awarded to Elisabeth Backe-Hansen at NOVA - Norwegian Social Research. NOVA is a central Key Institution for Childwatch International. Read more...
New Research Projects, Guides and Tools:
- Eurochild assesses European Commission's recommendation on Child Poverty: Unwrapping the principles, translating into policies & practices, and highlighting opportunities. This assessment document to the European Commission Recommendation on child poverty, entitled "Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage", was adopted on 20 February 2013 as part of the Social Investment Package for Growth and Cohesion (SIP). Read more...
- Launched: Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2012) measuring political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition in 45 developing countries. New research shows that some of the poorest developing countries are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition. Read more...
- Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years: Investing in the development of young children from migrant and low-income families. The Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years brings together leading scientists, practitioners, civil society members, business leaders and political decision-makers from Europe and North America. Forum participants will explore policies and projects supporting the early childhood development of children from migrant and low-income families. Read more...
- Global thinkers analyse critical research related to children: Nutrition: Problems, Potential & Progress. Research Watch from Unicef's Office of Research, brings global thinkers together to analyse critical research related to children. In the Unicef studio expertise is brought together to discuss: Millions of children still malnourished? 'Why, & what are the solutions'. In this Debate: Dr David Nabarro, Professor Lawrence Haddad, Professor Andrew Tomkins, Dr Purnima Menon, and Dr Anna Lartey. Read more...
Calls for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals:
- Call for Papers: Current Residential Therapeutic Practice with Children and Young People Calling for paper submissions for a future special issue, publication in December 2013, of Therapeutic Communities . Guest-edited by John Diamond, Mulberry Bush Organisation, UK. Papers are invited that demonstrate or debate the human experience of delivering therapeutic interventions with children and young people. Deadline 20th December 2013 Read more...
- Call for papers: Children born into families affected by HIV. The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS is sponsoring a special issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society, on the theme of Children Born into Families Affected by HIV for release at the 20th International AIDS Conference from 25 July 2014 in Melbourne.Deadline: 20th December 2013 Read more...
- Call for Applications for Summer School on International Children's Rights: Leiden and The Hague. The Grotius Centre has announced a new summer course on international children's rights for this summer in close cooperation with Professor Ton Liefaard, Professor of Children's Rights (UNICEF chair) at Leiden Law School and Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen, University of the Western-Cape, who will coordinate the course. The deadline for registration is 1 July 2013. Read more...
- Call for abstracts: Family Life in the Age of Migration and Mobility: Theory, Policy and Practice. On September 16-20, 2013 in Norrköping, Sweden, a conference entitled, "Family Life in the Age of Migration and Mobility: Theory, Policy and Practice" will take place at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping.This conference will explore contemporary family life through the lenses of mobilty and migration. Calls for abstracts deadline: 1st June 2013 . Read more...
- Call for papers: Child Maltreatment & Emerging Adulthood: Developmental Outcomes & Service Delivery. Child Maltreatment, the journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, is preparing a special issue on developmental outcomes and service delivery during emerging adulthood. September 2, 2013 Read more...
Events
- Book Launch: Childhoods, Real and Imagined. Childhoods, Real and Imagined: Volume 1, An Introduction to Critical Realism and Childhood Studies by Priscilla Alderson, (Routledge, May 2013, £24.99). This new book sets out twelve basic ideas in critical realism to show how they can increase our research understanding of children’s lives. Time and place: May 20, 2013 05:00 PM, Elvin Hall, 20 Bedford Way Read more...
- The NZ–UK Link Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture. The NZ–UK Link Foundation, in conjunction with the School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce Professor Anne Smith as the recipient of the 2013 Visiting Professorship. Professor Smith will be based at the School of Advanced Study between April and June 2013 and give a public lecture series on children's rights with special emphasis on the links between research on children's issues and government policy. Read more...
- Eurochild & UNESCO Policy Round Table on Family and Parenting Support. The event aims to promote a wider understanding at EU level of what family and parenting support is, what is really needed to support parenting, what are the lessons learned in this field and see possible ways to put those lessons into practice. The event will also address the issue of children falling behind very early in life and agree some key shared objectives. Date: Tuesday 7th May 2013 , 14:00 – 17:00. Location: European Commission, Charlemagne Building (ROOM MANS), rue de la Loi 170, Brussels (Belgium). Read more...
- European Seminar "Public policies supporting positive parenthood: new policy prospective" organized by ChildONEurope. Place: Florence, Istituto degli Innocenti. Date: 23 May 2012. Read more...
Publications
Books:
- Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature New book by authors Diana Mitlin and David Satterthwaite from Equity for Children. Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature fills the gap for a much needed systematic overview of the historical and contemporary state of urban poverty in the Global South. Read more...
- Childhoods, Real and Imagined: Volume 1, An Introduction to Critical Realism and Childhood Studies by Priscilla Alderson, (Routledge, May 2013, £24.99). This new book sets out twelve basic ideas in critical realism to show how they can increase our research understanding of children’s lives. Read more...
Research Reports:
- "Breaking the cycle of Roma exclusion - The situation of Roma children & promising practices that promote children’s rights and well-being" New report by Eurochild brings together two important policy debates at EU level: Roma inclusion and child poverty & well-being. This report marked International Roma Day - 8 April 2013. Read more...
- New study: Family stressors and children’s outcomes.This new study from the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre, an independent research center with funding from the United Kingdom Department for Education, identifies which family stress factors and parental behaviors are associated with positive and negative outcomes for children at the age of 7 and whether stressful life events experienced in childhood are associated with negative outcomes in adolescence.Read more...
- Improving Child Nutrition, The Achievable Imperative for Global Progress. Unicef has published a report which offers evidence that real progress is being made in the fight against stunted growth – the hidden face of poverty for 165 million children under the age of five. Read more...
- Report Card 11: Child Well-being in Rich Countries: A Comparative Overview. As debates continue to rage around austerity measures and social spending cuts, Report Card 11: Child well-being in rich countries charts the achievements of 29 of the world’s advanced economies on the well-being of their children during the first decade of this century. Who ranks where? And what do children themselves have to say? Read more...
Journals and Bulletins:
- New Information Sheet: Play and the Early Years. Written by Janet Moyles this information sheet explores what is play and its importance to and for children’s development in the early years (birth to seven years old). It also explores the importance of adult roles, advocacy and the child’s right to play. Read more...
Working Papers:
- UNICEF Office of Research Working Paper: Social Transfers and Child Protection. The paper assesses the available evidence on the potential effects of social transfers on child protection outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: the negative outcomes or damaging exposure of children to violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect, and improved outcomes or a reduction in exposure to these phenomena. Read more...
- Young-Lives Working Paper 95: Female Labour-Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) of India requires one-third of the beneficiaries to be women, and equal wages to be paid to female and male participants. Young Lives studies its impact on children’s educational attainment via women’s increased access to labour-market opportunities.Read more...
Academic Articles:
- 'Impact of Parental Death in Middle Childhood and Adolescence on Child Outcomes', Journal of African Economies. This paper, by Rozana Himaz, investigates whether the death of a parent during middle childhood (ages 7–8 to 11–12) has different effects on a child's schooling and psychosocial outcomes when compared with death during adolescence (ages 11–12 to 14–15) in Ethiopia. Read more...
Vacancies
- The Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) at the University of Manchester announces three PhD studentships. The studentships are to fund Doctoral research in any of BWPI’s core themes: Poverty and Social Protection; Global Poverty Reduction—Institutions and Policy; Working out of Poverty; and Urban Poverty, Conflict and Climate Change. The studentships will be available from September 2013. Closing date: Friday 17 May 2013. Read more...
Links to the latest newsletters on child research:
Developments: Newsletter of the Society for Research in Child Development -April 2013 (Volume 56, Number 2)
Healthy Environments for Children Alliance listserv - WHO - February 2013
Home: The Child Recovery and Reintegration Network - April Bulletin
International Bureau for Children's Rights: Newsletter on Children’s Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
International Bureau for Children's Rights: The Forum on Children in Armed Conflict Newsletter
International Bureau for Children's Rights: The Middle East and North Africa Newsletter
International Social Service ISS - Monthly Review- N° 171- April. The Waiting: A recurrent issue in adoption, and more...This editorial is dedicated to the issue of the waiting period in the adoption process as well as the experience of an AAB accompanying the adoptive families in this context.
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) E-Blast – WHO - February 2013