Items of Interest:
- Research on Advancing International Human Rights Mechanisms for Intergenerational Equity. The increasing urgency of human rights protections for future generations has been recognized by award nomination. Research project, “Aligning Human Rights Law and Development Policy to Promote Intergenerational Equity,” has been nominated for an “Innovative Idea” award by the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law. Read more...
New Research Projects, Guides and Tools:
- The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) adds new option to browse practices mapped along the Recommendation for Investing in Children. The EPIC website is constantly evolving, most recently adding a section called About the Recommendation for Investing in Children. Visitors to the EPIC Practices that Work section can now view all practices included in the section assigned different policy categories according to those which they align most soundly with. This provides website users with a new way to browse for practices. Read more...
- New research centre to focus on trafficking, child safety and cyberbullying. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF Surgeons in Ireland has opened a new cyber-psychology research centre to focus on key areas of child safety online, cyberbullying and human trafficking. Read more...
- The launch of a new phase in the International Survey of Children's Well-Being (ISCWeB) project. The new wave of data collection of the Children’s Worlds: International Survey of Children’s Well-Being (ISCWeB) was launched in Goethe-University in Frankfurt on 04-05 July 2013. Read more...
Calls for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals: - Remember to check the all upcoming deadlines.
- Approaching call for abstracts submission deadline: 30 October 2013 - 4th European Conference for Social Work and Research - Private troubles or public issues? Challenges for social work research. When the very idea of welfare state is undermined, researchers, scholars, practitioners in social work are challenged to connect their endeavours to the core of social work mission and the support of social solidarity. Time and place: Apr 15, 2014 - Apr 17, 2014, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano – EURAC . Read more...
- Abstract Submission Opens on 1st December 2013 for 20th International Aids Conference 2014 Melbourne. The convening of the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia, in July 2014 is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policymakers, people living with HIV and others committed to ending the epidemic. It represents the opportunity to highlight the diverse nature of the Asia Pacific region’s HIV epidemic and the unique responses to it. Time and place: Jul 20, 2014 - Jul 25, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
- Call for Applications Submissions Deadline 15 December 2013 - Faculty Positions at the University of Chicago at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor ranks.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.
- Call for abstracts submission deadline December 15, 2013 for Genital Autonomy 2014 "Whole Bodies, Whole Selves: Activating Social Change". The National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (USA), Intact America, Genital Autonomy (UK and Australia), and the Sexpo Foundation (Finland) present the 13th International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children’s Rights. Abstract deadline December 15, 2013. Time and place: Jul 24, 2014 - Jul 26, 2014, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Events
- Continuous Professional Development courses on Research with Children and Young People at The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR), The University of Edinburgh. Returning for 2014: CRFR are offering 3 Continuous Professional Development courses on research and consultation with children and young people. 2 subsidised places per course are being offered (£250 reduced from £350) for those who work in voluntary organisations (only one place per organisation). Read more...
- COALICO Running a Policy-Practice Academic Course on Children and Armed Conflict Issues in Colombia Since May 2013, the Coalition against the involvement of boys, girls and youth in the armed conflict in Colombia (COALICO) has been sponsoring an academic course on advocacy and protection of children and youth in Colombia. The course aims to improve civil society organizations’ capacity to engage in advocacy on the protection of children and youth, while strengthening the relationship between these organizations and academia. Read more...
- Annual Research Conference 2013- Aga Khan University: Towards Contextually Relevant Early Years Care and Education The Aga Khan University – Institute for Educational Development, East Africa will host its Annual Research Institute. This year’s theme, Towards Contextually Relevant Early Years Care and Education, will focus on culturally responsive early childhood care and education in East Africa - Time and place: Oct 21, 2013 - Oct 23, 2013, Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development, East Africa Read more...
- 21st International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference. Re-claiming the Indigenous Child, Family and Community; Pedagogies of Place - This 21st conference is the first to be held on the African continent. The Host Committee has planed experiences that will acquaint you with local and national programs for children and an introduction to the cultures of Kenya. Time and place: Nov 3, 2013 - Nov 7, 2013, Kenyatta University Conference Centre • Nairobi, Kenya Read more...
Online Debates and Events
- Counter Child Trafficking: Global Online Conference Time and place: Oct 16, 2013 - Oct 18, 2013, Online http://counterchildtrafficking.org/.This online event aims to bring together the global Counter Child Trafficking community to connect, share and learn from what works on the frontline in a free and accessible format through the use of technology. The Global Online Counter Child Trafficking Conference 2013 is the first event of its kind. The aim is that this event will further encourage collaboration and the creation of partnerships to strengthen the global response to child trafficking and exploitation. Read more...
- Permanent International Seminar "Early Childhood in the Public Setting: The Latin American Experience" / Seminario Permanente Internacional "La Primera Infancia en el Espacio Publico Experiencia Latino Americana Date: Octubre 31, 2013 Invitan: El programa Infancia de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana y Childwatch International Research Network. Dr. Néstor López de SITEAL-UNESCO sobre el tema de equidad y educabilidad en relación a la necesaria articulación familia- escuela. ACCESO VIRTUAL, ABIERTO Y GRATUITO. Accessible free online. Read more...
Publications
Conference Proceedings:
- A Better Way to Protect ALL Children: The Theory and Practice of Child Protection Systems, Conference Report 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. Read conference report here. Read more...
- “Children and Youth affected by Armed Conflict: Where to Go from here?” International Conference in Kampala, Uganda - Recommendations for Policy-Makers. In September, a three-day International Conference Children and Youth Affected by Armed Conflict took place in Kampala, Uganda. The participants of the Conference reflected on a decade of rehabilitation and reintegration processes for children and youth affected by armed conflict. Read more...
- Uni-Com Congress and Childwatch Latin American Conference Report. On the 16th and 17th of September a series of Latin American conferences and seminars on Quality of Life in Latin America and the Caribbean organised by Uni-Com at Faculty of Social Sciences at the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora took place. Read about the event here. Read more...
Research Reports:
- Assessment of child protection needs in Syria – CPWG, September 2013. This report issued in September by the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) presents the main findings of an interagency child protection assessment for Syria, covering the period February- May 2013. A remote data collection methodology was used as well as a desk review component which took into account the findings of other processes monitoring child protection issues inside the country. Read more...
Academic Articles:
- New journal article from Young Lives: Education and child migration. This article examines the association between formal education, social mobility and children migrating for school in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam and draws on data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty and schooling. Read more...
Working Papers
- CanChild publishes: Reflections On “Disability” and Development: Do We Have the Right Focus? CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster University publishes thought pieces which reflect on different topics related to childhood disability research. In this Reflections On... piece, Dr. Peter Rosenbaum proposes an approach to developmental disability in which professionals focus their attention on child development as the primary guiding principle by which to offer advice, intervention, and counseling to parents. Read more...
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