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Family for Every Child Statement to Combat Sexual Violence against Children
Caring for boys and girls affected by sexual violence through integrated, targeted services Read More
StoryCenter Webinar – “Digital Storytelling and Advocacy: How Stories Can Support Progressive Change”
Since 1993, StoryCenter has collaborated with individuals, grassroots groups, and organizations to centralize first-person stories in social change efforts. Recognizing that current social and political realities in the United States and globally demand ever-more creative approaches to advocacy, the organization is excited to be offering this webinar. Read More
Getting Care Right for All Children: Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
All around the world, for many different reasons, hundreds of thousands of children cannot live with their parents. The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children set out the principles for policy and practice that have been agreed upon globally, to help towards tackling this issue. Read More
Call for a Photographic Exhibition
The Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) is the specialized agency of the OAS responsible of promotion of studies related to children, adolescents and the family in the Americas and to generate technical instruments that improve the performance of States in the promotion and protection of the Rights of children and adolescents
through their public policies. Read More
Call for short stories: “Rights should not be a fairy tale”
With the purpose of promoting and encouraging children’s participation in the region, through artistic, expressive and creative spaces, the Inter-American Institute of the Child, within the framework of its 90th Anniversary, invites them to take part in a Collection of Short Stories “RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE A FAIRY TALE”. Read More
“Instrumental Variables”: Webinar on how to know if a program made a difference
The USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation project is hosting a series of webinar discussions of the popular MEASURE Evaluation manual, How Do We Know If a Program Made a Difference? A Guide to Statistical Methods for Program Impact Evaluation. Each webinar in the series reviews key topics from a chapter through verbal discussion and graphical presentation. Read More
National Dialogue on Children´s Family and Community Life
The National Movement for Family and Community Coexistence, through its Executive Secretariat – ABTH, member of the RISE Network in Brazil, together with the Special Secretariat for Human Rights, Ministry of Justice and Citizenship, the National Council on the Rights of Children and Adolescents (Conanda), and with the local support from the Gabinete Asesoria Jurídica Popular Organizations (GAJOP), are organizing the Seminar “National Dialogue on Children´s Family and Community Life”, to be held on 22-23 May 2017, in Recife. Read More
Being Heard Project: Call for Evidence
The International Centre (IC): researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking (University of Bedfordshire) in partnership with Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) are undertaking an international review of evidence relating to participatory methodologies used in research and consultation relating to sexual violence involving children and young people. Read More
E-course on Managing Gender-based Violence Programmes in Emergencies
UNFPA is excited to launch the new and updated version of their free online course on “Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies”. The course targets new or emerging gender-based violence (GBV) specialists as well as humanitarian or development practitioners – and others – who want to increase their knowledge around GBV prevention and response in emergencies. Read More