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
The International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI) will hold its 6th Conference under the theme “Children in a World of Opportunities: Innovations in Research, Policy and Practice” in Montreal, Canada from June 28-30, 2017. Read More
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative is seeking to identify 10 young researchers between the ages of 18-24 who have engaged in participatory research activities on violence against children to attend the upcoming SVRI Forum 2017 as well as 5 NGO facilitators to support their participation in the conference. The Forum is scheduled to take place from 18-21 September in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Participants selected for this program should be based in Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and/or East Africa. Read More
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The RISE Learning Network is inviting contributions from professionals around the world working on projects and programmes that aim at the recovery and reintegration of children affected by sexual exploitation and other forms of violence and abuse. Read More
An Interview with Dr. Luke S. Bearup Read More
The NGOs Railway Children and Juconi International will host a conference from 17-18 November, 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania titled “Breaking the cycle: Reintegrating street-connected children: applying theory, developing practice”. Read More
An 18-member Global Interagency Working Group (IWG) coordinated by ECPAT International has released the ‘Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse’. Read More
The RISE Learning Network is inviting all organisations to participate in a Learning Project on Monitoring and Evaluating Reintegration Projects for Children and Adolescents. Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
On Monday 27th March United Purpose, in partnership with King’s College London, ECPAT UK and the Brazilian Labour Prosecution Office (MPT), will be hosting a seminar on Prosecution for Prevention: Disruptive Innovation in Child Protection. Read More