Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI) would like to work with local organisations organising responses to meet the needs of Afghan refugees, in countries preparing to receive arrivals.

This webinar, hosted by the World Health Organization and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, offers an opportunity to explore the key findings of five decades of research into corporal punishment of children. Hearing from some of the world’s leading academics on the topic, participants will gain a thorough understanding of the impact of corporal punishment on children’s health and well-being, and evidence-based insights into strategies for its prevention.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is organizing the 2021 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action over a virtual platform from the 4th to 8h of October 2021.

In 2020 the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on health disparities, poverty, and societal inequities. Meanwhile global protests awakened our collective and universal consciousness of systemic and institutional racism. In response, The Kempe Center launched A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference to raise the collective consciousness of the impact of poverty, racism, oppression, othering, and inequality on the lives of children and families in child welfare systems.

Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will be held on September 30th, 2021.

This live webinar takes place Sept 21 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. (GMT) and 3:00-5:00 p.m. (EAT)

The next issue of the Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond journal will be published in September. The new issue will address the underlying psychological conditions of caregivers amid pandemic outbreak, their strategies to deal with it and their recommendations that policy makers can take cognisance of.

Join a webinar to discuss these and other issues raised in the latest issue on September 17 from 5.00 - 6.30 pm.

Registration for the 2021 DGD is now open. The virtual event will take place over two half days on 16 and 17 September 2021, during the 88th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

IACN, in collaboration with UNICEF, is organising a learning session on kinship care on 15 September, from 4:30 p.m to 6: 00 p.m. In this session, speakers and organisations will discuss their interventions on kinship care in diverse contexts in India. Additionally, a researcher from Ghana will share the findings of a qualitative study on the experiences of children and caregivers in kinship care.  Please see below for details of the session.

This event takes place virtually and presents a unique opportunity for social service practitioners, experts and policy makers from around the world to come together to discuss the biggest issues facing the social service workforce today, including the impact of the pandemic on the social service workforce as well as on the role of the social service workforce in social justice.