Join the Children's Commissioner, Dr Claire Achmad and Leon Tan of the Children's Rights Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand for a fireside conversation exploring what it could mean to "bring home" the promise of children's rights through incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UNCRC) into domestic law.
Join Family for Every Child for Research with Children on the Move, a webinar bringing together two practical research experiences using participatory and child-centred approaches to explore sensitive issues, including digital risks, exploitation, discrimination and protection pathways.
This webinar will unpack effective multisectoral approaches to ECD for children with disabilities and the caregivers who support them, highlight initiatives and resources from partners in the field, and present scalable solutions to implementing partners and governments.
The International Classification of Alternative Care of Children (ICare) addresses a crucial need for globally accepted operational concepts, definitions and principles to ensure a standardized approach to collecting and classifying statistical data regarding alternative care of children. The ICare will be officially released on 15 July during this event.
Building on a previous conversation exploring new research from The Two Lilies Fund and SAPPIN on workforce wellbeing in early childhood development (ECD) and care work, this second session turns toward solutions, practice, and change.
The first regional Rise Up Policy Forum + Huddle will take place in Africa, from 24-26 June 2026 in Kampala, Uganda. The Forum + Huddle will explore the contexts, strengths, challenges and solutions specific to the African region, convening African child protection expertise, promoting strong national child protection systems, and creating a regional dialogue aimed at transforming child protection into a more data-informed, collaborative, and preventive system.
The Second Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children, to be hosted by the Government of the Philippines in partnership with WHO and UNICEF on 18–19 November 2026, offers a new opportunity to build on this progress and translate commitments into action. This webinar will explore how parent and caregiver support can be positioned at the heart of this agenda.
This session will be held in commemoration of Parenting Month to explore the importance of inclusive play and parenting practices that support all children, including children and parents with disabilities and special needs, to thrive and reach their full potential.
June 17-18, 2026
The movement of persons with psychosocial disabilities recognizes that the experiences, priorities and leadership of youth, women, and gender diverse persons with psychosocial disabilities are still not adequately centered within the broader deinstitutionalization and community inclusion agendas. This side-event at the Conference of State Parties will bring together allied movements, and other multiple stakeholders including state parties, multilateral agencies, donors, and human rights organizations to take stock of the situation, explore status of the current DI agenda and collectively action for inclusion of intersectional groups.