Averting a lost COVID generation: A six-point plan to respond, recover and reimagine a post-pandemic world for every child

UNICEF

In this document, UNICEF calls for A Six-Point Plan to Protect our Children, a list of urgent actions to mitigate the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and a practical recovery plan to safeguard child rights now and to reimagine a better future.

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Working with communities to mitigate the collateral impact of COVID-19 on children and young people

Charles Coughlan, Arpana Soni, Hanan Ghouneim, Kiera Ghouneim, Phoebe Rutherford, Rianne Steele, Meerat Kaur, and Mando Watson - BMJ Paediatrics Open

In this paper, the authors explore the concerns of children and young people (CYP) living in North West London (NWL) and their carers and highlight examples of good practice to inspire others to strengthen patient and public involvement (PPI) as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves.

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COVID on three continents: How local children’s organisations in Africa, Europe and South America are adapting to the coronavirus challenge

Suzanne Clulow, Nikoleta Dimitrouka, Iván Zamora Zapata - Journal of Children's Services

The purpose of this paper is to share anecdotally how the pandemic is affecting children, families and some of the frontline local services that support them across three continents.

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Parental psychological distress associated with COVID-19 outbreak: A large-scale multicenter survey from Turkey

Alperen Bıkmazer, et al - International Journal of Social Psychiatry

The authors of this study aimed to comparatively examine the COVID-19 related stress and psychological burden of parents with different occupational, locational, and mental health status related backgrounds in Turkey.

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Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Time for a re-set: Implications for child migration policies arising from COVID-19

Jacqueline Bhabha - International Organization for Migration

This paper is part of a series of short “think pieces” by IOM’s Migration Research and Publishing High-Level Advisers on the potential changes, impacts and implications for migration and mobility arising from COVID-19. Designed to spark thinking on policy and programmatic responses to COVID-19 as its impacts continue to emerge globally, the papers draw upon existing and new evidence and offer initial exploratory analysis and recommendations.

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Presentation: Structural Neglect of Children Living in Institutional Settings

Marinus van IJzendoorn

This presentation - delivered by Marinus van IJzendoorn at a 18 November 2020 meeting of the Evidence for Impact Working Group, a working group of the recently launched Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform - presents evidence of the harmful impacts of institutionalization on children, demonstrates some of the benefits of deinstitutionalization for getting children back on track, and raises questions about gap-year volunteers working in orphanages.