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Join this event, hosted by the Regional Learning Platform (UNICEF & CTWWC) and hear from colleagues in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda on child protection system strengthening and care reform in Eastern and Southern Africa
This webinar will provide an overview of child protection system strengthening and the linkages between this approach and care reform. It will outline the ten components of a system strengthening approach to care reform and provide three examples of putting these components into practice. The examples will be presented by UNICEF country…
Time: 16:00-18:00 (EAT)
African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) has organized a Pan-African event under the theme “The Economic Case for Investing in Children and Celebrating Model Practices in Africa”. The event will be held virtually on 18th November 2021 at 16:00-18:00 hrs (EAT).
During this event ACPF will launch the report “The Economic Case for Investing in Children in Africa: Investing in Our Common Future”. The report seeks to demonstrate the economic significance of investing in children. The winner of The Ghai Larissa Award 2021, a special edition…
The Feed the Future Global Supporting Seed Systems for Development (S34D) initiative is a five-year Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement Award, funded by Feed the Future through the Bureau of Resilience and Food Security (RFS) and by USAID through the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). Catholic Relief Services is leading this consortium with the support of a team of Consortium Partners: the Alliance for Bioversity International and CIAT (ABC), the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), Opportunity International (Ol), and Agri Experience (AE). S34D’s Life of Activity runs…
Globally, during the COVID 19 pandemic there have been disruptions to initiatives, services, and programmes that promote and protect nurturing care for young children. While necessary to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, strategies such as complete or partial lockdown, physical distancing measures, and school and childcare closures, have made it increasingly difficult to reach children and caregivers. At the same time, the social and economic ramifications of the pandemic have put families in even greater need of parenting and family support. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many…
Join the AfriChild Centre and CPC Learning Network on September 17th at 9:00 AM EDT (New York)/4:00 PM EAT (Kampala) as they revisit with a COVID-19 lens the existing and new challenges children in residential care institutions (RCI) in Uganda are facing. In 2017, researchers from AfriChild Centre and CPC Learning Network expanded on the national violence against children survey by conducting a qualitative study of risk and protective factors in RCIs in Uganda. Child welfare advocates and a researcher involved with the study will discuss results and recommendations on moving away from RCIs…
Save the Children will be launching a policy paper on the Impact of COVID 19 on Children in Africa – How to #protectageneration during a high level virtual dialogue on Monday June 8th. The discussion will be done with a High Level panel including: Children and Youth ambassadors from Nigeria, the African Union Commissioner for Human Resources Sciences and Technology; the African Union Commissioner of Social Affairs, the Minister in charge of Child Development from Zambia; the Minister of Education from Burkina; the Executive Director, African Child Policy Forum and Save the…
On 29th June 2017, Care to Practice’s Lucy Hillier interviewed Kudely Sokoine, Tanzania country programme coordinator at ICS-SP. They discussed the kinds of parenting issues which arise in Tanzania, how ICS is addressing them through its positive parenting programme, what is working, and what is more challenging. The interview was recorded and is 45 minutes long.
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In this interview recording, Care to Practice’s Lucy Hillier speaks to Dr. Rachel Bray about a recent review of evidence on family care, parenting and adolescence in East and Southern Africa. Dr. Bray discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the current evidence base, western versus regional notions of family and parenting, and the study’s implications for parenting and family strengthening programmes, policy and research.
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REPSSI hosts a biannual Psychosocial Support forum to promote awareness and understanding of the importance of psychosocial support (PSS) and to share knowledge on approaches to providing it.
The theme of the next PSS forum, which will take place in Arusha, Tanzania from 4-6 September, 2017, is “Equity, Equality for all Girls, Boys and Youth”
The aim of this forum is to share knowledge and skills and to explore roles and strategic engagement (nationally, regionally and internationally) for PSS practitioners, to realise equity and equality of all girls, boys and youth.