ECPC UNGA-78 High-level Session "ECD: Pathways to Sustainable Peace"

Watch the 4-part video series “ECPC UNGA-78 High-level Session” featuring experts in evidence-based science & practice who demonstrate to Member States the importance of investing in Early Childhood Development (ECD) as pathways to sustainable peace. Get the newly published book “Foundations for a Peaceful World”, ECPC Overview of ECD & Peacebuilding Research in Science & Practice, ECPC policy briefing notes, & more.

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Leave no one behind! Social Protection responses to forcibly displaced children

VIDEO► #CSocD62 Side-event (08 Feb 2024)—Global experts from the ECPC and other prominent agencies demonstrate emerging evidence that comprehensive social protection for displaced children and families may foster resilience and support social cohesion by reducing tensions between displaced and host communities. Recorded at the 62nd Session of the U.N. Commission For Social Development .

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ECPC Call for Action for justice, peace, & protection for all children in war zones

The ECPC urgently calls on the international community to implement an immediate unconditional cessation of violence and armed conflict in Israel and Palestine, and to ensure that early childhood development (ECD) services and the components of nurturing care are central to any enduring solutions.

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VIDEO► Premier of ECPC anthem "Seeds of Peace" song for hope

♪ SING ALONG WITH US ♪ The ECPC premiers its new Anthem “Seeds of Peace” song for hope. Performed at UNGA-78 at UNICEF House in NYC on 28 Sept 2023. Featuring ECPC Co-founder and tenor vocalist Dr. Kyle D. Pruett, and the Yale School of Music’s All-City Children’s Choir from the Connecticut New Haven Public Schools.

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ECPC Webinar | The power & potential of youth advocacy to build peace

“Hear our stories!” See the video recording of this lively intergenerational conversation on the power of youth activism and how best to engage the leaders of tomorrow! Featuring eminent youth advocates from Norway, Romania, Trinidad/Tobago, and USA. Hosted by ECPC members Dr. Kyle D. Pruett (Yale), Kyle King (Yale ‘24), and Aditi Shrikhande (UNICEF).

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ECPC background paper, brief, and info video

Read the ECPC publication, "Contributions of ECD programming to sustainable peace & development" that exemplifies the role of early childhood development (ECD) in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular, Goal 16.

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WELCOME!

Listen to greetings from ECPC Chair, Rima Salah.

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"It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Early Childhood Peace Consortium website. The Consortium was launched on September 2013 at UNICEF headquarters. This is to bring the contribution of science on early childhood development as a path to peace to the international community debate on peacebuilding. It established a network and a unified group of stakeholders around the goal of reducing and preventing violence against children, recognizing the power of investing in the early years to build peaceful societies. The ECPC is founded on the idea that the global community must address the root causes of violence and conflict and that families and children can be agents of change for peace. Join us to build an inclusive movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using early childhood development strategies that enable the world community to advocate peace, security and sustainable development. This is an online resource to help you build with 'blocks of peace' for the children of the world, and I thank you."

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OUR MISSION ~ The promise of the ECPC is to join forces with the international community by creating a global movement to build more peaceful homes and societies, drawing on the experience of early childhood development and the transformative power of children and families, pillared by science- and practice-based evidence.

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