December 2015

U.N. Sustainable Development Goals - A historic moment for early childhood Development

On Friday 25 September 2015, during the Seventieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly leaders from across the world have adopted a new set of global development goals that will establish the Development Agenda for United Nations Members States through 2030. To achieve the goals, access to quality early childhood development is recognised as essential for not just human development, but also sustainable development.

Sleep Matters

The Huffington Post article, "What we've learned about kids and sleep in 2015", reports on research from leading medical professionals at Sleep 2015 and provides parents with answers to their bedtime routines.

Early Years member meetings to discuss the draft NI Executive Childcare Strategy

A reminder of remaining upcoming Early Years member meetings to discuss the draft NI Executive 10 year Childcare Strategy, 'Delivering Social Change Through Childcare: A Ten Year Strategy for Affordable and Integrated Childcare 2015-2025', presently open for consultation. The events will serve as an important way of discussing member views and feedback to inform individual responses, shape the organisation's response to the consultation and also guide which issues that the organisation should lobby on regarding the further development of the strategy.

Education and transitional justice: Opportunities and challenges for peacebuilding

ICTJ and UNICEF’s Research Reveals Essential Links Between Education and Transitional Justice

While some have called attention to the need for a more systematic consideration of the relationship between
education and transitional justice, to date neither education reform nor the teaching of the recent past has been treated with the seriousness it deserves.

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