May 2020

WEBINAR | COVID-19: Protecting Children from Violence, Abuse, and Neglect in the Home

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This webinar examines the technical note on protecting children from violence, abuse, and neglect in the home as countries implement lockdowns and stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of COVID-19. Protective prevention and response strategies are outlined with the goal of strengthening the protection of children in all types of homes.

This technical note is an annex of the Technical Note: Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

WEBINAR | Overcoming Blindspots: Making Data Work for Children on the Move

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Fifty million children are on the move today due to migration or displacement, but we often lack reliable data on who these children are, where they live, and what they need. Without access to the right information, governments and organizations are hard-pressed to deliver essential services and ensure the safety of this vulnerable population.

WEBINAR | Building the World We Want - A Conversation between Nobel Peace Laureates and Youth

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Youth and Nobel Peace Laureates come together from across the globe to talk coping, taking action, and their vision for the future.

Join Jody Williams (1997 Nobel Peace Prize, United States), Rigoberta Menchú (1992 Nobel Peace Prize, Guatemala), Leymah Gbowee (2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Liberia), and Shirin Ebadi (2003 Nobel Peace Prize, Iran) for the first in this series of powerful conversations hosted by the One Billion Acts of Peace campaign.

WEBINAR | Early Childhood Intervention in the Time of COVID-19

During the time of COVID-19 in order to protect the lives of families and ECI personnel, interpersonal activities through home visits and group sessions have largely ceased. Yet the needs of children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families have increased due to isolation, loss of employment, and dire survival and health needs. Given these challenges, ECI programmes are developing innovative services with the goal of finding new and effective ways to serve families and children.

WEBINAR | Sexual Abuse of Minors Has Risen. What Can YOU Do to Help the Children?

For weeks, we’ve been urged to stay home for our safety and the safety of others. But unfortunately, for a disturbing number of children, home is not a safe haven. In March, as more cities and states instituted restrictions related to COVID-19, RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, saw minors account for a majority of victims using its online hotline for the first time in its history. This came at the same time states were reporting a decline in official reports of child abuse.

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