May 2021

UN WEB TV LIVE | Arria-formula Meeting on Children and Armed Conflict

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“The objective of the meeting is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in situations of armed conflict, including how conditions created by the pandemic affected trends in violations against children and the UN’s ability to monitor and report on such violations.”
 
►2PM ET Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on violations against children in situations of armed conflict - Security Council high-level Arria-formula meeting.
 

Self-care during COVID-19

“To promote self-care practices around key sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, PMNCH is partnering with WHO and other UN partner agencies to develop a series of short animated videos to promote healthy behaviours during the pandemic. These videos help translate the latest WHO guidance on self-care practices for women, children adolescents and their families in relation to key issues arising in the context of COVID-19.”
 

WEBINAR | Careers in humanitarianism

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On Tuesday, May 11 at 1:00 PM, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) will host a special webinar on Careers in Humanitarianism, featuring
  • Niamh Gibbons, the Research and Evaluation Manager of HHI’s Executive Negotiation Program, and
  • Emma Kenny, MA, the Research Coordinator of HHI’s Gender, Rights and Resilience Program.
 
Our panelists will describe their current humanitarian research work, chat about their career in the sector, and field questions from attendees.

Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countriesAbstract

Foley, Sarah, et al. "Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countriesAbstract." Archives of Women's Mental Health (2021).

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