by CPC | Feb 27, 2020 | News |
As we near the end of 2019, we would like to thank our community, our olleagues, and our partners around the world for a fruitful year of partnership and support in building a healthy and just world for children and families worldwide. We wish you a very happy holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year! To close out 2019 and open 2020, we’ve created a photo calender of the CPC’s Year In Review: click on a photo to discover a “surprise” learning endeavor that we initially shared during that month and see what awaits! Additionally, we would also like to call your attention to the recently launched Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Protection of Children in Humanitarian Settings. This course is free until June 2020, so make sure to register now. Designed by CPC co-director Mark Canavera, senior research associate Tina Fischer, and faculty affiliate Mike Wessells, the course examines how children’s social environments at different levels, such as the family, community and societal levels, influence children’s adversity, development, and resilience. This course is aimed at child protection practitioners who work internationally in humanitarian settings and is also designed for those who want to learn more about, or start working in, the sector! Please click here to view the full...
by Eva Noble | Nov 11, 2019 | News |
This month marked the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most-signed global treaty in the world. There has been significant progress since that treaty was signed, but we are still so far from a world where children’s rights are realized systematically. We must all recommit to the action and practice of children’s rights, and that new commitment may take new shapes and forms as forces like the climate crisis and record-breaking levels of forced migration reshape our world and threaten children’s futures. Of the many interesting items below, we would like to call your attention to three consultancies that we are recruiting: one consultancy for 75 days of work over seven months in the Democratic Republic of Congo (field coordination), one for 100 days of work over seven months in the Central African Republic (field coordination), and one three-country consultancy (research coordination) for 220 days of work over 12 months. To apply for any of these consultancies, please send an email with your CV, three references, and your daily rate in USD to info@cpclearningnetwork.org. Please specify which consultancy you are applying for in the subject line and email text. Click through to see the full...
by Eva Noble | Nov 4, 2019 | News |
In this newsletter you will find a round-up of CPC news, highlights from the recent work of our faculty affiliates, learning opportunities, and relevant vacancies. On this last day of October, I have the privilege to write to you from Kampala, Uganda, where the AfriChild Centre of Excellence for the Study of the African Child at Makerere University has just completed its annual general meeting. We heard about AfriChild’s busy beehive of activity throughout Uganda, including an innovative program to bolster faculty capacity to undertake child-focused research in seven universities. Another unique program helps practitioners to better evaluate the quality and nature of evidence and then use it to improve their programs. All the while, AfriChild has undertaken research that centers children on the margins, including street-connected children and children living in residential care facilities. The CPC Learning Network Secretariat has been involved with the AfriChild Centre from its humble beginnings. The seed for the AfriChild Centre grew from a small team of passionate researchers, government officials, and service providers who were working with children and families under duress. Recognizing the need to come together to better understand and then improve the services and supports on-offer to these children and families, that team came together and created the AfriChild Centre, which today features of staff of eight people as well as several associates. This inspiring team works tirelessly to bridge policy, practice, and evidence for better outcomes for children and families, and it is days like today when the good fortune of my career leaves me breathless. Thanks for all that you do, AfriChild. Click here to read the full...
