The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative is a global, multi-sectoral effort to produce new knowledge and equip decision-makers with tools and resources to support the development of a quality early childhood workforce at scale. Writing for the project’s website, Kavita Hatipoglu and Michelle Neuman make the point: “The practitioners who workRead More →
The 2018 monitoring report for the Every Woman Every Child global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health provides updates on progress towards the Survive, Thrive, and Transform goals, which were set out in the 2016-2030 global strategy. The report recommends implementing the Nurturing Care Framework as the first strategicRead More →
The “Dubai Declaration on Early Childhood Development” identifies the elements and approaches for a holistic package of services for young children and their caregivers, ranging from stimulation and play to nutrition to parental livelihoods. The declaration also calls for these approaches to be backed by national policy, with regulations andRead More →
This years International Step-by-Step Association conference was: Nurturing envrionments for the wellbeing of young children and their families. The conference themes were: 1. Nurturing home environments for young children 2. Nurturing environments in services for young children 3. Nurturing environments for young children and their families in their communities/cities ARead More →
Joan Lombardi, Director of Early Opportunities, and Shannon Rudisill, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, have written an article on nurturing care for Grant Makers in Health. They write: “Promoting nurturing care is now becoming a global movement. …there is growing interest from philanthropy and civic leaders atRead More →
23 Oct 2019 – 25 Oct 2019 @ All Day –
Government ministers from 15 Pacific island nations, working in education, finance, health and social welfare, have announced a new Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development.
On 29 June 2018 a webinar was co-hosted by the International Step by Step Association and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, seeking to orient stakeholders on the Nurturing Care Framework. The Moderator of the webinar was Joan Lombardi and speakers were Bernadette Daelmans, Ilgi Ertem, Alexsandra Jovic and Liana Ghent. YouRead More →
The American Academy of Pediatrics put a spotlight on nurturing care during their 2018 National Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, U.S.A.. As part of the global health and community paediatrics stream, a 2.5 hour session was organized on the theme of early childhood development (November 2). Speakers addressed ECD inRead More →
Tresillian is an organisation which provides a residential early parenting service in New South Wales, Australia, and was established in 1918. The Centenary Conference was attended by 200 child and family health nurses and about 20 speakers and members of Tresillian senior staff. Professor Jane Fisher was invited to speak on the topicRead More →
25-28 September 2019 | Beirut, Lebanon The theme for the 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Social Pediatrics & Child Health (ISSOP) is “Children in Armed Conflict: Rights, Health and Wellbeing”. The meeting has been organised by ISSOP in collaboration with: • Faculty of Health Sciences, American UniversityRead More →
