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Conference: Rethinking Poverty - Making Policies that Work for Children

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UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The New School will be jointly hosting a conference at The New School, in New York, on Rethinking Poverty, focusing on Policies that work for Children, on April 21-23, 2008. This is the fourth international conference on "Children's Rights and Policies" organized in partnership by UNICEF and the GPIA. Past conferences held...

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Conference Agenda

Notes on Social Insurance and Protection Policies for Children, Women and Families

Author:Miriam Fogelson

What is social protection and why is it particularly important for children and families? What types of social protection policies are currently in place around the world? Are conditional and targeted cash transfers fair? Are they efficient? Why do cash transfer programs seem to be in fashion rather than more general redistribution policies? Is social protection only for the most vulnerable children or should it reach all children? Does social...

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Rethinking Poverty and Children in the New Millennium: Linking Research and Policy

Author:Looking out across the bay at some of the most expensive land in Mumbai. By thebigdurian (Flickr.com)

Organized jointly by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the Childwatch International Research Network, this International Conference was held on September 17-19, 2007 at the University of Oslo, Norway. It focused on the nexus between children and poverty and how it affects, not only the children suffering from the hardship of poverty in all its aspects, but also the development of generations and the...

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UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs Conferences at The New School

Author:UNICEF/HQ00-0992/Noorani

UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The New School jointly hosted three international conferences on issues related to human rights, child poverty and social policies. They were part of UNICEF's commitment to policy, advocacy and partnerships that convene international experts in pursuit of results for children.

FIRST CONFERENCE
“Promoting Human Rights and Social Policies for Children and Women: Monitoring and Achieving the Millennium Development...

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5th World Summit Media & Children

The 5th World Summit on Children & the Media 2007 Media for Children – A Tool for Global Peace took place from 24 to 28 March 2007 in South Africa. The Summit consisted of round tables, workshops, panels, master classes,......

Process Evaluation in a Randomized Community Trial of a Youth-Aimed,

Abstract: The article describes process evaluation in a NIDA-funded randomized community trial of a substance-use prevention media campaign called "Be Under Your Own Influence." The two-year media intervention took place in schools with some supporting community activities, and was......

Infancias: varios mundos. Los más chiquitos. Culturas diversas. Equidad para todos.

La Fundación Walter Benjamin, con el apoyo de la Fundación Arcor y de Procter & Gamble presentó el libro “Infancias: varios mundos. Los más chiquitos. Culturas diversas. Equidad para todos” el 14 de agosto a las 18 hs en el......