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Equityforchildren.org is an initiative of the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA), The New School, now in partnership with the Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University.

Mission & Objectives   To engage students, scholars, practitioners, governmental / non-profit organizations and the media with promoting awareness, increasing knowledge and advocating action about issues affecting equity for children and the realization of their rights worldwide.  

Who We Are      
Alberto Minujin, Director, Equity for Children
Alberto Minujin is a professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at the New School, with a special focus on topics related to social policy and children’s rights.

Emma Saloranta, Website Administrator
Emma Saloranta has a Bachelor of Social Services degree from Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. She is a first year GPIA student and has previously worked as a social worker in child protection and child services and for an international child centered development organization, Plan Finland. She has also completed an internship in Kenya, where she worked with HIV/AIDS counseling and in a local street children center.

Michael Cohen, Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA)
Michael Cohen is Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School. He also works as Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning of the University of Buenos Aires.

Shirley Gatenobi Gabel
Shirley Gatenobi Gabel is an Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University. She received her MPH and PhD from Columbia University and is a long-time advocate for children. Her diverse experiences include directing public policy analyses for government and not-for profits, lobbying, and organizing community efforts. Her current research focuses on policies affecting children and families in both developing and industrialized countries.

Nirav Mehta
Nirav Mehta has over ten years of business experience from working in finance, business development and strategy to starting his own business. He has an undergraduate degree in Finance and is pursuing his MSW at the Graduate School of Social Service.  He is interested in exploring educational inequities that exist among children in poverty.

Janet L. Schinderman
Janet L. Schinderman is educational consultant for JLS Enterprises, specializing in education Kindergarten through post-graduate level with an emphasis on project development, international relations, board development and fund raising.

Sarah Voisine
Sarah Voisine has an MSW from Arizona State University and is pursuing a PhD. form the Graduate School of Social Services at Fordham University. Her research interests include women's and children's rights and exploring how NGOs work to realize the Convention on the Rights of the Child in developing nations.

child rights, equity for children, child poverty