Social Policy

	Putting Equity for Children on the Local Agenda: Limits and Challenges On October 1, 2012, Equity for Children hosted a discussion at The New School with UNICEF entitled “Putting Equity for Children on the Local Agenda: Limits and Challenges.” The session... read more Posted on 10-28-2012

	10 Takeaways from "Putting Equity for Children on the Local Agenda: Limits and Challenges" 10 Takeaways Putting Equity for Children on the Local Agenda: Limits and Challenges Monday, October 1, 2012 On October 1, 2012, Equity for Children hosted a discussion at The New School with UNICEF... read more Posted on 10-25-2012

	Cities for Children: An Outlook on Local Processes from a Child Participation Perspective “When the city forgets its children it forgets its own citizens and it also forgets itself, but if it recovers its relationship with the children, if it gives them time... read more Posted on 08-11-2012

	United Nations Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution on Young People’s Reproductive Health Late Friday [April 27, 2012], the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) issued a bold resolution supporting young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. The resolution not only... read more Posted on 05-01-2012

	Equity for Children Successfully hosts Colloquium on Politics of Security and Human Rights The Colóquio Políticas de Segurança e Direitos Humanos: Enfocando a primeira infância, infância e adolescência (Colloquium on Politics of Security and Human Rights: Focusing on Early Childhood and Adolescence) took... read more Posted on 10-01-2011

	Joint Statement on Advancing Child Sensitive Social Protection DFID, HelpAge International, Hope & Homes for Children, Institute of Development Studies, International Labour Organization, Overseas Development Institute, Save the Children UK, UNDP, UNICEF and the World Bank About the joint... read more Posted on 04-18-2011

	UNICEF/ERF launch free e-course on Social and Economic Policies UNICEF and the Economic Research Foundation (ERF) invite you to participate in a new e-learning programme focusing on socio-economic policies for child rights with equity. This free, self-paced online course... read more Posted on 04-18-2011

	Does Money Matter? The Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development in Rural Ecuador Abstract: This paper examines how a government-run cash transfer program targeted to poor mothers in rural Ecuador influenced the health and development of their children. This program is of particular interest... read more Posted on 04-18-2011

	Brief note on Inequality and Education adjusted Human Development Index - Human Development Report 2010 The Human Development Index (HDI) is a pioneering measure that looks for capturing the countries situation in terms of their human development beyond income. The Human Development Report 2010 includes a... read more Posted on 04-18-2011

	Harry Jones: Equity in Development - Why is it important and how to achieve it There is growing recognition that equity is important for development. Although issues of equity and inequality had been debated for some time, 2006 saw three major development reports focus on... read more Posted on 03-15-2011

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Challenges in Social Policy
Many national and international policies are oriented to tackle child deprivation and poverty issues. This is to ensure children’s development and protection. However, it is seldom that these policies have high enough priority on the policy agenda or are often...