Social Policy

	Alberto Minujin receives the Bicentennial Medal from the Government of Buenos Aires, Argentina @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; ; font-family: "Georgia"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } The Director of Equity for Children and Equidad para la Infancia,... read more Posted on 11-16-2010

	Regional Seminar on Connectivity of Postgraduate Programs in Childhood, Rights and Public Policies Universities, Civil Society Organizations and agencies of the United Nations meet to create a: Platform for Latin American Postgraduate Programs in Support of Children’s Rights read more Posted on 10-25-2010

	Creating Networks that Advance Capacity-Building on Child Rights and Public Policy Equity for Children Website and Program, in partnership with UNICEF and UNDP, is organizing an event in Panama City on September 23rd and 24th, 2010. The seminar "Creating Networks that Advance... read more Posted on 09-19-2010

	The Launch of Equidade para a Infância Launch of Equidade para a Infância, the new platform in Portuguese This year, several Latin American countries celebrate the bicentennial of their independence. In this context it is important to review... read more Posted on 08-26-2010

	New School - UNICEF International Conferences GPIA / UNICEF International Conferences, 2004 – 2008 Starting in 2004 the GPIA began a series of annual, international conferences in partnership with UNICEF. UNICEF provides the base funding for these... read more Posted on 06-30-2010

	Vulnerability and Resilience of the Middle Class in Latin America Summary The paper has two main objectives: First, to analyze the vulnerability of the middle sectors in Latin America in face of the neo-liberal policies implemented in the region during recent... read more Posted on 03-23-2010

	Syllabus: International Social Policy by Prof. Usha Nayar In the Fall of 2009, Usha Nayar taught a course on International Social Policy at the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School. The aim of this course... read more Posted on 11-22-2009

	A Global Review of New Risks and New Responses for Children and their Families Given global demographic and social trends, the need for new policy and program responses is essential. This article identifies and describes new and traditional social risks affecting children and their... read more Posted on 11-21-2009

	Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low Income Countries: Lessons from Existing Programs This paper reviews the main lessons from existing social protection programs in low income countries for the development of social protection in these countries. It is taken for granted that... read more Posted on 11-21-2009

	Maternal and Child Health: The Social Protection Divide? West and Central Africa has the highest regional child and maternal mortality rates in the world and progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals has been frustratingly slow. This report... read more Posted on 09-04-2009

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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...