Every year, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Annual Day on the Rights of the Child (ADRoC) represents an important opportunity for Hope and Homes for Children and allied organisations to raise attention on the urgent need for global action to eradicate child institutionalisation.
This 12 March, as the child rights community prepares to celebrate this year’s ADRoC and the chosen theme of early childhood development (ECD), Hope and Homes for Children and our partners – Child Rights Connect, the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), Family for Every Child, the Learning for Well-Being Foundation, Lumos, Defence for Children International (DCI), the Child and Youth Friendly Governance Project, Make Mothers Matter, and the Moving Minds Alliance, are co-hosting the side-event ‘Making Early Childhood Development Real: Stories from Grassroots to Government Action’ at the United Nations premises in Geneva.
The hour-long hybrid event will bring together ECD experts, policy-makers, children with lived experience and parents for a rich discussion on the crucial link need to support early childhood development to ensure children’s continued well-being and future outcomes within a safe, loving family environment. The discussion will tackle multiple aspects of the development of cohesive policies and programmes to support young children and their families in their foundational early stages of development. By including specific and concrete needs of children with disabilities and children in emergency contexts, linking ECD with the wider themes of inclusive social protection and family strengthening, this side-event will cover a broad range of interlinked policy issues that need tackling to ensure the best start in life for all children.
To join the livestream of our side event this 12 March, from 13.00 to 14.00 CET, please follow this link (Number: 2742 125 5977 – Password: 9pfRRfAzg33)
To access the side event agenda and invitation, please click here
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