June 2020 Newsletter
A quarterly compilation of the latest news and resources on early childhood in crisis and displacement
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COVID-19 in Pre-Existing Humanitarian Crises
Moving Minds Alliance, Jun 2020
For young children and families already affected by humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 adds another layer of crisis. Moving Minds Alliance and partners developed a brief outlining evidence, recommended actions and existing solutions in six key areas that are impacting the development of young children. Read the brief >
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No Time to Wait
Moving Minds Alliance, INEE, ECDAN, Jun 2020
Co-authored by Moving Minds Alliance partners Joan Lombardi, Nada Elattar and Sweta Shah, this blog post calls for increased investment in young children and families affected by crisis.
Read the blog >
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Global Trends: Forced Displacement In 2019
UNHCR, Jun 2020
According to this year's Global Trends report, 79.5 million people around the world were forcibly displaced by the end of 2019. Children age 0-4 are estimated to make up 16% of the world's refugee population.
Read the report >
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Online Survey: Assessment of ECD Programming in Humanitarian Settings
The INEE ECD Task Team is working with the University of Virginia Humanitarian Collaborative on a study to better understand the global landscape of current ECD programming in humanitarian settings, as well as the needs of practitioners in the field to improve program implementation and quality. Respond by 24 July 2020.
Learn more and take the survey >
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Effects of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development
The Journal of Pediatrics, May 2020
Global ECD experts review of the evidence base on short- and long-term risks for children during early childhood development as well as mitigating program and policy actions that may reduce these risks.
Read the article >
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Thinking About Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts Through a Science-Informed, Early Childhood Lens
Harvard Center on the Developing Child, Apr 2020
Harvard researchers explore the extent to which racial disparities in the impacts of COVID-19 have their roots in excessive, early childhood adversity.
Read the article >
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A Roadmap to Accelerate Progress for Every Newborn in Humanitarian Settings 2020-2024
Save the Children, WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, Apr 2020
The final version of the Roadmap sets out a vision for how improvements could be made to support mothers and newborns in humanitarian settings.
Access the roadmap >
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COVID-19: 24/7 Parenting
Parenting for Lifelong Health, Mar 2020
A group of partners teamed up with the Parenting for Lifelong Health initiative to bring parents and caregivers a set of handy tips to help manage this new (temporary) normal.
Access the tip sheets >
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Improving Early Childhood Development: WHO Guideline
WHO, Mar 2020
To provide clear and specific guidance on approaches for improving ECD, WHO developed this guideline with a particular focus on responsive caregiving, opportunities for early learning, and supporting the mental health of mothers. Read the guideline >
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Positive Parenting Approaches Reduce Violence Against Children Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, May 2020
A rapid review of the impact of quarantine and restricted environments on children’s play and health outcomes (preprint) PEDAL Research Centre, May 2020
European Cities on the Front Line: New and Emerging Governance Models for Migrant Inclusion Migration Policy Institute, May 2020
How to Prioritize Early Childhood? A Note on the Recent Experience in Colombia Center for Global Development, May 2020
When Separation is not the Answer: Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants affected by COVID‐19 Maternal & Child Nutrition, May 2020
Stranded: The Impact of US Policies on Asylum Seekers Jesuit Refugee Service USA, May 2020
Cultural responsiveness in the Incredible Years parenting programme for refugees: a case study International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, May 2020
Technical Note: Protection of Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic (V.2) Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, May 2020
Proximity of Care: A new approach to designing for early childhood in vulnerable urban contexts Arup and Bernard van Leer Foundation, May 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Shocks to Education and Policy Responses World Bank, May 2020
Spotlight on SDG 8: The impact of marriage and children on labour market participation UN Women, May 2020
Lost at home: The risks and challenges for internally displaced children and the urgent actions needed to protect them UNICEF, May 2020
Supporting Syrian families displaced by armed conflict: A pilot randomized controlled trial of the Caregiver Support Intervention Child Abuse & Neglect, May 2020
Reach Up and Learn in the Syria Response: Adapting and implementing an evidence-based home visiting program in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria IRC, May 2020
Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study The Lancet, May 2020
Interim Guidance on Public Health and Social Measures for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Operations in Low Capacity and Humanitarian Settings Inter-Agency Standing Committee, May 2020
Combatting COVID-19’s effect on children OECD, May 2020
15 Ways to Support Young Children and Their Families in the COVID-19 Response World Bank, Apr 2020
Reaching conflict-affected women and children with health and nutrition interventions BMJ Global Health, Apr 2020
Early childcare as arenas of inclusion: the contribution of staff to recognising parents with refugee backgrounds as significant stakeholders European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, Apr 2020
Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations when COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed UNICEF and USAID Advancing Nutrition, Apr 2020
Finding solutions to Greece’s refugee education crisis Theirworld, Apr 2020
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A Pilot Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting in Refugees from Syria in Lebanon and Jordan Frontiers in Psychiatry, Apr 2020
COVID-19 Aftershocks: Secondary impacts threaten more children's lives than disease itself World Vision, Apr 2020
Refugee Children: The Challenges They Face and the Efforts to Overcome Them Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, Apr 2020
Parenting and Education: The Example of Refugee Parents in Greece Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, Apr 2020
COVID-19 in humanitarian crises: a double emergency IRC, Apr 2020
Promoting healthy movement behaviours among children during the COVID-19 pandemic The Lancet, Apr 2020
Learning Must Go On: Recommendations for keeping children safe and learning, during and after the COVID-19 crisis INEE, Apr 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Facts and Precautions iACT, Mar 2020
Follow-up of a historic cohort of children treated for severe acute malnutrition between 1988 and 2007 in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Plos One, Mar 2020
Hidden in Plain Sight: Women and Girls in Internal Displacement IDMC, Plan International and IMPACT Initiatives, Mar 2020
Delivering mental health and psychosocial support interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic review BMJ Global Health, Mar 2020
Maternal perceptions of father involvement among refugee and disadvantaged families in Beirut, Lebanon Plos One, Mar 2020
Talking about Coronavirus-19 with young children UNICEF LACRO, Mar 2020
Early Childhood Focused COVID-19 Resources ECDAN, Mar 2020
“You Will Never See Your Child Again”: The Persistent Psychological Effects of Family Separation Physicians for Human Rights, Feb 2020
Breaking the Cycle: Could Attachment Disrupt the Intergenerational Transmission of Adverse Childhood Experiences? Perspectives in Infant Mental Health, Feb 2020
Resilience in Schools: Research and Practice Centre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional Health, University of Malta, Feb 2020
A future for the world’s children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission The Lancet, Feb 2020
Living in Permanent Temporariness: The Multigenerational Ordeal of Living under Germany’s Toleration Status Journal of Refugee Studies, Feb 2020
Prevalence of Eye Problems among Young Infants of Rohingya Refugee Camps: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Feb 2020
“They have erased the dreams of my children”: children’s rights in the Syrian Arab Republic UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Jan 2020
Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010–2018 BMJ Global Health, Feb 2020
Baby friendly spaces: an intervention for pregnant and lactating women and their infants in Cameroon Intervention, Jan 2020
Women, children and adolescents in conflict countries: an assessment of inequalities in intervention coverage and survival BMJ Global Health, Jan 2020
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Webinar: COVID-19 — Responding to the Crisis of Care and Learning
Moving Minds, ECDAN, INEE, June 2020
A joint webinar brought together practitioners and experts to discuss COVID-19 and ECD in humanitarian settings, innovative program adaptations, and considerations for research.
Watch the webinar >
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Protected! Podcast Ep. 5: Caring for Young Children (Part 1)
Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, May 2020
Hani Mansourian and Joan Lombardi discuss how how child protection actors can support families with young children during the COVID-19 crisis.
Listen to the podcast >
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Breastfeeding and COVID-19
PMNCH and WHO, May 2020
An animated video demonstrating how mothers with COVID-19 can safely breastfeed, providing their newborn with the best source of nutrition and protection to survive and thrive. Watch the video >
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'We're dead here': Migrants stranded in Panama rainforest amid coronavirus
The World, Apr 2020
Some 2,000 people — many of them children under age 5 — have been detained for months in Panama, near the rainforest separating South and Central America. Listen to the segment >
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Mental Health & COVID-19 in Conflict Situations
The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health, May 2020
A webinar exploring how the COVID-19 crisis plays out in situations of conflict, disaster or pre-existing humanitarian health crises. Access the webinar >
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Who will look after the little children? Daily Maverick, 28 May 2020
Where’s the PPE for parents? UNICEF, 28 May 2020
Greece Migrant Camps Unfit for Pregnant People Human Rights Watch, 27 May 2020
Italy: Groups want 'nursery bonus' for all foreigners Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata, 20 May 2020
‘They Came to Kill the Mothers.’ After a Devastating Attack on a Kabul Maternity Ward, Afghan Women Face Increased Dangers TIME, 19 May 2020
OPINION: We Shouldn't Have To Ask That Babies And Mothers Not Be Killed. Yet We Must NPR Goats and Soda, 16 May 2020
Unicef: 6,000 children could die every day due to impact of coronavirus The Guardian, 13 May 2020
Coronavirus crisis highlights need for child benefits globally Save the Children,13 May 2020
How young refugees’ traumatic pasts shape their mental health Nature, 12 May 2020
A wake-up call: COVID-19 and its impact on children's health and wellbeing The Lancet Global Health, 12 May 2020
Keeping Mothers Safe During Coronavirus In South Sudan Save the Children, 12 May 2020
What should teachers be prepared for when young children return after lockdown: lessons from China and elsewhere IOE London Blog, 11 May 2020
Aga Khan Foundation provides support for families to help children learn at home during COVID-19 Aga Khan Foundation, 7 May 2020
Supporting parents to foster children’s learning and well-being in times of crisis Global Partnership for Education, 7 May 2020
Learning in a pandemic: 4 tips for parents and caregivers with young children at home BRAC, 7 May 2020
How might leaders support babies, toddlers and the people who care for them through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond? Bernard van Leer Foundation, 6 May 2020
The threat of COVID-19 on Ethiopia’s recent gains in pre-primary education UKFIET, 4 May 2020
The promise of parent-child education programs on improving parenting practices and reducing stress in conflict-exposed families Yale School of Medicine, 30 Apr 2020
Keeping Young Children on the Agenda During COVID-19 Plan International, 29 Apr 2020
Millions of Children Threatened by Violence Risk Being Forgotten Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns Human Rights Watch, 24 Apr 2020
Food insecurity and its consequences for children’s development Jacobs Foundation, 20 Apr 2020
Supporting the youngest learners and their families in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response World Bank Blogs, 16 Apr 2020
A new preschool for refugee children in Gaza Anera, 16 Apr 2020
Estimating the Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Mothers and Newborns in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Health Policy Plus, 15 Apr 2020
Childbirth in Venezuela, Where Women's Deaths Are a State Secret NY Times, 10 April 2020
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Schools shutdown adds to misery for children trapped in Greek islands refugee camps Theirworld, 9 Apr 2020
Nurturing Education at Home in the Midst of a Health Crisis: How SDG Indicator 4.2.3 Can Help Guide Where More Support Is Needed UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 9 Apr 2020
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings and lessons learned from past epidemics Nature, 8 Apr 2020
Protecting the most vulnerable children from the impact of coronavirus: An agenda for action UNICEF, 3 Apr 2020
These asylum seeker families are being given free childcare in Sydney SBS News, 3 Apr 2020
I Work With Over 2,000 Children in Jordan’s Refugee Camps. Here's How COVID-19 Threatens Their Education. Global Citizen, 2 Apr 2020
What Does This Coronavirus Pandemic Mean For Young Children? What Does It Mean For Us? Africa Early Childhood Network, 15 Apr 2020
Five Years of War in Yemen: More Than Half of Children Feel Sad and Depressed Save the Children, 24 Mar 2020
Beyond Borders in a Crises: the Global Response to Support Children NIEER, 24 Mar 2020
Covid-19 and reproductive health: What can we learn from previous epidemics? BMJ Opinion, 19 Mar 2020
Almost 5 million children born into war in Syria, 1 million born as refugees in neighbouring countries UNICEF, 15 Mar 2020
If We Want to Disrupt Cycles of Violence, Psychosocial Support Interventions Provide a Promising Way Forward Promundo, 12 Mar 2020
Seven-fold increase in migrant children taking dangerous jungle route through Central America, UN reports The Independent, 06 Mar 2020
A Holistic Approach to Education in Emergencies: Bridging the Learning Gap and Addressing Trauma through Social Emotional Learning HundrED, Mar 2020
'The teachers are responding, the children are happier' - the early verdict on our early years inclusion project Theirworld, 28 Feb 2020
How breastfeeding is transforming my community IRC, 27 Feb 2020
Home-based early education gives young refugee children in Turkey an equal chance in life UNICEF, 26 Feb 2020
Trump's separation of families constitutes torture, doctors find The Guardian, 25 Feb 2020
Education builds hope for Syrian refugee children World Vision, 19 Feb 2020
Birthright citizenship and children born in a conflict zone European Network on Statelessness, 5 Feb 2020
"Sesame Street" and Childhood Development in Crisis Zones Psychology Today, 31 Jan 2020
Does the impact of refugees on host communities pass down through generations? World Bank, 10 Jan 2020
How Colombia is protecting 27,000 Venezuelan babies from statelessness The New Humanitarian, 9 Jan 2020
Building an Inclusive and Equitable Early Childhood Education for Refugee Children: Framework for Action Oxford Dept of Education, 8 Jan 2020
No time to play: Childhood in Uganda's biggest refugee settlement Al Jazeera, 6 Jan 2020
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Webinar: COVID-19 & Parent and Caregiver Support in Emergencies
Date: 30 Jun 2020
Organizations: Aga Khan Foundation, ECDAN and UNICEF
Location: Online
Advanced Course on Childhood Statelessness & the Child’s Right to a Nationality
Dates: 13-17 Jul 2020
Organization: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Location: Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Call for Applications: Knowledge Fellows Program
Deadline: 22 Jul 2020
Organization: ECDAN
Location: Online Submission
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Assessment of ECD Programming in Humanitarian Settings
Deadline: 24 July 2020
Organization: INEE ECD Task Force
Call for Papers: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Deadline: 1 Oct 2020
Organization: World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH)
Early Childhood Intervention Conference 2020
Dates: 19-21 Oct 2020
Organization: EURLYAID
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
International Conference on Early Childhood
Dates: 19-23 Oct 2020
Organization: Africa Early Childhood Network
Location: Dakar, Senegal
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