Scrum is a manner in which to accomplish goals, deliver products to a client and/or stakeholders, primarily in the Tech industry. More and more however, Scrum practices in part or in whole, have been successfully utilized to leverage Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles. Events such as the...
Professor Hirokazu Yoshikawa is a developmental psychologist at New York University (NYU) who co-directs the Global TIES for Children center; studying the effects of public policies and programs related to immigration, early childhood, and poverty reduction on children’s development. The center has...
ATHENS/BRUSSELS/GENEVA, 30 September 2020 - The Government of Greece, together with IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund today welcomed the relocation of 139 asylum seekers to Germany, which has brought the total number...
"Playing football was stopped, the school was closed, our parents refused to meet friends during coronavirus." (boy, 14) "My mother used to sell breakfast in front of the school, and when the school closed it affected our daily living." (girl, 16) While COVID-19 has presented new risks and...
In the early 1950s, about 50 per cent of primary school age children were out of school. In 1970, that figure stood at 28 per cent. Today, it has come down to 9 per cent. Progress has been slow, and there is still more to be done, but many millions of children have realized their right to education...
Beginning in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women and children fleeing violence, the destruction of their homes and persecution in Myanmar, arrived on the beaches and paddy fields of Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. The scale and speed of the refugee influx was overwhelming...
Biography: Dr. Robert Henley is a clinical psychologist who has researched child protection and psychosocial support. He has extensive experience in the field abroad and lived in Switzerland for several years, working at two renowned universities where he focused on the benefits of post-disaster...
Biography: Michael Wessells, PhD, is Professor at Columbia University in the Program on Forced Migration and Health. A long time psychosocial and child protection practitioner, he is former Co-Chair of the IASC Task Force on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings and also...
This academic publication is an update paper written by undergraduate staff at the International Model United Nations Association, discussing topics ranging from the reintegration of children in post conflict societies to the illicit sale and abduction of children. Throughout this publication, the...