Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) presents at the C20 SUMMIT 2020: "Hope for the World’s Most Vulnerable Children Impacted by COVID-19"

https://vimeo.com/463874344?re...Yale Child Center faculty along with international experts respond to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings at this year’s Civil Society 20 (C20)’s virtual summit

C20 Summit 2020

On Saturday October 10, international experts from the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) will discuss early childhood development (ECD) strategies in relation to COVID-19 at this year’s Civil Society 20 (C20)’s virtual annual summit. According to the C20, “This year’s summit is sure to be the biggest virtual gather of thousands of civil society leaders and change makers in the G20 process”.

ECPC Panel Session | COVID-19 Response & Recovery

The ECPC interactive 90-minute session will broadcast LIVE on C20 online channels from 9:30 to 11:00 AM ET (4:30-6:00 PM Saudi Arabian Time - UTC+3:00).

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In the ECPC panel discussion Response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings: The promise of early childhood development, varied perspectives will be presented on how to develop and implement health and education policy that targets and curbs the negative effects of COVID-19 on the development of our young children, especially the most vulnerable.

COVID-19 has impacted the world in ways that were unimaginable just one year ago. The ECPCs response to this pandemic-induced humanitarian crisis will address the invisible and long-lasting harmful effects that COVID-19 can have on young children, and why investing in early childhood care and education social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. The panel will spotlight the COVID-19’s short- and long-term impact on the estimated 250 million children living among conflict, war, and displacement across the globe. These children are most often overlooked, making it our responsibility and duty to ensure that COVID-19 has a minimal permanent impact on them.

In this session, the ECPC will bring attention to its Global call to action in response to COVID-19, which "entreats governments, policy makers and community leaders to safeguard the increasingly undermined rights of young children living in fragile contexts and to prioritize investment in their survival, development and protection". According to ECPC Chair, Rima Salah "Early childhood development strategies and services are now more important than ever, to mitigate the immediate and long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis and its indirect consequences on the most vulnerable young children and families." She further states, "Supporting and empowering them today can not only interrupt cycles of racial injustice and inequality, but build a strong foundation for peace and security, resilience, social justice and social cohesion". She underscores, "The ECPC global call to action is to ensure young children are not forgotten amidst this pandemic and to invest in their – and our shared – futures."