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Songs and words for hope: Raising voices of children and youth through music
Leaders in science, education, and the musical arts join in NYC to celebrate the transformative power of children, youth, and families to build a more peaceful world.
21 Dec 2023
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"Raising Children of Peace" ECPC launches new lecture series at Yale Child Study
Can how we raise our children lead to a more peaceful and sustainable world? Hear the voice of Science herald a new era! Learn how Early Childhood Development can build a Culture of Peace and strong foundations for resilience, social justice, and social cohesion.
Source: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) on Medium
3 May 2023
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Promoting Love and Peace Across Generations through Science and Global Partnerships
Professor in the Yale Child Study Center Dr. James F. Leckman, leads a team of international scientists, scholars, and practitioners in a special journal publication that underscores the impact that early childhood development initiatives can have on promoting love and peace across generations
19 Dec 2021
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Women and children’s rights advocate encourages peace, justice and development
Women and children’s rights advocate Rima Salah spoke to BYU law Students on Sept. 23 after receiving a 2021 Peacemaker Award from the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Salah, Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, and Chair of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) encouraged students to get involved and commit to building a peaceful world, starting today.
Source: The Daily Universe, Brigham Young University (BYU)
23 Sep 2021
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A giant in his field: A global tribute to the life & legacy of child welfare pioneer, Edward Zigler
Scholars around the globe honor the late Edward Zigler—founding father of Head Start and trailblazer in early childhood development, developmental science, and social policy—in a special journal issue.
Source: Medium
24 Mar 2021
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COVID-19 and Beyond: Hope and Promise in the Eyes of the Child
Top experts advance their Global Call to Action in response to “The State of the World’s Most Vulnerable Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond” at the G20 Civil Society (C20) Summit — C20 Saudi Arabia 2020.
Source: Medium
28 Feb 2021
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Hope for the world’s most vulnerable children impacted by COVID-19
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.
1 Oct 2020
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The promise of parent-child education programs on improving parenting practices and reducing stress in conflict-exposed families
Yale led research study shows that early childhood parenting education programs have a positive impact on disciplinary practices and parenting stress for families that experience humanitarian crises such as exposure to conflict, displacement, and economic marginalization.
30 Apr 2020
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“I smile for children everywhere!” Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yale professor, Rima Salah, PhD, commemorates the 30th Anniversary on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). "Let us unite our strengths and reaffirm our commitment to uphold and fulfill the rights of all children wherever they are."
Source: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC)
19 Nov 2019
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New Video Series: Powers of Science and Practice Advance Real Hope for Raising Children of Peace
A global team of peacebuilding experts champion the transformative power of children and families, reveal proven theory of change, and sound a global call to action in new Yale-led video series.
5 Jun 2019
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Conference to Explore Effect of Early Childhood Development on World Peace
In partnership with UNICEF and Queens University Belfast, the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) at the Yale Child Study Center will host an open house conference at the Omni Hotel in New Haven this Thursday, Nov. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The organizing question for the event will be: “Can early childhood development advance ‘The Culture of Peace?’”
25 Nov 2018
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Special edition of health journal focuses on the early child development promise for peace
Faculty members at the Yale Child Study Center announce the publication of their special issue in journal, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (NDCAD). This Spring 2018 issue focuses on the potential of early child development programs as a viable path to peace in the context of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
14 Mar 2018
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CESI Team Awarded £2m Grant to Establish Global Research Group on ECD for Peacebuilding
An interdisciplinary research team from the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (CESI) has been awarded a £2m grant to study the potential for ECD (early childhood development) programmes to promote sustainable development and peacebuilding. The CESI team, led by Professor Paul Connolly (education), will work with several strategic partners, including UNICEF, the Yale Child Study Center, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, the Global TIES for Children research center at New York University and the Early Childhood Peace Consortium.
Source: Queen's University Center for Evidence and Social Innovation
17 Jul 2017
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Youth as Agents of Peace: Report Features Yale Faculty in Global Workshop to Invest in Youth for a More Peaceful World
Yale faculty played leading roles at the March 2016 "Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally", held in Amman, Jordan. The forum was an outcome of the partnership with UNICEF and the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID). Set against the worst human refugee crisis since World War II, the workshop aimed to explore how investment in young children could lead to more peaceful societies.
27 Jun 2016
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Outpacing conflict by reforming U.N. Peace Operations: Yale faculty debates improving the U.N.’s approach to sustaining peace
On May 10 and 11, 2016, Rima Salah, faculty in the Yale Child Study Center, participated in a high-level thematic debate on peace and security at the United Nations. As appointee to the High-level Independent Panel on the United Nations Peace Operations, assembled by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in October 2014 with the aim to analyze how U.N. peace operations could be improved, Dr. Salah and her panel of esteemed colleagues offered recommendations to the Seventieth General Assembly. The Panel's deliberations were based on their 2015 comprehensive report, "Uniting our Strengths for Peace: Politics, Partnership and People".
10 Jun 2016
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Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families
Rima Salah is an assistant clinical professor at the Yale Child Study Center and former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF. We talk with Professor Salah about her new book, Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, that she edited in collaboration with Dr. James Leckman and Catherine Panter-Brick from Yale University.
Source: The MacMillan Report
2 Feb 2016
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UN appoints Yale professor, Rima Salah to high-level panel to improve its peace operations
(Rima Salah, PhD is Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center.) UN Women welcomes the announcement by the Secretary-General today of the appointment of three additional women to the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations... The Panel will now include Dr. Rima Salah, former Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), and former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF...
Source: United Nations Women
1 Dec 2014
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Yale researchers participate in U.N. Culture of Peace forum
Peacebuilding and early childhood development are rarely discussed together, but research studies support the idea that they are indeed connected, and can go a long way to ending cycles of violence on a global scale.
29 Sep 2014
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UN High Level Forum on The Culture of Peace - 9 Sept. 2014
James F. Leckman, MD, PhD, Neison Harris Professor in the Yale Child Study Center and Professor of Pediatrics and of Psychiatry, will be among four expert panelists to present at a special luncheon event that will be hosted by UNICEF and Yale University at the day-long High Level Forum. The professor will present compelling scientific evidence that suggests the transformative power of children and families as pathways to peace.
5 Sep 2014
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Take 5: Child psychiatrist Dr. James F. Leckman
Take 5 offers a brief introduction to Yale faculty members in a Q&A format. The featured faculty member selects 5 out of 10 questions to answer. Any opinions shared are not necessarily those of YaleNews.
7 Apr 2014