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Jul 2020: Inspiring Children's Futures Centre for Doctoral Training
A new Doctoral Research Centre for Inspiring Children's Futures will soon be recruiting three globally-minded fully-funded PhD students to explore ways to best ensure children's rights and wellbeing post-COVID.
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Mar 2020: Human Rights allow Children to Thrive
The Times OpEd celebrating the launch of the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights in Scotland.
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Jul 2019: United Nations launch for global Justice for Children initiative
The Justice for Children global initiative is launching a Call to Action in New York City to place children at the heart of justice in every nation of the world.
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Jun 2019: Justice for Children - Justice for All Geneva launch
A group of internationally recognised organisations working on children’s rights issues have partnered to oversee the development of a global initiative with the ultimate aim of achieving justice for all children, without discrimination.
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Mar 2018: International Advisory Board hold first meeting
Inspiring Children’s Futures hosted its new International Advisory Board in March 2018 for the first time, as they visited Glasgow for their inaugural meeting.
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Jan 2018: New International Advisory Board appointed
Inspiring Children’s Futures has announced the membership of its new international advisory Board. This high-level Board brings together expertise and perspectives from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, reflecting the truly global nature of our ambitions.
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2018 Series:Changing the narrative: developmental needs of looked after children
This programme seeks to bring people together for a national conversation about how a child developmental orientation can improve how we address the needs of looked after children, their families and those who care for them.
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Nov 2018: First Minister Kilbrandon Lecture
The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, delivered the 15th Kilbrandon Lecture at the University's Barony Hall on Thursday 23 November 2017. The event was chaired by Professor Jennifer Davidson, our Executive Director.
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Jun 2017: International Children’s Rights Symposium
In June 2017, we brought together an unprecedented gathering of people who are committed to shaping and promoting children's rights from across the world for the International Children’s Rights Symposium. The report, and supporting films, aim to be a record of the conversations and main themes from the event.
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2017 Series: Stigma in childhood: the cultural & social perspective
Leading experts in stigma from the USA and the UK spoke at the first workshop of a new programme examining stigma in childhood, held at the University of Strathclyde on May 26.
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Mar 2017: Professor Sonia Ospina: Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures inaugural lecture
Watch Professor Sonia Ospina from New York University at our inaugural lecture.
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Jun 2017: Inspiring Children's Futures launch
"...The title alone, with the word 'inspire' in it, is enough to cause one to pause and celebrate. That the new Institute will bring sharper focus to underlying causality is critically important to all of our work for children. It is only with this deeper understanding that we are able to address the root of what harms or inhibits health in children, and in turn breaks vicious cycles." Dr Susan Bissell, Founding Director, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, at launch of Inspiring Children's Futures, June 2017.