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Early Childhood Matters: Advances in early childhood development
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first issue of Early Childhood Matters. Since the publication of the first issue, there have been significant advances in both our understanding of the science of child development and the importance of investin
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A Good Start: Advances in early childhood development. Early Childhood Matters
Celebrating nearly 50 years of operations, the Bernard van Leer Foundation publishes this issue of Early Childhood Matters as a reflection on the advances made over those past five decades on early education care and development. The first half of this is
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Migrating Childhood
The documentary ‘Migrating Childhood’, produced Aide et Action and The Bernard van Leer Foundation, introduces the lives of migrant children at worksites in India. The Bernard van Leer Foundation works with Aide et Action to improve the living condition
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Research on domestic Violence Against Children Aged 0-8 Years in Turkey
In 2013, the Bernard van Leer Foundation supported Boğaziçi University, Humanist Bureau and Frekans Research to conduct a national scale survey on domestic violence against children aged 0-8 years in Turkey. The main objective of the survey was to obtain
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Responsive Parenting: A strategy to prevent violence
This edition of Early Childhood Matters addresses the theme of responsive parenting, and in particular the potential for responsive parenting programmes to reduce the incidence of violence against young children. Articles examine the state of research, ex
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Measuring and Improving Quality in Early Childhood Environments
ISSA, UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, in partnership with the World Bank and the Brookings Institution, joined forces to call attention to the importance of measuring and improving quality in early childhood environments. An internati
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Small Children, Big Cities: Impact through design intervention
Organised by the Bernard van Leer Froundation with support from the National Institute of Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Urban Development (Government of India), the conference Small Children, Big Cities: Building Smart Cities for Child-friendly 21 st-
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Small children, big cities. Early Childhood Matters
This issue of Early Childhood Matters was published to coincide with a conference held by the Bernard van Leer Foundation in New Delhi in November 2014 on the issue of urbanization and child-friendly cities. The articles approach the issue from different
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Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings. Progress and challenges in Ethiopia. Working Paper No. 59-- Bernard Van Leer Foundation
Ethiopia offers a case study in the development of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in low-resource settings, which needs to be understood in the context of recent government priorities to universalise primary education, and low levels of ECCE of
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Hidden violence: Protecting young children at home. Early Childhood Matters
Violence against young children is often hidden from view when it takes place in the home and the family. This issue of Bernard van Leer Foundation's Early Childhood Matters (ECM) explores the need for better data about the extent of violence against chil
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Children's right to play. An examination of the importance of play in the lives of children worldwide
In this working paper, Wendy Russell and Stuart Lester of the UK's University of Gloucestershire discuss why play is fundamental to the health and well-being of children. They argue that both state signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Right
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Continuidad y respeto por la diversidad: Fortaleciendo las transiciones tempranas en Perú
This working paper is part of a series on early transitions from Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. It explores the diverse experiences of 28 children from four contrasting communities in P