Collaborative on Global Children's Issues

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Georgetown Launches Collaborative on Critical and Emerging Global Children's Issues

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About the Initiative

The university-wide Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues (CGCI) fosters cross-disciplinary research and dialogue on critical and emerging global children's issues, with a particular focus on children in adversity and pathways to resilience.

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Dec
1

2021

What Happened in France? Event

The report of the French Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE), led by Jean-Marc Sauvé, is a momentous accomplishment filled with important recommendations, yet still remains controversial. Building on the November 16 event “Prière De Ne Pas Abuser (Please Do Not Abuse),” this…

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Nov
30

2021

COVID-19, Children, and Caregiver Loss Event

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Mother puts cat mask on young boy to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Helping Families Meet Basic Needs Enables Parents to Promote Children’s Healthy Growth, Development

Joan Lombardi, senior fellow at the Collaborative on Global Children's Issues, collaborated on the RAPID-EC project, a national survey of early childhood family well-being designed to gather data about the experiences of families with young children during the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak. This report discusses the key findings from the first year of RAPID-EC survey data.

Moving from a Perpetrating Faith Community to a Healing Faith Community

Georgetown scholars Rev. Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., and Katherine Marshall participated in a panel on "Moving from a Perpetrating Faith Community to a Healing Faith Community" at the Faith and Child Safeguarding conference on November 11, 2021.

Handling Historical Allegations of Safeguarding Incidents

Rev. Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, discussed "Handling Historical Allegations of Safeguarding Incidents" at the Faith and Child Safeguarding conference on November 10, 2021. Video of the conference is available online.

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