Collaborative on Global Children's Issues

Workshop Series Highlights Urgency and Hope on Global Children’s Issues

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Read the Innovating Protection for Children on the Move Across the Americas Summary Brief

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

About the Initiative

The university-wide Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues 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.

About the Collaborative

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Faith and the Family Forum

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Innovating Protection Forum

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Student Fellows Program

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Events

A painting of an orphanage, "Lady Henry's Crêche" (1919) by John Lavery

Apr
25

2023

Caring for Vulnerable Children Event

There is global agreement illustrated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely-adopted human rights treaty in the world, that optimal support for a child comes from a caring and protective family. In addition, Catholic social teaching, outlined in the Compendium…

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Jun
23

2023

The Recruitment of Young People and Children into Migrant Smuggling Activities on the US-Mexico Border: El Paso/Juarez Case Study Event

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Collaborative Hiring Part-Time Program Manager

The Collaborative on Global Children's Issues is seeking a part-time program manager to lead the planning and design process for the one-year Breakthrough Series Collaborative.

Collaborative Fellow Marisa O. Ensor on Intergenerational Knowledge and Climate Change

In this blog post, Dr. Ensor discusses the critical role of traditional ecological knowledge in combatting and adapting to climate change.

Collaborative Accepting Applications for Faith and the Family Student Fellow

The Collaborative on Global Children's Issues is seeking a student to support the Faith and the Family forum to research university policies and practices related to child safeguarding, and the intersection with service-learning opportunities for students.

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