Tackling Child Poverty in the Twenty-first Century

Begins
 8 Feb 2012 - 4:00pm
Ends
 8 Feb 2012 - 6:15pm
Location
2 West 13th Street, Bark Orientation Room 101

 

Equity for Children,

the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School

and Young Lives at University of Oxford

Invite you to a Roundtable discussion

Tackling Child Poverty in the Twenty-first Century

 Wednesday 8 February 2012

4pm to 6.15pm

 

The New School, Bark Orientation Room 101
2 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011

 

At this invitation-only event, senior researchers from Young Lives at the University of Oxford will present the latest thinking and findings from their groundbreaking study.  A facilitated discussion will enable the invited audience of policymakers and practitioners to engage in-depth with the research findings and their implications for tackling childhood poverty.  The session is hosted at The New School in partnership with Rutgers University and City University of New York (CUNY).

Young Lives is a longitudinal study of 12,000 children from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam conducted by University of Oxford over a period of 15 years.  It was established to improve understanding of the causes and consequences of child poverty and to examine how policies affect children's well-being. 

This period has been one of dynamic change and rapid growth in all four countries.  Issues of persistent inequality and child poverty in the current environment of growth and of economic liberalisation are further highlighted against the backdrop of the current financial crisis.

The Millennium Declaration issued by the United Nations in 2000 identified poverty reduction as a main development goal for the twenty-first century.  More specific goals and targets were set by the international community in 2002, focusing on universal primary education, gender equality, health, environmental sustainability and the eradication of hunger.

 

AGENDA

Tackling Child Poverty in the Twenty-first Century

 Wednesday 8 February 2012

4pm to 6.15pm

 

 Welcome and overview from the Chair -

           Isabel Ortiz, Associate Director, Policy and Practice, UNICEF

 Presentations

Delivering for Children: Understanding children's lives as they are lived

Professor Jo Boyden, Director, Young Lives, University of Oxford

Economic growth and inequality

Andreas Georgiadis, Young Lives Research Office) 

How far can low-fee private schools contribute to education for all; evidence from India

Professor Martin Woodhead, Professor of Childhood Studies, The Open University

Inequalities and marginalisation of children

Paul Dornan, Senior Policy Officer, Young Lives

             Discussant: Alberto Minujin, Director, Equity for Children at The New School 

Discussion

Summary and conclusions 

Refreshments will be served

RSVP by February 1 to Beth Hill bethannhill1@juno.com

                                                          


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