📣 This week at #CSW70! Reimagine Access to Justice for Girls: A Call to Action 🗓 12 March 2026 ⏰ 0900–1200 EDT / 1400–1700 CET 📍 New York & Online 🔗 Final chance to register: inspiringchildrensfutures.org/blog/csw-70-...
Jennifer Davidson
@jenniferiicf.bsky.social
Executive Director & Professor, OBE | Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures, University of Strathclyde @iicfstrath.bsky.social | Lead, Working Group SDG16+Justice for Children 🌍 #JusticeActionCoalition | Partner, Observatory Children’s Human Rights 🏴
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
standwithminnesota.com
⚖️ How can justice systems truly work with, by, and for children in #IberoAmerica? 📃 New report! A Child-Centered Approach to Justice: Ibero-American Perspectives for a Regional Agenda 👉 @sdg16.plus | Ibero-American Alliance for #Access2Justice #SDG16J4C #ChildCentredJustice
Encouraging to hear the insights, child-centredness and impatience for change voiced across Ministers of Justice today at the learning- focused ministerial roundtable - brilliant partnership around the table, with a commitment to apply effective actions to accelerate change.
Inspiring Children’s Futures@iicfstrath.bsky.social · last yr.This AM, the #WorldCongress2025 also featured a Ministerial Roundtable hosted by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, alongside the Global Initiative on JWC and IICF as representatives and lead of the Working Group on SDG16+ Justice for Children.
It’s almost time for IICF to head to the 5th World Congress on Justice With Children! 📅 2–4 June 2025 📍 Madrid, Spain (with hybrid events) 🎯 Theme: Advancing Child-Centred Justice: Preventing and responding to violence affecting children in justice systems 👉 justicewithchildren.org/en/world-con...
Thanks to everyone for such a fantastic celebration of this important work with and for children & young people at University of Strathclyde We’re left with a sense of both the urgency and importance of this work.
Inspiring Children’s Futures@iicfstrath.bsky.social · last yr.💫 Making a real difference for children & young people at Strathclyde! ⬇️🧵
Very happy to share this recently published review we conducted at IICF on well-being measures vis-à-vis the perspectives of children in alternative care link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How do Concepts and Measures of Children’s Well-being Outcomes Align with Perspectives of Care-Experienced Children? A Scoping Review - Child Indicators Research
Children in alternative care score consistently lower on measures of well-being outcomes. However, research on children’s well-being outcomes and the fulfilment of their human rights have overlooked t...
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1/ Really pleased to be sharing this just-published, open-source article with you, led by the amazing @iicfstrath.bsky.social research associate Dr Hannah Hall with brilliant support from @unistrathclyde.bsky.social #SocialWorkandSocialPolicy #VisitingSeniorResearchFellow Dr. Chrissie Gale
We’re delighted to share this #SummaryReport of an excellent learning session we hosted in 🇨🇦 in the OECD #Ministerial #Justice #Roundtable alongside our fantastic partners the People-centred Justice team at OECD & the Department of Justice 🇨🇦 See 🇸🇱 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇱🇺 snapshots advancing child-centred justice 👇
Inspiring Children’s Futures@iicfstrath.bsky.social · last yr.Our latest Reference Report recaps the OECD Workshop on Equal Access to Justice for Children, aligned with the 2024 OECD Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice in Ottawa, Canada. With: OECD, Department of Justice, Canada & #SDG16J4C 🖱️Event report: inspiringchildrensfutures.org/blog/oecd-wo...
Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for mass abduction of children from #Ukraine. Trump is apparently helping him hide the evidence.
Lou Charbonneau@loucharb.bsky.social · last yr.One of many recent gifts to Putin — “Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in #Russia”
Coalitions have perhaps never been more essential. We’re so grateful to our partners across the world who work with our small team to champion & progress global aspirations with & for children💫 Read our #InspiringChildrensFutures Strategy 2025-2030👇 inspiringchildrensfutures.org/blog/strateg...
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Inspiring Children’s Futures@iicfstrath.bsky.social · 2y ago🔔Introducing our new Strategy! Our 5-year commitment to a brighter future for every child. The Strategy sets out our mission, vision, and how we work, alongside introducing our three key priority areas: ✅human rights ✅well-being ✅justice 🖱️https://inspiringchildrensfutures.org/blog/strategy-2030
Children forced to stay in juvenile justice facility due to shortage of suitable bail addresses. www.thedetail.tv/articles/car...
Care home shortages force scores of children to stay in juvenile detention
Between 2021 and 2023, the Department of Justice recorded 148 delays in releasing children on bail
thedetail.tv
As Donald Trump takes aim at global norms and institutions, the question of what parts of the post-Cold War order can be saved – and for whom – requires urgent attention.
Can the international order survive Trump 2.0?
As Trump takes aim at global norms and institutions, the question of what parts of the post-Cold War order can be saved – and for whom – requires urgent attention.
chathamhouse.org
Chair of child sexual abuse inquiry calls Tory response ‘awful, inconsequential’
Chair of child sexual abuse inquiry calls Tory response ‘awful, inconsequential’
Prof Alexis Jay says reaction of former home secretary Suella Braverman angered victims and survivors * UK politics live – latest updates The last Conservative government issued an “awful, inconsequential, insubstantial” response to a seven-year…
theguardian.com
As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.
Trump's 'stop-work' order for PEPFAR cuts off anti-HIV drugs for patients
As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.
npr.org
In the wake of the FAI into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, the Scottish government has just announced 1. The Scottish Prison Service will urgently review its policy on items that can be used as ligatures, and the development of suicide prevention technology will be accelerated.
📢 Stigma around people in poverty, benefits and welfare is key to understanding why poverty is still deemed acceptable in a country as wealthy as the UK. Read our recent report on stigma below: www.jrf.org.uk/stigma-power...
Poverty stigma: a glue that holds poverty in place
Poverty stigma exacerbates shamefully high rates of poverty in the UK. It can affect health as much as trying to survive on a low income. How do we combat it?
jrf.org.uk
Child-centred care reform is achievable globally. Fantastic UK global leadership on children’s care reform #FCDO #ForeignSecretary Wonderful to see @barrykeoghan.bsky.social at centre of global effort, using his own experience, & celebrity influence to advocate change. ✨ tinyurl.com/37cbcyn8
Children’s care reform an international priority on Foreign Secretary and Barry Keoghan visit to Bulgaria
Alongside ambassador Barry Keoghan, the Foreign Secretary will lead a campaign to advocate for family-based care for all children across the globe.
gov.uk
How about we ease into the new year (and into bsky) with a hopeful reminder from @hrw.org of some key advances for children around the world in the last year… Feels important to be reminded of what can be achieved, in light of the many uncertainties around the world. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
10 Good News Stories for Kids in 2024
From strengthening children’s access to education to better protecting kids during wartime, here's some of the human rights progress made for children in 2024.
hrw.org