Case study on Ukraine
This case study explores the emergency parenting support response in Ukraine, providing results and impact, key parties and the story.
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#NoMatterWhat: Supporting Caregivers as First Responders in Crisis
The theme of the World Humanitarian Day 2023 is #NoMatterWhat. On this day, the Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) shares a message of solidarity with parents and other primary caregivers across the globe as frontline humanitarian responders for their children and families.
WHO Parenting Guidelines Can Amplify Your Advocacy and Communications Efforts
Parenting interventions are crucial to improve the support, confidence and skills that caregivers need to engage in nurturing care, bonding and playful interactions with their children.
New Global Platform Supports Parenting/Caregiving, Builds Network and Drives Investment Across Sectors
The Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) is excited to launch its new global platform which provides research and evidence-based practices for parent and caregiver support, connects the global parenting support community and advocates for sustainable investment in universal access to parenting and caregiving support interventions.
Pathways to Scale for Playful Parenting Programs
A lot has changed since the onset of COVID-19, when the world transformed, along with the roles of parents and caregivers. The Playful Parenting Community, a consortium of partners implementing and researching playful parenting programs internationally convened by the LEGO Foundation, has also changed. With a mission to bring programs to scale, the distinct pathways for each program have evolved alongside the shifting operational realities and national priorities.
Ensuring Parenting Support Through Early Childhood Care and Education
On the first day of UNESCO’s 2022 World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, ECDAN and its partners in the Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP)—UNICEF, WHO, Parenting for Lifelong Health at the University of Oxford, and the End Violence Partnership—hosted a session on parenting.
Working with the Workforce: How New Research Informs Support of the Playful Parenting Workforce
As recognition of the importance of parenting programs and the implementation of these programs accelerates worldwide, so does the body of evidence. But gaps persist in important areas, including a lack of understanding on what it takes to train and support the people delivering parenting programs.
Playful Parenting in a Pandemic: Pathways to Scale for Global Programs
In a time when COVID-19 has transformed the way we live, work, play, and parent, early childhood development (ECD) programs have been asked to reimagine how they deliver services as well. Now more than ever, parents worldwide need support to tackle the distinct challenges presented by the pandemic and provide their children holistic nurturing care.
The Importance of a Father’s Nurture and Care
Parents are children’s first and most important teachers. Fathers in particular, have a special role to play in children’s development and wellbeing. A new systematic review of research focused on father- child play and its potential impact on young children’s (age 0-3) development found that fathers’ play, which most frequently focuses on physical play, such as rough and tumble, with their young children can positively contribute to children’s social, emotional and cognitive outcomes.
