This issue contains a collection of articles about the progress of the Foundation's Effectiveness Initiative (EI). Launched in January 1999 by the Foundation and partner organisations, the EI is a three-year investigation into what makes an...
In a discussion about parental involvement it is important to keep in mind that children depend on the love, care and security that those in parenting roles most naturally provide. This edition explores the question of where and to what extent do...
This edition focuses on participation by children of 0-7 years in the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of early childhood development programmes. Articles show how adults are taking the crucial steps in developing that...
A growing number of children around the world are currently orphaned or otherwise growing up without parents, through violence, HIV/AIDS, poverty, and natural or man-made disasters. This issue of Early Childhood Matters points to the lack...
Summary: Little research has been done to explore how violence affects children in Cambodia from their perspective or even the prevalence of the problem. This report is an attempt to get information about the prevalence of three aspects of the...
Summary: This report is the result of three months of research to assess the worst forms of urban child labour in Phnom Penh and Battambang. Research findings will help advance the knowledge base on urban child labour and further inform development...
Summary: The portrayal of young people today can often seem negative, focusing only on the actions of the few rather than on the contributions of thousands of young people working to improve their lives and their communities. This report encourages...
Summary: This paper emphasises the distinct needs of HIV/AIDS orphaned and vulnerable adolescents. It summarises the limited studies and programmes which are working primarily with adolescents orphaned due to AIDS, and highlights four case studies:...
Summary: The report raises six issues to be checked and evaluated - education, health, drugs, child labour, trafficking and child sex exploitation and children’s participation. Then, the report presents an evaluation about the positive...
Summary: Children from five countries across the Greater
Mekong Sub-region are gathering in Bangkok
from 11th to 17th October, 2004 to take part
in the Mekong Children’s Forum (MCF).
It’s the first time such an event has been held and gives...
