• The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development (734.5Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/24/2012 in Early Childhood Care Development
    The INBRIEF
    www.developingchild.harvard.edu

    This is a policy brief that summarizes scientific evidence of the debilitating impacts of early childhood stress on a person's development and the benefits of nurturing relationships.

    What happens in early childhood can matter for a lifetime. To successfully
    manage our society’s future, we must recognize problems and address them before they get worse. In early childhood, research on the biology of stress shows how major adversity, such as extreme poverty, abuse, or neglect can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body’s stress response system on high alert. Science also shows that providing stable, responsive, nurturing relationships in the earliest years of life can prevent or even reverse the damaging effects of early life stress, with lifelong benefits for learning, behavior, and health.
  • Students Achieving Gender Equality (1010Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 3/14/2012 in Education
    UN WOMEN AUSTRALIA’S KIT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2012

    In Australia young women continue to experience violence in their homes, in school yards and in relationships. Cyber bullying has been linked to mental health issues and school drop-out rates. Young women will finish school with higher grades than young men, but will earn 17c less per dollar throughout the course of their careers. Women continue to be under-represented in all leadership roles in our community. UN Women Australia provides opportunities for young people to understand these issues and supports them to make real changes in their communities.

    UN Women Australia also works to challenge the attitudes and systems which perpetuate gender inequality across the world. They believe that raising awareness of the issues facing women across the world among school aged students is a first step towards achieving gender equality.
  • Education: An Essential Component of a Humanitarian Response (257.5Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 3/13/2012 in Education
    The IASC Education Cluster

    Every year, conflict and natural disasters put millions of children and young people at risk. During such emergencies, community services and normal support mechanisms are disrupted. Children and their families face dangerous and rapidly changing situations. Education can be a protective, life-saving and life sustaining intervention in this environment.


  • The Role of Education in Protecting Children in Conflict (302.2Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/17/2011 in Education
    This paper argues for a reappraisal of the position of education in emergency programming. It explores the links between education and the wider protection needs of the children it assists. (published by Humanitarian Practice Network)
  • Education in Emergencies - UNICEF Toolkit (2.4Mb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/17/2011 in Education
  • Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (25.5Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/17/2011 in Education