Join the NGO Committee on Migration for a CSocD55 parallel event “Early Childhood Development as a Strategy to Eradicate Poverty and Reduce Inequalities in a Migration and Refugee Context.” This event is co-sponsored by OMEP and FAWCO and will be held on 9 February 2017 at UNHQ in Conference Room E.
For more details and to access speaker bios, please view the event flyer.
Agenda:
Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Prof. Eva Richter, UN representative for the Poverty Elimination and Community Education (PEACE) Foundation and Co-founder and Treasurer of the NGO Committee on Migration
Activities of the Group of Friends on Children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly regarding early childhood development
H.E. Mr. Olivier Maes, Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations
SDGs from negotiation to implementation: An overview
Dr. Jimena Leiva Roesch, Senior Policy Analyst, International Peace Institute, New York
Investing in the Early Years of Life: A Transformative Power in Refugee and Migrant Settings
Dr. Rima Salah, Chair of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) and Adjunct Faculty Member at the Child Study Center, Yale University
Why Invest in Refugee and Migrant Children?
Prof. Neil Boothby, Allan Rosenfield Professor and Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health
Small miracles in the midst of inhumanity
Sr. Winifred Doherty, RGS, UN Representative, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd