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Research on violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic

(Past event)

Event type: Webinar

events16 March 2021time13:00 - 14:00 CET

Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers across the globe are attempting to find out how the health and socioeconomic crisis brought about by the coronavirus is affecting children’s exposure to violence. Four articles published in the Child Abuse and Neglect Journal provide valuable insights.

On Tuesday 16th March at 13:00 CET, UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti presents its 3rd webinar on the research on violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the webinar series on Violence against children & COVID-19.

 

Panelists

Claudia Cappa, Researcher at the CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC) 

Alessandra Guedes, Gender and development manager (Research)

Gabrielle Berman, Senior Advisor - Ethics in Evidence Generation

 


Experts

Gabrielle Berman

UNICEF Innocenti

Alessandra Guedes

UNICEF Innocenti

Claudia Cappa
Senior Statistics Specialist at UNICEF

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