The Adolescent Brain: A second window of opportunity
Over the past decade, a growing body of scientific knowledge has improved understanding of how experience and environment combine with genetics to shape the adolescent brain. Advances in neuroscience reveal that the adolescent brain is still a work in progress, offering a crucial second window of opportunity to influence the development of children in their second decade of life.
https://www.unicef-irc.org/adolescent-brain
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UNICEF's Office of Research - Innocenti broadcasted the launch of its latest Report Card #15: An Unfair Start - Inequality in children's education in rich countries ...
UNICEF Innocenti's Report Card 15: An Unfair Start examines educational inequalities for children in rich countries. Download the report to learn more: ...
UNICEF Innocenti's Report Card 15, An Unfair Start, examines educational inequalities in rich countries. Learn more and download the report available 30 ...
At 10:00 GMT+1 UNICEF's Office of Research - Innocenti will live broadcast the launch of its latest Report Card #15: An Unfair Start - Inequality in children's ...
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Social protection is an increasingly important response. In situations of fragility and displacement. Conflicts, natural disasters, unprecedented migration and ...
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Building the Future. Children and Sustainable Development Goals in Rich Countries - Goal 2: End hunger - An average of 1 in 8 children in high-income ...
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A teacher decided to make his school a violence free zone. As part of UNICEF Innocenti's Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of Violence Affecting Children we ...
The rapid increase of child migration and many difficulties in scoping and framing their experiences before, during and after their journey pose enormous ...
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Perhaps the most common theme in our discussion has been the need to include children's direct experience in efforts to gather evidence on child migration.
Du 6 au 8 avril 2016, le "Projet Transfert" a organisé un important atelier international à Addis-Abeba en Ethiopie, regroupant des décideurs politiques, des ...
The latest Innocenti Report Card raises concerns about the impact of inequality on the most disadvantaged children in high income countries. In 19 out of 41 ...
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The latest edition of Research Watch from the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti drills down to bedrock assumptions which underpin the many ways our ...
The Office of Research - Innocenti is UNICEFs' centre for research on children's rights and well-being. Founded in 1989, the year the CRC, UN Convention on ...
UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown video address for the launch of UNICEF Innocenti's LIVE Web Launch of Report Card 15: An Unfair Start.
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Dr Prerna Banati, UNICEF Innocenti's Chief of Programme & Planning, recently presented her new book (Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and ...
In 2015, over 65 million people were estimated to have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of conflicts, persecution and human rights violations.
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Two Peruvian mothers carry on the struggle to end violence in their community's homes. As part of UNICEF Innocenti's Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of ...
A high school student in Peru helps fellow students work together to end violence. As part of UNICEF Innocenti's Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of Violence ...
In-depth discussion of child migration inevitably uncovers many unexpected lessons, many of which offer new opportunities to improve inquiry and expand ...
Immigration systems and border protection structures are often inadequately prepared to guarantee just and fair legal procedures for children. Our featured ...
Perhaps the most common theme in our discussion has been the need to include children's direct experience in efforts to gather evidence on child migration.
The drivers of child migration are often multiple, complex, layered and fluid. Our featured experts discuss the implications for research and policy. In this video: ...
From April 6-8, 2016 the Transfer Project convened a major international workshop for policymakers, researchers, and UN experts in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The latest Innocenti Report Card raises concerns about the impact of inequality on the most disadvantaged children in high income countries. In 19 out of 41 ...
The latest edition of Research Watch from the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti drills down to bedrock assumptions which underpin the many ways our ...
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