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The State of Southern European Fathers (SoSEF) 2024 Policy Brief, developed under the Engaging Men in Nurturing Care initiative, shows that while fathers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal increasingly want to share caregiving responsibilities from their children’s earliest years, real equality in care remains limited.
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The State of Southern European Fathers 2024 report, developed under the EMiNC initiative, explores fathers’ involvement in caregiving across Italy, Portugal, and Spain. While many men report active participation in daily care, a significant perception gap remains: 74% of fathers believe caregiving is equally shared, but only 51% of mothers agree.
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This compendium, developed under the Engaging Men in Nurturing Care Initiative (EMiNC), provides an overview of programs that promote men’s and fathers’ engagement in nurturing care during early childhood, shared parenting, and child-rearing responsibilities. These programs aim to transform how professionals work with parents and young children while fostering responsive caregiving that encourages men’s involvement.
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The MANDELA model for Early Childhood Education and Care is a framework to place inclusivity at the heart of practice with babies, children, and families. It recognises the importance of relationships and belonging and ensuring environments reflect this. It also acknowledges that if we change the start of the journey, we can change educational outcomes for children that can impact across their life course.
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In the dynamic landscape of early childhood professional development, the traditional, one-size-fits-all approaches have proven insufficient, often disconnected from the real-world context in which professionals operate. Recognizing the limitations of top-down decision-making and isolated learning methods, the concept of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) emerges as a transformative approach.
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In emergencies, the amount of investment in ECD is scarce and very fragmented. More than half of humanitarian and refugee response plans focus on immediate needs while neglecting the overall development, learning and well-being of the youngest children and their caregivers. Due to its complexity, ECD can be best guaranteed within a multisectoral and integrated approach, mobilizing various resources in a well-coordinated manner.
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The Gender Transformative Parenting Training Resource Package for frontline workers from different sectors was created in partnership with UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO).
The package provides evidence-based information, recommendations, and training modules for frontline workers to support parents in implementing gender-transformative parenting practices at home and support positive gender socialization of children aging between 0 to 18, covering all childhood periods: early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence.
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The Foundational training on psychological first aid (PFA) and trauma-Informed practices for young children and their caregivers fills a critical knowledge and skills gap in the early childhood workforce capacity, which surfaced due to the current humanitarian crisis created by the war in Ukraine. Many questions need to be answered to ensure that the needs of young refugee children and their caregivers are met, and that early childhood practitioners are protected while providing this much-needed support.
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The Foundational training on psychological first aid (PFA) and trauma-Informed practices for young children and their caregivers fills a critical knowledge and skills gap in the early childhood workforce capacity, which surfaced due to the current humanitarian crisis created by the war in Ukraine. Many questions need to be answered to ensure that the needs of young refugee children and their caregivers are met, and that early childhood practitioners are protected while providing this much-needed support.
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PARENT manual provides insights and guidelines to engage men in nurturing care and transformations. It tackles the issue by reaching out and involving frontline workers from sectors such as health and social service as well as new fathers or fathers to be.
