TdH NL delegation to attend ISPCAN
During the week of October 5 – 9 October, seven colleagues from Terre des Hommes Netherlands will travel from Delhi, Brussels, Nairobi and The Hague to share our work on preventing and stopping child exploitation in its multiple forms, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The annual ISPCAN Congress brings together hundreds of people from around the world – in academia and in practice – working in child protection, to improve coordination of systems and provide better support for children and families in the early childhood development phases of growth to ensure healthy futures.
This year’s congress is on ‘Child Well-Being in a Changing Reality’ where one of the key focuses is the empowerment of child victims and survivors. It is critical that we centre their rights, needs and well-being. Children who witness or experience trauma are more aware than we realise, and it is our responsibility to guide and support them, preventing recantation and ensuring their voices are heard. Special attention will be given to extra-vulnerable groups such as children in foster care, LGBTQI+ youth, and those with disabilities.
- On Sunday 5 October, you will find our Kenya Country Director Magdalene Wanza Muoki co-facilitating a pre-conference workshop on Child Safeguarding.
Find her from 8:30-12:30 in room Beta 2.
- From Monday 6 October until Wednesday 8 October we will have 3 posters on display. Dr Kimberley Anderson (TdH NL Research Lead) will share our work on Child Labour in the Extraction of Critical Minerals and Why Child Exploitation is so Pervasive – a 14 Country comparison on determinants and perceptions; and Lilliane Mutuku (MEAL Coordinator) will share a study on Child Trafficking and Unsafe Migration between Kenya and Ethiopia
Find us in the main poster area
- On Monday 6 October, Technical Advisor Isabella Lanza Turner will be busy presenting on The Impact of Climate Change on Child Exploitation risks from a study conducted among pastoralist communities along the Kenya-Ethiopia border.
Find her at 11:15 in Epsilon
Later in the day, Isabella will give a second presentation on VOICE x IDENTITY, and navigating intersectionality in tech-facilitated sexual exploitation of children.
Find her at 16:00 in Beta 1
- On Tuesday 7 October, Kimberley and Isabella will give a joint workshop on how to ethically, safely and meaningfully co-design research with children.
You can find them at 11:30 in Beta 1.
The same day, Kimberley will give a presentation with Sabrina Page (Edinburgh University) on developing a practice-based research agenda on child exploitation, and the update undertaken in the year since its launch.
- Finally, on Thursday 9 October, at the first ever Rise Up Policy Forum, Global Influencing Lead Priti Mahara will moderate a panel on Ensuring a Safe Future for Every Child: Harnessing the Power of Collaborative Engagement and Child Participation for a World Free of Child Labour. Our Head of Programme for Child Labour, Ines del Real and EU Advocacy Officer for Child Labour, Anna Di Ruscio. Representatives from the Governments of Kenya and Madagascar (TBC) will also be special guests.
You can find them at 11:30 in the session on Multi-Sectoral Coordination, Governance and Investment.
