Miriam Gathigah
Iro-nsi Bose Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS
BUSAN, South Korea, Dec 1 2011 (IPS) – Gender champions have lauded the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness for providing gender equality and the empowerment of women a special session, but there is dissatisfaction with Thursday s Busan outcome document.
Iro-nsi Bose Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS
Although the document alluded to gender equality, experts feel that the scope is narrow …
The author is the Executive Director of the BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University in Bangladesh.
Children display dexterity during a free play session prior to the pandemic. Credit: BRAC
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 26 2021 (IPS) – Conventional wisdom is that the health of young children is not at great risk from COVID-19, but, in the Global South, the space constraints imposed on young children by the pandemic pose a significant risk to the stimulation on which brain development thrives. Early childhood development is further jeopardized by the pandemic’s impact on caregivers.
A new early childhood development infrastructure has …