Empowering Migrant Mothers: Providing Critical Education Pathways for Young Children

Please join us for a virtual parallel event at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The event will focus on the impact of forced migration on children’s development and the critical role of caregivers.

This session will highlight key challenges and promising practices in addressing mental health, trauma, and social-emotional learning, while advancing the mandate to provide quality education for marginalized girls in alignment with the commitments of the Beijing +30 Platform for Action.

Speakers include:

• Kate Schwartz, Senior Research Scientist at Global TIES for Children and Adjunct Professor within Applied Statistics, Applied, Psychology, and the Institute for Human Development and Social Change at New York University
• Julie Kasper, former Director of Teacher Learning & Leadership at Childhood Education International’s Center for Professional Learning
• Dina Castro, Bahamdan Endowed Professor in Early Childhood Well-being and Director of the Institute for Early Childhood Well-being at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University

Moderator: Asiya Foster, Regional Vice President of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) North America and Caribbean Region

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