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CIESPI engages with young activists as part of an international project
CIESPI engages with young activists as part of an international project

The meeting in Rio was the culmination of a number of visits to the young people in their home city as part of the Brazil case study.

CIESPI joins Brazilian and Latin American colleagues for strategy and training meetings on street children
CIESPI joins Brazilian and Latin American colleagues for strategy and training meetings on street children

International Network for the Defense of Children and Adolescents in the Situation of the Streets

CIESPI, Child Participation and a lesson from the U.S.: How does the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child and the massacre in Parkland connect? And where does CIESPI fit in?
CIESPI, Child Participation and a lesson from the U.S.: How does the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child and the massacre in Parkland connect? And where does CIESPI fit in?

How does the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child and the February 14th massacre of 17 people, including 14 students, in Parkland, Florida connect? And where does CIESPI fit in?

Helping low-income youth get their first real job: CIESPI researches System S in Brazil, see the report
Helping low-income youth get their first real job: CIESPI researches System S in Brazil, see the report

CIESPI released a report detailing how the main private sector employment training system in Brazil serves low-income youth entering the job market.

Photo by Marcelo Santos Braga.

Rocinha, tune into children! CIESPI launches new campaign for child well-being
Rocinha, tune into children! CIESPI launches new campaign for child well-being

In October 2017, CIESPI, together with its community partners launched a new campaign to increase the safety and well-being of young children in the Rio community of Rocinha called Rocinha: Tune into Children Rocinha, (Se Liga na Criança).

Summit on the Legal Rights of Street-Connected Children & Youth is happening in Brazil
Summit on the Legal Rights of Street-Connected Children & Youth is happening in Brazil

Meeting will happen on November 28-29, 2017, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Rocinha, tune into children!
Rocinha, tune into children!

CIESPI launches new campaign for child well-being

Making rights real for children: learning from South America
Making rights real for children: learning from South America

We are delighted that Professor Irene Rizzini is offering an event series this autumn. Professor Rizzini, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), and Director of the International Centre for Research and Policy on Childhood (CIESPI) at PUC-Rio (Brazil). The event series is funded by The Leverhulme Trust Visiting …