Child Rights and Child Development: where do - their roads cross? - Dr. Ziba

Ziba Vaghri University of NB, Saint John Best Brains Exchange of PHABC April 5, 2023 Health Inequities, Human Rights, and Child Development The Science of Child Development The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) GlobalChild: an accountability tool PART I: Health Inequities, Child Development and Human Rights “Biological embedding” The quality of environments gets beneath the skin, beco. [...] Ziba Vaghri, Human Early Learning Partnership; HELP Based on the Science of Child development Nature-nurture The genetic endowment The quality of the environments …based on the Science of Child development • Because of sensitive periods in brain development, early environments are the most powerful determinant of basic competencies; and • Environments Matter! Associations of maternal education wit. [...] Canada an early ratifier and host of the World Summit for Children Sept, 1990 The summit had the then-largest-ever gathering of heads of state to commit to the CRC and children’s well being worldwide. [...] But, is that enough? NO, it is not enough! Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to Results! PART IV: GlobalChild: a comprehensive tool for monitoring the implementation of children’s rights and accountability • A global initiative, conducted under the guidance of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the last 15 years; • Based in Canada and funded by Canadian federal funds; •. [...] Experience/Behavior Neural Circuitry Cell/Synapse Gene Expression Policies & Programs UNCRC Experience/Behavior Neural Circuitry Science of child development Cell/Synapse Gene Expression The relationship between commitment, support, and accountability Courtesy of Grieser et al: 38 .