Africa Regional Convening to Support Parents and Caregivers

In response to the challenges posed to families and children by the COVID-19 pandemic, a coalition of partners including World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH), the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), The African Early Childhood Network and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (EVAC) established the Global Initiative to Support Parents. The mission of the initiative is to promote the development and scale of innovative, evidence-based parenting support programs to create environments that enable children’s wellbeing and health through global advocacy and country-level support. 

The Global Initiative to Support Parents partners will be convening conferences and convenings across each region to develop a common understanding of evidence-based solutions and further commitment towards supporting parents and families. The regional convenings will culminate into a Global Summit, at the end of 2022, as well as a compendium of evidence-based case studies.

The Africa regional convening is coming up soon – it will be held on June 21, 22, 23 from 10AM to 1PM GMT. 

This convening will: 

• Share evidence-based parenting and caregiving support and practices for early childhood development, violence prevention, mental health, adolescent health and multi-sectoral life outcomes (including case studies, approaches, and Africa-specific accomplishments and challenges)
• Generate policy dialogue to strengthen political, financial and human resourcing for the scale-up implementation of parenting support interventions 
• Promote whole-of-government approach and multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder collaboration for investment