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Webinar: Fathers matter, too! Supporting men's engagement in young children's care and development

Webinar: Fathers matter, too! Supporting men's engagement in young children's care and development This webinar introduced the Engaging Men in Nurturing Care (EMiNC) initiative, active across Ita...

Center for Child Health and Development pilots an observational tool to promote responsive caregiving  

Center for Child Health and Development pilots an observational tool to promote responsive caregiving   Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (P...

Integrating support for ECD and nurturing care in primary health care

On 2 March, a Health Systems for Early Child Development webinar presented the guiding principles and examples of practical approaches to integrating nurturing care in Italy’s primary health care serv...

The Road of Early Childhood to National Plans for Recovery and Resilience – a successful advocacy effort in Italy

COVID-19 pandemic is putting all countries in Europe under a hard test now: the ‘early childhood’ test, or in other words, the ‘long-term, visionary investment in the youngest generation’ test. While ...

NEWS - Un Villagio per Crescere: Battling Educational Poverty

Recently, ISSA was joined by the Italian team behind social project Un Villaggio per Crescere (a village to thrive): an initiative aimed at improving parenting skills in population groups at risk. Edu...

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