Child Protection Pedagogy
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About the program
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/25 on November 20, 1989, serve as a crosscutting framework for our work. Articles of particular relevance to FXB’s child protection pedagogy are:
Programmatic areas
Child Protection Certificate Program (CPC)
thirteenth academic year. Transcending traditional pedagogical boundaries, the program centers the principle that effective child protection requires comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and multi-sectoral engagement, with collaboration across sectors, including health, education, social services, public policy, and law enforcement. Successful completion of the CPC requires that students take at least 12 credits across three of five domains (Systems, Violence, Family/Social Strengthening, Justice, and Leadership) from over 50 qualifying classes. A maximum of 30 students are admitted annually and the program draws applicants from Harvard graduate schools including Harvard Chan, the Graduate School of Education, the Medical School, the Divinity School, the Kennedy School of Government, the Law School, and the Design School as well as Tufts University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Learn more here.

G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program (Landry CP Training)

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Child protection in the news
Reports of children fighting for water at Texas detention facility for immigrant families, Independent, September 17, 2025
Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children The Guardian, August 22, 2025
More than 14M children globally have not received a dose of any vaccine: WHO, ABC News, July 15, 2025
Almost 200 countries guarantee children’s rights. Why doesn’t the US?, The Guardian, July 1, 2025
More Than 50,000 Children Killed or Injured in Gaza, UNICEF in action, May 28, 2025
Takeaways from AP’s report on the growing dangers for pregnant women in Gaza’s ruins, AP News, April 28, 2025
Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts, UN News, April 22, 2025
Fate of Black Maternal Health Programs Is Unclear Amid Federal Cuts, KFF Health News, April 22, 2025
Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC, CNN World, May 14, 2025
Kid safety after wildfire, LAist, January 14, 2025