Prevention Science in Child Protection: An Indian Case Study

CGIS South, S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, United States

Join Jacqueline Bhabha and Elizabeth Donger for a discussion about prevention science in child protection, with a focus on India. This seminar, with support from the Harvard University Asia Center, will explore the early findings of a research project that examines community-level strategies to prevent violence, abuse, and exploitation of children in India. The project involves three separate evaluations of harm prevention programs run by innovative Indian nonprofits in Uttar…

Them and Us: How Much Good Do We Do?

FXB 710 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United States

Lynne Jones, OBE, FRCPsych, PhD Humanitarian psychiatrist Dr Lynne Jones will reflect on 25 years of establishing mental health programs in humanitarian emergencies. Dr. Lynne Jones is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, writer, researcher, and relief worker. Jones has been engaged in assessing mental health needs and establishing and running mental health services in disaster, conflict, and post-conflict settings since 1990 around the world. Outside the Asylum: A Memoir of…

Access to Justice for Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation

FXB 710 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United States

Junita Upadhyay, MC/MPA candidate, 2019 Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Ms. Upadhyay will share key findings of the ECPAT International’s three research studies, “Through the Eyes of the Child: Barriers to Access to Justice and Remedies for Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation, “Access to Recovery and Reintegration,” and "Barrier to Compensation for Victims of Sexual Exploitation” conducted between 2014-2016 through secondary data analysis and field research in the…