Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)

ECDAN is a global network that connects, gathers, disseminates, and advocates for cross-sector solutions to improve the overall wellbeing of young children.

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Standing with teachers starts early. This #WorldTeachersDay, @ECDAction highlights the need to invest in the early childhood workforce.

6 million more pre-primary educators are needed in low- and lower-middle-income countries by 2030.

Explore https://t.co/nSc55Cqq2U

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📢 Call for Papers: Financing Care Reform and Systems Change

ICB Journal and @BetterCareNet invite contributions exploring financing approaches that strengthen families and advance care reform.

📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2026

Learn more here https://t.co/jzsoqZQ6Cv

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ECDAN at 10! 🎉

A decade of bringing people together, sharing knowledge and taking collective action for young children and their caregivers.

Watch our 10th anniversary video and revisit the journey so far.

https://t.co/kgK4mCotL7

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📢 Funding for African CSOs & youth-led organisations.

Up to $3.35M in grants across 22 African countries to strengthen civic engagement and youth leadership in health & nutrition financing.

⏰ Deadline: 7 Oct 2026

Apply: https://t.co/eShqpNHISd

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Climate change is a child development issue.

A new @Georgetown working paper, co-authored by Joan Lombardi and Shourya Negi, highlights the impacts on children and families and the need to center child development in climate action.

📖 Read: https://t.co/0n0gbHK935

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🌡️ Rising heat is putting pregnant women, newborns & young children at greater risk.

Join the @WHO & HIGH Horizons webinar on heat & maternal, newborn and child health. ECDAN will add to the conversation.

🗓️ 2pm EAT | 1pm CEST | 7am EDT

Register: https://t.co/3WcVEFe0iY

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Yesterday at #UNGA81, the Act for Early Years pledging workshop, hosted by @theirworld @UNICEF & @ECDAction, brought partners together to build the roadmap towards the 2027 Global Early Years Finance Summit.

We presented Financing Toolbox to support sustainable ECD financing.

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At #UNGA81, leaders and practitioners explored how better policy, financing and delivery can connect early childhood, school readiness and foundational learning.

#EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #FoundationalLearning

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More than half a billion children are impacted by armed conflict. On Saturday, @ECDAction joined the inaugural War Trauma Conference to explore childhood trauma, survival and healing—and what it means to support children when safety is not restored.

#WarTrauma #EarlyChildhood

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“What if what we call a child’s ‘symptoms’ are responses to an unsafe world?”

Dr. Samah Jabr challenged how we understand childhood trauma, asking: What does healing mean when there is no safe “before” to return to? A vital question for the early years.

#ECD #WarTrauma

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“Treat the mind as well as the body.”

HRH Princess Ghida Talal opened the inaugural War Trauma Conference, highlighting the impact of war on children and families.

@ECDAction is honoured to support this conversation and highlight the importance of the early years.

#EarlyYears

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📢 @UNICEF
is establishing a Global Roster of #ECD Expert Consultants for 2026–2029, covering ECD policy, programs and services, and parenting support.

📍 Nairobi / Remote | Job No. 595680

Apply: https://t.co/BvctlYwby8

#ECD

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Universal for whom?

A new blog by Vibhu, explores why disability inclusion must be built into early childhood systems and financing from the outset.

Read the blog: https://t.co/A7gntLeCcN

#ECD #DisabilityInclusion

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🎉 ECDAN is celebrating 10 years of collective action for young children and their caregivers.

Take a look back at some of the milestones that have shaped our journey.

👉 Explore the full #ECDAN10 journey: https://t.co/JJWgDKRqSW

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Have a look at GPE's #MultiplyPossibility events at #UNGA81.

Let's #FundEducation and get every child on board on the road to possibility!

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Last week in Salzburg, @ECDAction Secretariat joined global #ECD thought leaders, with Knowledge Fellows Karin Nosková and Regina Peñalva contributing to the discussions and meeting outcomes.

Grateful to @SalzburgGlobal for making their participation possible.

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From Bogotá to Manila, it’s time to turn commitments into action.

GISP is calling for universal access to evidence-based parenting support in every context, including humanitarian and fragile settings.

👉 Sign the Call to Action: https://t.co/ar8Ea3VOeJ

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While the world builds the next great AI assistant, the Van Leer Foundation relaunched the original: Parents.

Because when machines do it we call it intelligence, when parents do it we call it Tuesday.

Learn more: https://t.co/Uar4u4wmKI

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Parents are increasingly turning to AI for parenting advice but how accurate and safe is the guidance?

ParentBench is looking for professionals in child development, paediatrics, parenting education & related fields to rate AI-generated parenting advice.

https://t.co/tZXLK8A2Ai

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Violence isn't inevitable, it can be prevented. In the Dominican Republic, @UNICEFRD, INAIPI & MINERD are helping families embrace positive parenting, reducing violent discipline from 55.7% to 26.2% among participating families.

Read more: https://t.co/IRjDeIkDCX