Global Parenting Initiative

Congrats to our co-PI, Prof Lucie Cluver, on receiving an OBE for her contributions to child wellbeing & global public health and to GPI's Prof Frances Gardner, honoured with a CMG for her 30-year career in developing global parenting interventions! #ChildHealth #GlobalParenting

🚨 We’re hiring! Join us at @UniofOxford as a Postdoc Research Officer on an AI + parenting project with global impact. 📍 Oxford / UK remote 🗓 Apply by 19 Aug 🔗 Apply here: bit.ly/45ZOWM8 #Hiring #GenAI #AIforGood #Parenting #BehaviouralScience

🎬 Join @SingHealthSG Duke-NUS Global Health Institute for 'Being Family' screening, a powerful, film on parenting & resilience coproduced by GPI and Burmese migrant families. 📅 1 Aug 🕑 2–5PM SGT 📍 Hybrid 🎟 Register: …ng-family-filmandpanel.eventbrite.com #BeingFamily #MentalHealth

🚨 We're #hiring! GPI at @DSPI_Oxford is looking for a Postdoc Research Officer to lead work at the intersection of #Parenting support & GenAI. PhD, LLM/ML experience, & coding skills essential. 📍 Oxford/UK remote 📅 Apply by 19 Aug 🔗 bit.ly/45ZOWM8 #GenAI

GPI’s Khaing Zar Lwin recently presented findings on a co-designed film intervention promoting #PositiveParenting + reducing violence among displaced caregivers on the Thailand-Myanmar border at the ARC-UNHCR conf in Kuala Lumpur. #ChildProtection #EndViolenceAgainstChildren

Over 800 families in Teso, Uganda are thriving thanks to the Parenting for Respectability programme by @GPI_parenting & @Makerere 🌍 35 changemakers just graduated in #EvidenceBasedParenting! 💪 📸: Mpalanyi Ssentongo 🔗 @newvisionwire: tinyurl.com/teso-parenting

🎉 Happy #InternationalDayOfPlay! We believe play builds stronger families & communities. On Monday, we hosted a webinar on play in parenting, exploring how play supports child development & strengthens the parent-child bond. Thanks to our speakers! 🎥: bit.ly/4jQPFT5

Have you registered yet? Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar on the Power of Play in Parenting. 🗓️ 9 June 🕙 10:00 SAST 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/d5PnfvM6 #InternationalDayOfPlay #Parenting #PowerOfPlay

Do mental health tools work across cultures? A 6-country study tested the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale and Child and Adolescent Behaviour Inventory over time and settings. Findings support free, global tools for #MentalHealth equity. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.…

🌍 On the 1st of June, we celebrated #GlobalParentingDay, a reminder of the vital role caregivers play. Let's keep the momentum going with our webinar on the Power of Play in Parenting! 📅 9 June 🕙 10:00 SAST 🔗 globalparenting.org/webinars/the-p… #PlayMatters #ParentingMonth25

Play isn’t just fun, it’s essential! 🎈 Join us on 9 June for a free webinar on the Power of Play in Parenting 🎉 🕙 10:00 SAST | 9:00 BST | 11:00 EAT 📍 Online via Zoom 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #PlayfulParenting #ParentingMonth25 #InternationalDayOfPlay

🚀 Exciting news! The SWIFT team has launched its pilot study in Wolseley, SA 🇿🇦 testing if healthcare workers influence sign-ups to the ParentText digital parenting programme. Early signs are promising! 🙌 #DigitalHealth #SWIFTStudy #ParentingSupport #PublicHealthInnovation

🎙️New #PVradio episode!, Lauren-Jayne van Niekerk, GPI’s Principal Investigator, in convo with Gustav & @CECD_online. They explore the vital role of #fathers in early childhood, an often overlooked topic. 🎧:bit.ly/4dL4Pbb 👏Thanks to CECD & PVradio #PositiveParenting

Earlier this month, Khaing Zar Lwin shared findings from the "Being Family" film study at the #EE4Conference in Mae Sot. This parenting intervention led to a 9% drop in violence & improved parenting. Well done, Khaing! 👏 🔗bit.ly/3ZlnwvS #PositiveParenting

Happy #InternationalFamilyDay! 💛 Families come in all forms, blended, chosen, biological, and all are worth celebrating. From our GPI family to yours, and through our work with families worldwide, we celebrate connection, care & community. #Inclusion #FamilyIsLove

🚨 New study links child marriage to increased intimate partner violence (IPV) 📊 1 in 3 child brides face IPV 📅 24% in the past year ⚠️ 42% higher lifetime risk vs adult marriage 🛑 Risks persist into adulthood 🔗 Read: tinyurl.com/ipv-childmarri… #EndChildMarriage

🇹🇭 Thailand is now the 68th country to ban corporal punishment of children, a key step to end violence. Dr. Sombat Tapanya stresses the need for societal change & more support for positive parenting to make the law truly effective. 🔗 thaipbs.or.th/news/content/3… #PositiveParenting

Thailand has made history as the 68th country globally to ban corporal punishment in all settings!👏 Dr. @AwahIsang, spoke with Dr. @Amalee_McCoy & Dr. Jiraporn Arunakul about what this means for children & families. 🎙️ Read more: bit.ly/3GvAQHw #EndCorporalPunishment

Today marks the International Day to End Corporal Punishment ✋🚫 We marked it with a powerful webinar on turning global commitments into real change for children. 🎥 Missed it? Watch the recording: youtu.be/YwCy0V1cH2U #EndCorporalPunishment #ChildRights #EndViolence

🎉 Webinar recording now available! To mark #InternationalDayToEndCorporalPunishment, we explored how global pledges can drive real change for children. Huge thanks to our speakers & participants.🙌 📺 Missed it? Watch here: youtu.be/YwCy0V1cH2U #ProtectChildren