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Part 2: A systems approach to equity at scale in early childhood development in emergencies: challenges, opportunities, and new directions

Wed, February 22, 9:45 to 11:15am EST (9:45 to 11:15am EST), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Constitution Level (3B), Cabin John

Group Submission Type: Formal Panel Session

Proposal

There are tensions across stakeholders with the concept of scalability and its appropriateness in various settings and for diverse purposes. Furthermore, there are tensions regarding defining “scaling” in various ways, and what its focus should be, broadly and in the ECD sector. These tensions are compounded by ECD’s multisectorality and historically limited opportunities for service participants to co-construct interventions to meet their distinct needs. Challenges to scaling ECD and ECDiE interventions have also been identified. Despite tensions and challenges, evidence also suggests that scaling up ECD programmes and services is promising for ensuring all young children meet their developmental potential. This evidence suggests determining if, how, what, and when to scale with regards to ECD programmes is crucial for ensuring ECDiE is inclusive and equitable in varying acute and protracted crisis settings.

This two-part panel series will highlight applied research in relation to CIES 2023’s Sub-Theme I: Social Justice and Inclusion.

Part II of the panel series is New Directions for Equitable Early Childhood Development in Emergencies (ECDiE) At-Scale: Localized Advocacy, Coordination and Research Efforts. The chairs will open this panel by highlighting challenges and solutions for equity in ECDiE brought to light in Part I of the Panel Series, emphasizing the critical need for localized solutions.

Four panelists will present emergent evidence and proposed solutions linked to challenges identified in Part I of the series, honing in on ECDiE advocacy, coordination and research as three important areas to consider when expanding equitable, inclusive, localized ECDiE. The panelists will highlight real-time, emergent lessons from their efforts garnered across geographic contexts; crisis types, from acute to protracted; and stakeholders.

In a moderated discussion, the panelists will interrogate assumptions and answer critical questions regarding if and to what extent scaling is a route to equity and how to enact localized, inclusive and equitable ECDiE, through scaling and other solutions. If and how the solutions understand, include, and amplify marginalized voices in the processes of conducting ECDiE advocacy, coordination and research will be discussed.

The discussant will share how the innovations and emergent lessons shed light on how to continue to shape what equitable, inclusive, localized ECDiE scaling looks like. The discussant will also identify questions, ideas and opportunities to consider when continuing innovating and iterating solutions for equitable, inclusive ECDiE with the affected population whilst aiming for all young children in crisis contexts achieving their developmental potential.

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