About WorldForum 2010
International delegates and child welfare experts will gather at the IBM Learning Center in Palisades, New York this November 8 to 11 for WorldForum 2010, the 21st annual summit of the International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW). This year’s theme, A World Fit for Children: Advancing the Global Movement, sets the stage for 500 delegates from 40 nations to take stock of current successes and obstacles; to share cutting edge research, innovative solutions, and best practices; and to plan for future action. A parallel forum for young people will focus on the participation of youth in the welfare process. Alongside the IFCW, co-hosts for the summit will be The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF), Mentoring USA and Mentoring USA/Italia. Register Today
WorldForum Speakers
As of 8/30/2010, please check back for more updates
ESTELA BARNES DE CARLOTTO - President of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Argentina
LILLIAM BARRIOS-PAOLI - Commissioner of the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA)
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DR. SUSAN BISSELL-UNICEF-Chief of Child Protection, Programme Division
GLADYS CARRIÓN, ESQ. - Commissioner of the New York State Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS)
DJIBRIL DIALLO, PhD (Lon) - Senior Advisor to the Executive Director Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
DR. ARTHUR KLEIN - North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems-Senior Vice President of Children’s Services, Executive Director and Chief of Staff-Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
GORD MACKINTOSH -Minister of Family Services and Consumer Affairs
DR. PHILIP O. OZUAH, M.D., PH.D., - Professor and University Chairman of the Departments of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, and Physician-in-Chief of The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.
EFREN G. PEÑAFLORIDA, JR - Founder of the Dynamic Teen Company and CNN's 2009 Hero of the Year
CHERYL PERERA - Founder and President of OneChild
VICTORIA ROWELL - New York Times Bestselling Author, Actress and Humanitarian
BRYAN SAMUELS - United States Department of Health and Human Services-Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
MARTA SANTOS PAIS - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Shaping WorldForum 2010
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child
- A World Fit for Children
- UNICEF Child Protection Strategy,
- Millennium Development Goals
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WorldForum 2010 Topics
- Promoting Healthy Lives
- Providing Quality Education for All
- Protecting Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Violence
- Combating HIV/AIDS
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Leading Trends at WorldForum
- Major shifts in demographics
- Advances in Pediatric Neurobiology
- Impact of Information & Communications Technologies on sustainable poverty reduction
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Cross-cutting themes
- Poverty, Hunger and Nutrition
- Family Stability/Immigration/Migration/Mobility Minority and Indigenous Languages, Identity, and Culture
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Social Justice
- Active Participation and Empowerment of Youth and Families
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Join us for the gathering of the IFCW's WorldForum 2010 in New York!
WorldForum 2010 Steering Committee Members
Action for Child Protection
American Humane Association
Campaign for US Ratification of the CRC
Casey Family Services
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC)
Children in Wales
Children's Home Society of America
Citi
Columbia University
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
Community Living Toronto
Education for Development (EFD)
Illinois Department of Human Services
Indonesia Child Welfare Foundation
Jackson Lewis LLP
Mentoring USA and Mentoring USA/Italia
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
National Organization of Italian American Women
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
NYC Department for the Aging
NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Pan American Development Foundation
UN AIDS
UNICEF
UPS
Walmart
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