Kirrily Pells

A logo that reads "ArtEase: arts for resilience", words are in dark blue, look like painted by a brush on orange/yellow watercolour backdrop surrounded by white.

A new Knowledge Exchange project funded by UCL's
Innovation Fund, building on Rwanda’s Nkwihoreze approach @kristynaskriczka.bsky.social & @kirrilypells.bsky.social, together with global partners, will co-create a new tool. More at: www.nkwihoreze.org/artease
#ArtEaseResilience #nkwihorezeproject

@sriucl.bsky.social Just made a video to help promote an important resource, result of creative collaboration between Karen Schucan Bird @sriucl.bsky.social, two artists and victim-survivors of domestic abuse. Download the Time for Tea Zine now at: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
#DomesticAbuse

🎨 Join us for “Arts for Resilience” – creative tools for intergenerational work with vulnerable children and families
🗓️ Thursday 13 Nov 13:00–14:30 GMT, Free with registration
www.changemakersforchildren.community/arts-for-res...
#Intergenerational #nkwihorezeproject #trauma
@sriucl.bsky.social

Corporal punishment carries ‘multiple risks’ to children’s health, says WHO An estimated 1.2bn children are subject to this ‘harmful practice’ each year, affecting physical and mental wellbeing, report finds

Corporal punishment carries ‘multiple risks’ to children’s health, says WHO www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Front cover of my second book - Following the Birds of Rwanda - a Rwenzori Turaco in flight. 📣 Book Launch Announcement! 🐦📘 I’m thrilled to announce the release of my second book — Following the Birds of Rwanda — a photographic celebration of Rwanda’s vibrant birdlife and their fascinating behaviours. This coffee table-style book is a visual journey through forests, wetlands, and skies, capturing the moments that make Rwanda an avian paradise. 📍 Available in shops across Kigali and online via Komezart from 1st July. Whether you’re a nature lover, photographer, or simply appreciate the beauty of wildlife, this book is for you. Thank you for supporting local art, nature, and storytelling!

📣 Book Launch Announcement! 🐦📘

I’m thrilled to announce the release of my second book — Following the Birds of Rwanda — a photographic celebration of Rwanda’s vibrant birdlife and their fascinating behaviours.

📍 Available in shops across Kigali and online via Komezart from 1st July.

#Birds 🪶

Emotions and human rights education in early childhood: insights from young children in Rwanda Human rights education in early childhood should be relevant to children’s experiences, however there is a tendency to avoid the subject. This paper draws from a participatory study undertaken in R...

☑️Early childhood educators are invited to check out this article by @carmelward.bsky.social @queensuniv.bsky.social
☑️research explores how insights from young children can contribute to a #pedagogy of #HumanRights
☑️ #OpenAccess - free to download!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our response to this government white paper on immigration

This "debate" about who should use what toilet doesn’t benefit anyone. It doesn’t fix the underfunding of women's refuges, NHS waiting lists leaving women in terrible pain, mums skipping meals to feed their kids. How about we get on with tackling the real issues affecting women?

IAS Book Launch: Children's Life-Histories | Revisiting Childhood Join the the IAS and the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Eleanore Hargreaves, Denise Buchanan, Laura Quick and Wendy Sims-Schouten for this joint book launch.

What does it mean to listen to children's stories, narratives and ideas?

Come along to this double book launch on 1 April with IOE authors and explore children's perspectives of school and their practical suggestions to strengthen wellbeing and learning within schooling.
bit.ly/4hTxRWn

This month marks the third anniversary of the removal of the defence of physical punishment of children coming into force in Wales.

Great to see Senedd members encouraging the UK Government to follow the lead set by Wales and Scotland to #EndPhysicalPunishment ⬇️

Since Labour took office, 10,000 more children have been plunged into poverty by the refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

Increasing military spending while millions of children go hungry is not a tough decision. It’s the wrong decision.

A statement from our CEO Moazzam Malik on the news that the government is cutting the UK aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending:

You inspire us all 😊

I have produced a #StarterPack for people working on
#childrensrights internationally, regionally and nationally. If you're not included and work in the area, that is solely down to my Bluesky incompetence - please just let me know and I will add you.
go.bsky.app/FE9fYz3
#childrights
#UNCRC

Children and democracy Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Nottingham, discusses the push for children’s rights around the world.

What is the relationship of #children with #democracy? How do #childrights fit in? And what does this mean for the role of the #courts?
Some thoughts on #worldchildrensday www.joinexpeditions.com/exps/1081

Current vacancies : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Aegis Project is advertising a Research Assistant post! Join our exciting project working directly with children and young people seeking asylum - and make a real difference #Respond. @lshtm DM for info! rebrand.ly/7ut2i85

An image of a kaleidoscope and text saying it’s not the gift of adults. It’s the right of the child

Marking the 100th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child with some reflections on the child’s right to participation.

Big conversations, little people: raising ‘woke’ kids How do we navigate those difficult conversations about the big issues in the world with the little folks in our lives?

Seems like a good first post here… 😊 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-conver...

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