Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)
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ECDAN is a global network that connects, gathers, disseminates, and advocates for cross-sector solutions to improve the overall wellbeing of young children.
Joined September 2019
📢 The @ECDAction Q4 Newsletter is out! Explore key updates, partner news, new resources & upcoming events shaping early childhood. Read https://t.co/ZCQ5yijITr
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Join us to celebrate the @ECDAction 2025 Knowledge Fellows! 4 emerging leaders presenting high-impact advocacy resources on 4 critical topics: ➡️Parenting Support ➡️Childcare Systems ➡️ECD & Climate Action ➡️Financing the Early Years 🔗 Register
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This learning event marks the culmination of work done by ECDAN's 2025 cohort of Knowledge Fellows. These four early-career professionals have built skills on how to write for advocacy and distilled...
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On the #InternationalDayOfCare, we join partners worldwide calling on policymakers to invest in care and support systems that help every child, caregiver & community thrive. 💜 Watch full video https://t.co/l2nrV5vYdA
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Inclusion starts in early childhood. 🌍 This April we joined @ECDAction in pledging to advance disability-inclusive early care and education—ensuring every child can thrive. And we'll be joining this 10/29 @IntDisability webinar too! #DisabilityInclusion #EarlyChildhood
Let’s keep the momentum from #GDS2025 alive! Join us on 29 Oct (3–4:30 PM CET) to explore how governments, OPDs & partners can make inclusive education a reality for all learners with disabilities. Register here: https://t.co/6ZcNPQxTe2
@GLAD_Net @iddcconsortium @GDS_Disability
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Kulula Manona, Chief Director at @DBE_SA, delivered inspiring opening remarks at the Systems Mapping for Early Childhood Care & Education Workshop, highlighting the momentum behind this collective effort. #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #ECD #SystemsMapping #SouthAfrica
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Today, Grace Matlhape, Executive Director of @SmartStartSA opened the #SystemsMapping Workshop for #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment with powerful words that set the tone for collaboration and transformation. Let’s build systems where every child thrives from the start.
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Systems mapping can transform childcare. @bied_bracu used community strengths & mapping to link women's empowerment with child development in Bangladesh childcare. Read https://t.co/NrYbIOowAf
#SystemsThinking #ChildcareSystemsMap
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The blog by BRAC describes the urgent need for affordable, accessible, and quality childcare to support working women and child development in Bangladesh and how BRAC is applying a systems approach...
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED to Nov 14! 📢 Childcare pros: Join the 4-month Systems Thinking for ECD course to transform systems with the Childcare Systems Map. 👉 Register: https://t.co/Dm3vMPmBW2
#EarlyChildhood #Childcare #SystemsThinking
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@UNICEF_AUOffice @af_ecn @AU_HHS @ECDAction @AfricaCDC @_AfricanUnion @WHOAFRO @KasoloFrancis The #ECDCountdown2030 launch at #CPHIA2025 brought Africa's leaders and partners together in Durban - united by one vision: turning data into action for every child. #InvestInECD
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📢 Africa’s #ECDCountdown2030 launched at #CPHIA2025! Leaders are turning data into action for every child. Explore the new Country Profiles https://t.co/1YjFberZEu
#NurturingCare #DataDriven #ECD2030
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📣 Save the Date! Join @WHO & @UNICEF on 10 Nov 2025 for “Marking the Ministerial Moment” — celebrating global progress to #EndViolenceAgainstChildren. 🌍 Honor progress 👧🏽 Recognize voices 🔊 Announce next host 🔗 Register https://t.co/ccRMVDKWuR
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🌍 Exciting news! The @_AfricanUnion @af_ecn, @UNICEF @ECDAction , and @WHO will launch the Africa ECD Country Profiles Countdown to 2030 during #CPHIA2025. Together, we’re using data to drive #ECD progress! #ECDCountdown2030 #InvestInECD Register https://t.co/vvG26gP1lK
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For over 5 decades,@Mobile_Creches turned construction sites into safe havens, proving childcare is a societal responsibility. Their systems approach to #ECD offers vital global lessons in driving change. 🔗 Read https://t.co/WpRRB2675W
#SystemsThinking #ChildcareSystemsMap
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This blog by Mobile Creches describes how they has been building an ecosystem of care for working mothers and young children in order to transform how India thinks about childcare.
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Active fathers improve kids’ well-being, but moms still carry the load. ISSA’s 2024 report urges investment in childcare & peer networks for dads. How can we support fathers? 📖 https://t.co/iULSa2Mq0V
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Children are the least responsible for climate change but the most vulnerable. Join our webinar to learn how to center kids in climate action at #COP30! Hear from @UNICEF , @InstitutoAlana , & more. Register now
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With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) right around the corner, we have a critical opportunity to shift the discourse and position children at the center of climate negotiations....
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Kick-off alert! The CARE Initiative officially kicked off in Bangladesh today! Participants dove into systems thinking to map underlying structures and influence national policy. This multisectoral effort aims for equitable, affordable care.
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🌍 G20 is coming! @ECDAction partners unveil a bold policy brief: Care is critical economic infrastructure. Amid global crises, investing in childcare, eldercare & community health drives inclusive growth. 📖 Read it: https://t.co/Avx9G931dn
#CareEconomy #G20
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Want to drive systemic change in childcare? Join the #Childcare4all movement! We launched phase two with a new collaborative & a systems map. 📢 Amplify 🤝 Connect. 💡 Innovate. 🔗 Tell us how you use systems thinking for ECD
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The Systems Thinking for ECD Collaborative is a dedicated coalition of executive leaders and technical experts from seven prominent child development and systems thinking organizations in Africa and...
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Children face a #Polycrisis. The Young Children and the Polycrisis report urges all sectors to: ➡️ Recognize interconnected crises ➡️ Invest in ECD ➡️ Collaborate globally ➡️ Center children’s voices 🔗 Read the report: https://t.co/RD4o5a463b
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Don't miss it! The Education Outcome Fund's CLI is hosting a webinar on using Outcomes-Based Financing (OBF) to strengthen Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) systems. Link financing to measurable outcomes for sustainable impact! 🔗 Register: https://t.co/3Osvi4DpWj
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