XVIII International Congress:
26-29 September 2010, Hawai'i, USA
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Worldview radio program talks to ISPCAN about child trafficking
Learn about child trafficking in Belarus, Latvia, Ecuador, Mexico, the U.S, and elsewhere. Worldview radio host Jerome McDonnell (far right) interviews ISPCAN experts: (from left) Andrey Makhanko, Executive Director, Ponimanie, Belarus; Salvador Cicero-Dominguez, attorney and advisor to the Organization of American States, USA; and Mark Rodgers, PhD, Dean and Professor of the Graduate School of Social Work, Dominican University, USA.
Building Coalitions and Influencing Policy Makers The experience in Serbia: from denial of child abuse to the ethos of child rights ISPCAN's latest Newsletter is available in the Members' section.
Preventing Child Maltreatment - a guide to taking action and generating evidence. Practical new guide published by WHO and ISPCAN to help countries prevent violence against children. Press Release
ISPCAN Develops Research Tools for UN Study on Violence Against Children: Questionnaires and guides available for professionals.
ISPCAN Working Group on Child Maltreatment Data
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Anniversary Year Calendar
January 26, 2009
ISPCAN Global Institute 2009
September 7-10, 2008
XVII International Congress,
Hong Kong, China
June 10, 2008
Early Registration Deadline for ISPCAN’s XVII International Congress, Hong Kong SAR, China
May 15, 2008
2011 Regional Conferences
ISPCAN invites applications from groups and organizations interested in hosting the Society's 2011 Regional Conferences worldwide.
19TH ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect (2012)
ISPCAN invites applications from groups and organizations interested in hosting the Society's 2012 International Congress
May 01, 2008
Election of ISPCAN
Executive Councillors
DEADLINE - 01 MAY, 2008
April 10, 2008
ISPCAN's 30th Anniversary Dinner and International Expert Panel and Reception, Chicago
April 8-10, 2008
2008 ISPCAN Global Summit on Protecting Children from Violence, Abuse and Neglect
February 15, 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline for ISPCAN’s XVII International Congress, Hong Kong SAR, China
January 29, 2008
Combating global child trafficking
Listen to Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview program interview three ISPCAN experts.
January 28, 2008
ISPCAN Global Institute
December 12, 2007
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Hani Jahshan, an ISPCAN founder, the Arab region
December 7, 2007
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Philista Onyango, an ISPCAN founder, Africa
December 1, 2007
Online Registration Begins for ISPCAN’s XVII International Congress, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Abstract Submission also available online.
November 29, 2007
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Isabel Cuadros, an ISPCAN founder, Latin America
November 19, 2007
World Day for Prevention of
Child Abuse
Listen to ISPCAN’s radio broadcast on World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
ISPCAN European National Partners & European Network Meetings, Lisbon, Portugal
November 18-21, 2007
XII European Regional Conference,
Lisbon, Portugal
October 29, 2007
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Jaap Doek , an ISPCAN founder, Europe
October 24, 2007
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Mohd Sham Bin Kasim, an ISPCAN founder, Asia
September 24, 2007
ISPCAN Asian National Partners & Asian Regional Network Meetings,
Manila, Philippines
September 23-26, 2007
VII Asian Regional Conference,
Manila, Philippines
August 2007
The Chicago Arabic newspaper Al-Offok Al-Arabi reports on ISPCAN’s work in Saudi Arabia and the Arab region. (PDF)
August 6 , 2007
Making great strides to prevent child abuse and neglect in Saudi Arabia: Listen to a radio interview of Dr. Maha al Muneef, Executive Director, Saudi Arabia National Family Safety Program, and Kimberly Svevo, Executive Director, ISPCAN, on Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview.
July 17-19, 2007
IX Latin American Regional
Conference, Bogotá, Colombia
Kimberly Svevo, ISPCAN’s Executive Director, pays tribute to Dr. Franklin Farinatti, a former President of ISPCAN, and a leader in Brazil on child abuse and neglect prevention. The Conference was dedicated to Farinatti, who died in 2004.
July 12, 2007
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Kim Oates, an ISPCAN founder, Australia
July 11, 2007
Read about ISPCAN’s origins, in
an excerpt of Chapter 1, from The Story of ISPCAN
July 10, 2007
ISPCAN Member Lucia Williams,
PhD, Brazil, speaks to Positive
Parenting DuPage and its partners.
July 7, 2007
ISPCAN celebrates 30th Anniversary
Remembering Henry Kempe:
A letter from Dr. Richard D. Krugman
7 Founders from 7 Regions:
Richard Krugman, an ISPCAN founder, North America
ISPCAN invites National Partners to participate in Global Quiz to raise public awareness on child abuse and neglect
May 1, 2007
Combating Global Child Abuse and Neglect: Jerome McDonnell of Chicago Public Radio’s World View interviews ISPCAN Executive Director Kimberly Svevo and Joan van Niekerk, Coordinator for SASPCAN, ISPCAN’s National Partner in South Africa.
Jaap Doek visits ISPCAN “In the field of child abuse and neglect, no other organization has the expertise to do training that ISPCAN does,” said Jaap Doek, outgoing Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
via these weblinks:
January 29, 2008
Andrey Makhanko, Executive Director, Ponimanie, Belarus; Mark Rodgers, PhD, Dean and Professor of the Graduate School of Social Work, Dominican University, USA; and Salvador Cicero-Dominguez, attorney and advisor to the Organization of American States, USA.
World Day for the
Prevention of Child Abuse
November 19, 2007
James Garbarino, PhD, Director of The Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University, USA, and Barbara Bonner, PhD, ISPCAN’s Past President and Director of the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA.
Taking Strides to Prevent
Child Abuse in Saudi Arabia
August 6, 2007
Dr. Maha al Muneef, Executive Director, Saudi Arabia National Family Safety Program, Saudi Arabia, and Kimberly Svevo, Executive Director, ISPCAN, USA.
in South Africa
May 1, 2007
Joan van Niekerk, Coordinator, South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (SASPCAN), South Africa, and Kimberly Svevo, Executive Director, ISPCAN, USA.