Pathway to Universal Access to Parent and Caregiver Support
Presented By:
Global Initiative to Support Parents
World Health Organization
ECDAN
Parenting for Lifelong Health
International Rescue Committee
UNICEF
Session Summary
The session will address the policy steps and recommendable processes of establishing parent and caregiver support programmes at scale. It will bring together practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and caregivers themselves to discuss practical pathways for sustainable and universal access to parent and caregiver support embedded into child protection systems.
This warm-up session is designed as an interactive dialogue rather than a panel of experts. It draws on the lived realities of practitioners, government champions, and communities to explore how parenting support is being created —and how we can do more, together. The session is open to all participants interested in policy making around parent and caregiver support.
Rise Up Session Date and Time:
October 9, 2025 2:30 pm
Country or Region Focus:
Global
Type of Session:
Participative game and experience exchange
Public Health Pillar Focus:
Child, Survivor, and Community Participation in Solutions, A National Action, Capacity Building, and Scaled Solutions, A Continuum of Child Protection Prevention and Response Services, Data Driven and Evidence Based Solutions, A Holistic Approach that Includes All of The Pillars
Speakers
- Sabine Rakotomalala, World Health Organization
- Lucie Cluver, University of Oxford
- Isang Awah, Global Parenting Initiative
- Cassia Carvalho, Global Initiative to Support Parenting
- Sheema SenGupta, UNICEF
- Saara Thakur, Global Parenting Initiative, University of Oxford
- Godfrey Siu, Makerere University, Uganda
- Catherine Ward, University of Cape Town
- Amalee McCoy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
- Jamie Lachman, University of Oxford
- Representative of the Government of the Philippines
- Yvonne Agengo, International Rescue Committee
Session Aims
- Explore policy benchmarks that can facilitate the implementation of parent and caregiver support programmes
- Explore the biggest challenges among practitioners
- Present the latest evidence and best practice around each benchmark, explaining its relevance.
