Toward a broader, more inclusive mosaic of learning for ending violence in childhood.

This article considers the proposal to incorporate structural and cultural forms of violence in childhood insofar as this expanded framework impacts research, learning, and evaluation efforts. It takes stock of current efforts to measure violence in childhood, considers proposals made to enhance research and evaluation efforts, and concludes by suggesting three forms of expansion of research and learning efforts: broadening the indicators we are using to capture data; broadening the analytical frameworks for evaluation; and broadening the set of stakeholders participating in measurement and learning efforts. The framework required to measure, evaluate, and learn about global efforts to end violence in childhood is unlikely to take the form of a unified learning agenda but rather a movement towards a multiplicity of culturally embedded and conceptually and methodologically expansive research and learning initiatives, a mosaic of learning in which a variety of actors can see their contributions reflected. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research