{"id":1351,"date":"2026-01-28T15:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:10:45","slug":"dr-dina-castro-to-address-un-commission-on-early-childhood-and-social-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/2026\/01\/28\/dr-dina-castro-to-address-un-commission-on-early-childhood-and-social-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dina Castro to Address UN Commission on Early Childhood and Social Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">On <strong>February 5, 2026<\/strong>, Dr. Dina Castro, the Bahamdan Professor in Early Childhood Well-Being and Director of the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being at Boston University, will speak at an official side event of the 64th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD64).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">The event, titled <i data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"18\">&#8220;Giving Every Child a Chance: Building Just, Resilient, and Peaceful Societies through Social Protection and Early Childhood Care and Education,&#8221;<\/i> comes at a critical time. Current data reveals that over 48 million children are forcibly displaced and 250 million are out of school worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">Dr. Castro will join a distinguished panel including representatives from the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the UN, NYU, Yale, and Columbia University. The discussion will focus on:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"17\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17,0,0\">How Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and social protection form the bedrock of equity and justice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17,1,0\">Addressing the &#8220;toxic stress&#8221; that hinders development in the first 1,000 days of life.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17,2,0\">The proven role of Universal Child Benefits (UCBs) in reducing child mortality and strengthening household resilience.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18\">The event follows the Second World Summit for Social Development and precedes the 2027 International Financing Summit for Early Childhood, highlighting a global shift toward viewing early childhood interventions as essential investments in human rights.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"20\"><b data-path-to-node=\"20\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Registration is open to the public for this virtual event.<\/b> For more information and to register, visit <response-element class=\"\" ng-version=\"0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER\">  \t<link-block _nghost-ng-c771733522=\"\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><a _ngcontent-ng-c771733522=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" externallink=\"\" _nghost-ng-c1751614272=\"\" jslog=\"197247;track:generic_click,impression,attention;BardVeMetadataKey:[[&quot;r_7e81fc9984d5149a&quot;,&quot;c_6293bff64a8475b9&quot;,null,&quot;rc_9bce829ea39748e2&quot;,null,null,&quot;en&quot;,null,1,null,null,1,0]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/CSocD64&amp;authuser=4\" class=\"ng-star-inserted\" data-hveid=\"0\" decode-data-ved=\"1\" data-ved=\"0CAAQ_4QMahgKEwi6x-Hb-KySAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQoQU\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/CSocD64<\/a><\/link-block><\/response-element>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 5, 2026, Dr. Dina Castro, the Bahamdan Professor in Early Childhood Well-Being and Director of the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being at Boston University, will speak at an official side event of the 64th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD64). 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