Core Studies - Global Parenting Initiative

Core studies

The Global Parenting Initiative’s research is centred around nine core research-within-implementation studies in South Africa, Tanzania, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Uganda.

Supporting Wellness through Integrated Family Training (SWIFT) Study South Africa

Supporting Wellness through Integrated Family Training (SWIFT) Study South Africa

ParentText Optimisation and Evaluation in South Africa

ParentText Optimisation and Evaluation in South Africa

Parenting within the Public Health System in Thailand

Parenting within the Public Health System in Thailand

Feli, 5 (left), and Kimy, 6 (centre), study at home with their father in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 1 April 2020. They have been studying at home since the second week of March when the Jakarta provincial government closed all schools in the city to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Feli and Kimy are both in kindergarten, and their teacher sends them an assignment every day which their father helps them to complete.

“I like studying at home, but I miss my friends at school," said Kimy. “I am happy because I can see my parents the whole time every day.”

“I love to learn Arabic words with my father and my sister," she added. "There is more time for drawing and coloring. It's more fun.”

Children, especially the most vulnerable, are among the most severely impacted victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, UNICEF is working with the government to provide support and guidelines for distance learning and child protection while schools are closed. UNICEF is also supporting the Education and Culture Ministry to air an educational TV programme to help children with limited internet access to learn from home.

Parenting within the Preschool System in Malaysia

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Parenting on the Thailand/Myanmar Border

Parenting within the Social Welfare System in the Philippines

Parenting within the Social Welfare System in the Philippines

Parenting for Respectability (PfR)-Digital in Uganda

Parenting for Respectability (PfR)-Digital in Uganda

ParentApp for the Early Years in Tanzania

ParentApp for the Early Years in Tanzania

two african farmers viewing their cellphones at the farmland

ParentApp for Teens in Tanzania