Approaches to Equity and International Organizations

CONTENTS

Summaries of Major International Organizations’ Reports
Interviews with Senior Staff at Major International Organizations
Data Matrix: A Comparison of International Organizations’ Interpretations of Equity at a Glance

We have interviewed outstanding leading practitioners and top experts of big international organizations including the World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, Save the Children and various other organizations about their views of equity and equality and the challenges faced with these agendas. Those who want to read key documents on equity and equality will find readily available for download the most relevant resources from each participating organization. We also provide a list of additional key resources on equity and children for consultation.

For people already familiar with the equity debate and terminology, we offer a series of original summaries that characterize the diverse equity approaches and definitions for each organization and a matrix based on two to three institutional key documents. Both the abstracts of each organization’s equity approach and the matrix include condensed information about the definition of equity, its determinants and manifestations, its characteristics, target audiences and its underlying theories.

We hope that these tools will be a helpful source of tools for policy makers, practitioners, activists, researchers and all engaged people who want to contribute to a more equitable world for children.

The process of selecting and displaying relevant information on equity for children is ongoing. We invite all our readers and followers to send us information about new equity approaches, experiences, evidence of impact and new theories on equity.

Contents of Phase 1:

• • Introduction
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: Current Theories and Practices on Equity for Children
    • ◙ Approaches to Equity Data Matrix: Comparing equity in major international organizations
• • Summaries of International Organizations’ perspectives based on reports and EFC interviews
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: Equity for Children
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: Save the Children
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: The World Bank
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: UNICEF
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: UN Women
  • ○ Approaches to Equity: World Health Organization
• • Interviews
  • ○ Interview with Alberto Minujin, Executive Director, Equity for Children
  • ○ Interview with Richard Morgan, Senior Advisor on the Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Agenda
  • ○ Interview with Jessica Espey, Senior Research and Policy Advisor, Save the Children UK
  • ○ Interview with Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Lead Economist, The World Bank
  • ○ Interview with Nicholas Alipui, Director of Programmes, UNICEF NY HQ
  • ○ Interview with Saraswathi Menon, Director, Policy Division, UN Women
  • ○ Interview with Ritu Sadana, Lead Specialist, Ageing and Life Course, World Health Organization Geneva