Children on the move, new ways of being
This panel discussion, featuring IIED Human Settlements director Lucy Earle, explored how cities can respond to displacement and migration, with a particular focus on the impacts on young children and their families.
Family bringing in belongings and goods into a displacement camp in South Sudan (Photo: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
The talk delved into displacement – be it from conflict, climate change, precarity or other forms of violence and instability – as a new way of being for many populations rather than a single event.
The event also looked at work being done to measure, consider and respond to the wellbeing of people living in these conditions.
This event was hosted by LSE Cities, an international centre that investigates the complexities of the contemporary city, in conjunction with the Urban95 Academy and the Van Leer Foundation.
Speakers
Gabriella Brent, CEO, Amna Refugee Healing Network
Lucy Earle, director of Human Settlements, IIED
Samira Lahfa, team manager, Hackney Council Migrant Children and Families Team
Professor Catalina Ortiz (moderator), professor of critical urban pedagogy and UCL urban lab director
Katie Beck (chair), policy fellow, LSE Cities
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Contact
Lucy Earle ([email protected]), director of IIED's Human Settlements research group
