On Thursday, March 6, 2014, eight high school students from the United Nations International School were given an opportunity to participate in the inner city outing, “Window into University,” which provided a half-day tour and academic workshop at The New School. The students were a dynamic multinational group of students from China, England, India, Korea, Malaysia and Mexico.
Following a campus tour of The New School, Equity for Children’s Executive Director Alberto Minujin, and Director of Programs and Research Guenay Salazar, facilitated a special workshop on child poverty. Minujin and Salazar introduced the objectives of the Equity for Children initiative at The New School, and defined the concept of equity through a framework of modern-day human development issues with a key focus on inequity experienced by children. Through this lens, they emphasized pervasive social gaps that exist between the rich and the poor, and the urgent need to impact change in public policy.
A key emphasis of the session focused on Equity for Children’s attempt to actively seek ways to close the gap for the most disadvantaged populations by promoting recommendations and analyzing needs in order to bring out key measures.
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