Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion Resources

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Video: "¡La alfabetización de los niños empieza en casa"

Enseñamos la alfabetización a los niños bien antes de empezar la escuela. Esto ocurre en casa cuando cantamos una nana, respondemos al balbuceo de un bebé, rezamos con nuestros hijos antes de ir a la cama, leemos una receta de cocina, o cuando enviamos un mensaje e-mail al abuelito. Con estas actividades comunes, los niños aprenden lenguaje, vocabulario, y la escritura. Estos conocimientos son la fundación de la lectura. Y la lectura es la fundación del éxito escolar.

Que sean padres de familia o profesionales que trabajan con familias, este webinar les explicará como el ambiente familiar influye sobre la alfabetización temprana. La presentadora es Angèle Sancho Passe, experta en educación temprana y autora de varios libros.

from Zippy Weekly Videos

Women in defense, 1941

In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s take a look at the lives of women circa 1941. This video summarizes the industrial contributions women made to the war effort during World War II. The commentary was written by Eleanor Roosevelt and narrated by Katherine Hepburn.

Daring to Make a Difference for DR Congo: Lee Ann De Reus at TEDxPSU

"In the Congo, there are not victims. There are survivors. In her talk, 'Daring to Make a Difference for DR Congo,' NCFR member Dr. Lee Ann De Reus conveys the resilience and hope of Congolese women and girls while illuminating the complexities of sexualized violence and issues an inspiring call for all to serve as witness, messenger and advocate.

Lee Ann De Reus is an Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Women Studies at Pennsylvania State University-Altoona and the co-founder of Panzi Foundation USA. As a scholar activist, she travels regularly to Panzi Hospital in eastern DR Congo to conduct research, develop programs for rape survivors, and inform her advocacy work in the U.S. She is the co-founder/director of several non-profits and groups including Panzi Hospital Foundation USA in support of Panzi Hospital, Beza."

from Family Focus on Global Families

Launching the first ever international graduate program in family studies jointly administered by multiple universities around the world

by Yan Ruth Xia, rxia2@unl.edu; Rich Bischoff, John DeFrain, Marjorie Kostelnik, and Cody Hollist, on behalf of the working team of the Global Consortium for International Family Studies

Currently, the most common way to develop global competence is through experiential learning abroad, but this requires financial means that put these experiences out of reach for most students. Nevertheless, global competence is needed by all family professionals. To address this problem, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in collaboration with other universities in Australia, India, China, and Greece, have developed the Global Consortium for the International Family Studies, whose mission is to advance family studies worldwide through education, research, and international engagement.

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How international work enriched my personal and professional lives and increased my understanding of global families

by Stephan M. Wilson, Dean, College of Human Sciences and Regents Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University

I am writing this essay to encourage other members of NCFR to carefully consider global families both from a professional and a personal perspective. There are many ways that visiting, living, and working in other nations can increase understanding of one’s own culture and inform insights of family scientists about global families.

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The new dimensions of South Korean families: Changes and diversity

by Miai Sung, associate professor, Department of Home Economics, Korea National Open University, and Soyoung Lee, assistant professor, Department of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University

During industrialization, a strong ideology of familism in South Korea played an important role in establishing families as a safety net for their members and thus required a very limited amount of governmental support for families. But in the post-industrial age, families began to deal with high demands of rapid economic growth and modernization in the country. These changes have led to serious challenges for Korean families and family relationships.

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Intergenerational relationships in transnational Eastern European families

by Olena Nesteruk, Ph.D., associate professor, Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University

In this article I will highlight Eastern European (EE) immigrants in the United States and share how they maintain intergenerational relationships across the ocean, based on my research with this group.

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A nation without children: A discussion of fertility decline in Japan

by Shawn L. Christiansen, associate professor, Family Life and Human Development, Southern Utah University

As you walk through Tokyo you see a world inhabited by adults and ominously devoid of children. The birthrate in Tokyo is currently 1.09 per woman. In Tama, a city of about 200,000 outside Tokyo, six of its elementary schools have been closed, with three more scheduled to be shut down.When visiting Japan, you may feel as if you are in a Japanese postapocalyptic anime movie, where a human-caused disaster has rendered the population unable to reproduce. The truth is much less sinister in its explanation of fertility decline, but just as dire in the consequences for a nation without children.

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China’s one-child policy: Impressions of a Fulbrighter

by Karen Seccombe, MSW, Ph.D., School of Community Health, Portland State University

Few Americans can imagine a level of government intrusiveness into our fertility decisions that most Chinese take for granted—telling you how many children you can have and when you can have them. But this has been the law in the People’s Republic of China since 1979. As a Fulbright Scholar to China in 2011–2012, I was able to take a closer look at this policy in action.

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Impact of parents’ migration on Moldavian youths’ perception of family

by Valentina Bodrug-Lungu, Ph.D., associate professor, Moldovan State University, and Erin Kostina-Ritchey, M.A., M.Ed., CFLE, Texas Tech University

Migration is an important phenomenon that directly and indirectly influences both the socioeconomic and demographic development sectors of each country. In the case of the Eastern European Republic of Moldova, family structures and belief systems are directly affected.

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