TY - JOUR AU - Makokoro, Patrick PY - 2019/01/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Advancing advocacy through national early childhood development networks JF - Scientific Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences JA - Sci. J. Pure Appl. Sci. VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - http://www.sjournals.com/index.php/sjpas/article/view/27 SP - 833-839 AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">While much has been done to address the situation of<br>children around the world, much more needs to be done to<br>ensure that the rights of all children are protected and that they<br>are able to live up to their full potential. More needs to be done<br>specifically to address the low funding and resource allocation to<br>Early Childhood Development (ECD), slow implementation of<br>polices, limited access to services particularly by the poor and<br>vulnerable, variability in the quality of services as well as the lack<br>of coordination amongst service providers in different sectors. As<br>more country early childhood development networks emerge, it<br>is important to look at the role advocacy networks play in<br>ensuring that children are supported through holistic efforts that<br>meet their health, nutrition, educational and cognitive<br>developmental needs. This paper takes a case study approach<br>looking at the impact of Advocacy Networks and the role played<br>by the Zimbabwe Network of Early Childhood Development<br>Actors in addressing early childhood development policy gaps and<br>membership challenges in Zimbabwe.</span> </p> ER -