Pia Rebello Britto
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| Born | May 7, 1966 Secunderabad, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian-American |
| 💼 Occupation | Global Chief & Senior Adviser Early Childhood Development |
| 📆 Years active | 2013-present |
| Known for | Strategic global leadership and scholarship within the field of Early Childhood Development |
Pia Rebello Britto (born 7 May 1966) is an Indian academic and development professional. She is the global chief of early childhood development at UNICEF. Prior to joining UNICEF, Britto was an assistant professor at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Early Life
Britto was born in Secunderabad, India to parents Joseph Richard and Kirat Rebello and has two older siblings. Her father was Catholic and her mother Sikh.
She attended school at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in New Delhi before attending Jesus and Mary College of Delhi University. Britto studied at Jamia Millia Islamia University and graduated with distinction with a Ph.D from Teachers College at Columbia University in developmental psychology.[1] Her research centered on young children and mothers in families living below the United States poverty line and what national policies might address the risks and adversity associated. Britto received awards for her doctoral dissertation.[2]
Career
Britto started out as a research scientist at the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University from 1999 to 2004.[3] She won a contract from UNICEF to establish early learning and development standards globally. The project was successful in reaching over 60 countries with standards that have informed changes in quality and access to services for young children.[4]
Later Britto became part of the faculty at Yale University from 2004 to 2013. She also served as the associate director for global policy at the Edward Ziegler Center for Child Development and Social Policy.[5]
Britto spearheaded the publication “Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy”. New York: Oxford University Press.[6]
Britto has met with governments worldwide from Angola to Lao PDR to support them in developing national ECD policies. Britto worked by building multi-disciplinary teams of economists, educators, psychologists, public health specialists, environmentalists and others to examine the core issues of governance and finance necessary to strengthen the provision of quality services for young children and families across an estimated 40 countries.[7]
Post-9/11, Britto wrote about the needs and trials of young Arab-American and Muslim-descended children in school environments.[8][9]
Britto joined UNICEF in 2013.[10] She was responsible for bringing neuroscience to inform global policies and spearheaded the push to add ECD as another SDG target (4.2.1).[11] Britto has worked toward creating a global movement for early childhood development.[12][13] Her efforts have been recognized in ensuring a global population based measure exists for young children's development, approved by the UN statistical commission; the largest ever global campaign for ECD called "Early Moments Matter" and fostering a global partnership for ECD called "Early Childhood Development Action Network."[14] She continued to publish research that has had an impact on national policies around the world. She is vice-chair of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium.[15]
Media Presence
Britto has appeared in documentaries and films, including The Beginning of Life[16] and Brain Matters[17], as well as appearing on YouTube alongside Sesame Street's Grover for UNICEF.[18]
References
- ↑ "Pia Britto | HCEO". hceconomics.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ↑ "International Reading Association Awards Outstanding Dissertation Honor to TC Researcher". Teachers College Columbia University. 18 September 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "Team Members from the National Center for Children and Families at Columbia University". Washington State Early Learning and Development Benchmarks. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ Britto, P.R.; Kagan, S.L. (2010). "Global status of early learning and development standards". In Penelope Peterson; Eva Baker; Barry McGaw. International Encyclopedia of Education. Volume 2. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 138–143. Search this book on
- ↑ "International Child Policy". Edward Ziegler Center in Child Development & Social Policy. Yale University. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
The international early childhood policy initiatives being directed by Pia Rebello Britto …
- ↑ Britto, P.R.; Engle, P.L; Super, C.M. (2013). Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199922994. Search this book on
- ↑ "45,000 children reached with early childhood development support through UNICEF/H&M Conscious Foundation partnership". UNICEF.org. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Britto, P.R. (August 2008). "Who Am I? Ethnic Identity Formation of Arab Muslim Children in Contemporary U.S. Society". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181799fa6. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Britto, P.R. "Global Battleground or School Playground: The Bullying of America's Muslim Children" (PDF). Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "Pia Rebello Britto Biography". UNICEF.org. UNICEF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Raikes, Abbie. "Target 4.2" (PDF). uis.unesco.org. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Britto, P.R. "ECD in the Global Goals 2015-2030" (PDF). Arab Network for Early Childhood Development. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Lake, Anthony. "A revolution in early childhood development". UNICEF Blogs. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Britto, P.R. "Early Moments Matter For Every Child Report" (PDF). UNICEF.org. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "Pia R. Britto | Early Childhood Peace Consortium". ecdpeace.org. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ↑ Maria Farinha Filmes (22 August 2016). "The Beginning of Life | Specialist Pia Britto | EN-US". Retrieved 1 February 2020 – via Youtube.
- ↑ ""Brain Matters" Documentary Trailer (Film includes interview with ECPC Vice Chair, Pia Britto)". Early Childhood Peace Consortium. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "Master class with a cute, furry little monster & Dr. Pia Britto I UNICEF". 28 June 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020 – via Youtube.
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