Evidence indicates children who suffer from ill-health are less likely to attend or complete schooling. Malaria is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in school-aged children. They are also less likely to receive malaria treatment at health faci

Some 12,000 community preschools in Malawi serve 45 percent of the county’s preschool population. Yet, because of food insecurity and communities’ difficulties in providing preschoolers with a midmorning meal, these schools may not survive. To address thi

This paper investigates the potential for information and communication technologies (ICTs) to protect children from violence. The use of ICTs for this purpose has been explored in North America and Western Europe but there is less known about tools in lo

A report by the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre and the Igarapé Institute, which reviews violence prevention impact assessments in 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The assessments from only four of these countries (Brazil, Chile, C

The report, “At Home or In a Home?” makes the case that little has changed in child care reform in the past twenty years and it is time to bring an end to the practice of placing children in state run orphanages. The report reveals that across Europe and

A report that sheds light on the issue of children who come into conflict with the law. Many children are simply dropping through the cracks, or disappearing into a ‘twilight zone’. By that the report refers to children who are arrested, then held in pre-