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Sharmin, Afroza
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Communities Fit for Children: Child Friendly Local Governance
Child Friendly Local Governance (CFLG) comprises a rights-based child programming approach and a set of social accountability tools to facilitate, promote and institutionalize the empowerment and participation of children and adolescents at the level of l
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Democracy in Action: The Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights
The parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights involved 20 parliamentarians, strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians on child rights. It has been facilitated by Save the Children since 2012 and has successfully enhanced the Caucus’ understanding on child
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Policy, Rights and Governance: Our Stories, Our Work
This publication introduces 8 leaflets that capture stories and insights from Save the Children Policy, Rights and Governance (PRG) programmes in Bangladesh. They cover a range of topics – from protesting violence against children, to supporting children’
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Speaking Up for Rights: Child Parliaments
Child Parliament, a national level advocacy platform of children aged between 12 and 18 years, was initiated in 2003 with the support of Save the Children in Bangladesh in response to the need to create a nationwide children’s network. Child Parliament is
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Voices for Change: Children on Community Radio
Child participation in radio has been facilitated by Save the Children’s Child Rights Governance Team in Bangladesh since 2014, in partnership with two community radio stations. Participating children were facilitated in building their capacity in radio a
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Money Matters: Financial Inclusion for Street and Working Children
As a result of Save the Children’s advocacy work with Bangladesh Bank, the central Bank introduced a financial product in 2014 to enable working and street children to open basic savings accounts. This briefing paper provides evidence of the best practice
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Doing More, Doing Better: Social Protection for Adolescent Girls
This story shows the process of how to better include adolescent girls in the existing social protection framework in Bangladesh. Through evidence-based strategic advocacy, Save the Children has tried to better link with social protection systems and stru
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KOLOROB: A "Clamour" for Change in Urban Slums
Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a social accountability tool has been introduced in the Child Rights Governance programme in Bangladesh. KOLOROB is an android app that enables citizens and civil society organisations (CSOs) to directly link
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Standing Up for Action: Protesting Violence Against Children
There is limited redress available to children affected by violence and for their families in seeking justice for these violations. Save the children supports partners and coalitions to raise awareness and advocates with key stakeholders to prevent violen