Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within

This report highlights good practices undertaken by UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, non-governmental organizations, and other partners across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in protecting refugee children in the re

In this report, Amnesty International investigates sexual and gender-based violence in Algeria. Both the context and current statistics are presented as well the legal system and the judicial measures in place to combat this type of violence. In 2014, the

The “Manara Network: A civil society for Child’s Rights” was designed and implemented by Save the Children Sweden (SCS) in collaboration with the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR), along with local civil society organisations (CSOs) from t

This fact sheet provides information about expected food shortages in the Sahel Region during 2012. It includes key gender and food security messages with the aim of challenging humanitarian and development actors is to pinpoint the root causes of the cri

This 2011 edition of The African Report on Child Wellbeing is the second in a series of reports published biennially by The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) as their contribution to putting Africa’s children on the public and political agenda, and to hol

The Child Rights Governance Programme in Save the Children Sweden’s Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa implemented the activities of the Manara Network: A Civil Society for Child’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA

Recent decades have seen significant growth in the number of reported disasters such as droughts, floods and cyclones. Science tells us that this trend is likely to be exacerbated by climate change. More people are being adversely affected by these events

This briefing document reviews examples of the progress that Africa has made in reaching the Accelerated Action Towards Africa Fit for Children 2008–2012, as adopted by the African Union and Member States in the agreed actions related to Enhancing Life Ch

This regional situation analysis, which is guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), explores the violation of child rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The study covers 17 countries in the MENA region, and concen

This paper sketches the historical background and the economic, social and political context in which civil society operates in the Arab World. It describes the work of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in each country in the region, the challenges they

Country Profiles on the Status of the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, covering Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The report aims to detect the existing challenges and gaps, highlight the pr