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Migration, Displacement and Education: Building bridges, not walls
No part of the world is currently affected by migration and displacement as much as the Arab States. Even though the region only accounts for five percent of the global population, it holds 32 percent of the global amount of refugees and 38 percent of the
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Corporate Responses to Protecting Children's Rights in Middle East and North Africa
In an effort to provide insights and guidance on how businesses protect – or fall short in protecting – children’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa, this report draws on one of Global Child Forum’s essential research products: The corporate sect
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Nutrition in the WHO African Region
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
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Protection of Refugee Children in the Middle East and North Africa
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
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Algeria: Comprehensive reforms needed to end sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls
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
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Country fact sheet- Commendable practices for child rights in Algeria
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
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Country profile of Algeria: A Review of the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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
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The African Report on Child Wellbeing 2011. Budgeting for Children
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
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Food Security and Gender Concerns: The Sahel food crisis (February 2012)
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
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Briefing for the Day of the African Child. Reaching Millennium Development Goal 4: What progress has Africa made and what more needs to be done?
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
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Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward
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
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Overview of Civil Society in the Arab World. Praxis Paper No. 20
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