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Rights of Migrants in Action: Child protection projects – Synthesis report of lessons learned in Benin, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala and Indonesia
The “Rights of Migrants in Action” (RoMiA) was a global project that aimed to protect and promote the rights of migrants while harnessing the knowledge and building the capacity of civil society organizations (CSO). The project focused on enforcing and pr
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Empower Her, Protect Them: Evaluating the integration of family planning and immunizing services
In 2015, the Pfizer Foundation launched a pilot program with four international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) in five African countries (CARE, Benin; IRC, Ethiopia and Uganda; World Vision, Kenya; Save the Children, Malawi). The grant program, Hea
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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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Hear Our Voices: Do adoloscent girls' issues really matter?
In pursuit of uncovering the truth about being a girl, Plan International interviewed over 7,000 girls and boys across four regions: Asia, Central and South America, Eastern and Southern Africa, and West Africa. The study uncovered the daily realities tha
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Locally-Developed Child Protection Practices Concerning Mobile Children in West Africa
This study, commissioned by Terre des homes and co-edited by the Regional Working Group on Child Protection in West Africa, represents a summary of information available about locally developed (or ‘endogenous’) practices that have the effect of protectin
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The Added Value of Protective Accompaniment of Children
Terre des Hommes Foundation Lausanne decided to tackle the problem of undocumented child migration by launching a regional project in 2008 whose aim was to offer migrant children better protection. The project was implemented, through local and strategic
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Becoming a human rights friendly school: A Guide for schools around the world
The Human Rights Friendly Schools project aims to empower young people and promote the active participation of all members of the school community in integrating human rights values and principles into all areas of school life. The project is founded on t
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UNICEF Briefing paper on Children working in West and Central Africa
This briefing paper focuses on children in the Sahelian countries, who are enrolled in Qur’anic schools and beg as part of this education. In this region, Islamic education predates colonization and the establishment of mission and secular state schools.
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Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot
This paper offers an overview of internal displacement in the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) region—which consists of 15 countries—including displacement resulting from conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations; natura
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Which protection for children involved in mobility in West Africa
Summary translation of of the report "Quelle protection pour les enfants concernés par la mobilité en Afrique de l’Ouest?", which analyses the mobility of youth and children in West and Central Africa. The publication documents a two year research project
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Atelier des experts sur la formation des agents des forces de sécurité aux droits de l'enfant en Afrique francophone
Report from a 5-day workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, 19-23 September 2011, organised by the International Bureau for Children's Rights (IBCR) in collaboration with UNICEF and Save the Children Sweden. The workshop brought together some forty international
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Learning for Life: The State of the World's Girls 2012
The sixth report in Plan’s annual State of the World’s Girls series, ‘Learning for life’, takes a critical look at the state of girls’ education. The report argues that behind the success of global parity in primary education enrolment figures lies a cris