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Girls on the Move Research Series
The dream of a better future makes millions of girls leave their homes each year. Every girl carries a powerful story- why she migrates, the risks she faces, and the vision of a future she heads toward. It is important that girls' stories are heard. Girls
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Living in Chains: Shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities worldwide
Hundreds of thousands of people, both adult and children around the globe with mental health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives. Inadequate support and mental health services, as well as stigma concerning people with psychosocial d
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Migration and Displacement of Children in Latin America and the Caribbean
During 2016-2017, 300,000 unaccompanied and displaced children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala were detained in the United States. The migration is primarily due to violence and poverty in their home countries. Save the Children is actively work
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Experiences on Child Rights Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (2016-2017)
Child Rights Governance programs and action in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – under a Child Rights focus and our Theory of Change- are committed to supporting the three breakthroughs Save the Children has proposed for 2030: 1. To Survive 2. To Le
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Menstrual Hygiene Management Impacts Girls’ School Experience in the Bolivian Amazon
In rural Beni, adolescent girls face many challenges when managing their menstruation. Menstruation results in reduced school participation, distraction, and stress, including concern that someone would know they were menstruating; fear about bloodstainin
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Gender in Focus: A guide to implementing Photovoice within Children Lead the Way
Beginning in 2015, Children Lead the Way launched a Photovoice project titled Gender in Focus in two implementing countries, Bolivia and Kenya. Photovoice is a powerful participatory tool because it enables participants to share how they see the world, an
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Children Lead the Way: Systematization of the productive education component in Bolivia
In Bolivia, Children Lead the Way (CLW) has been addressing access to quality education through multiple approaches. One of them supported schools to implement a new education law that promoted a holistic approach through 4 dimensions: To Be: development
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Operation and Maintenance Financing for School WASH Facilities in Bolivia
This is a case study on the financing for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of school WASH facilities in Bolivia, based on a review of documents, key informant interviews and visits to 15 schools in urban Cochabamba and rural Oruro. Bolivia has decentra
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Adolescents and Youth: A comprehensive approach in Latin America and the Caribbean
Save the Children recognizes adolescents and youth as social actors and agents of change, yet they often face significant rights violations and lack of access to education and other services. Save the Children programming prioritizes the needs of adolesce
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Moments of Change: Success stories
The Children Lead the Way Moment of Change booklet captures the individual testimonies from 10 children who have participated in the program in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Peru. Within each country, partners were asked to interview girls
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Work as a Factor in the Construction of a Life Plan for Working Children and Adolescents, as Examined by a Gender-based Approach
This study seeks to explore and examine, from the viewpoint of working children and adolescents, the actual or non-existent contribution of work to achieve the desired life plan, considering the different features of life that have an impact on the develo
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Mantenimiento Escolar de Instalaciones Sanitarias
This document is a school maintenance plan for school sanitary facilities, it includes instructions on how to create a friendly bathroom facility for girls. It includes a plan for maintenance and checklists for bathroom facilities (including daily, weekly