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Living conditions: the influence on young children’s health
Bernad Van Leer's publication 'Lving conditions: the influence on young children’s health' explores the links between the living conditions that children grow up in and their health and development. Articles look at the effects of air pollution, the signi
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Bridges to adulthood: Understanding the lifelong influence of men's childhood experiences of violence analyzing data from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey
Conducted by Instituto Promundo and ICRW (International Center for Research on Women), this report explores the prevalence and nature of violence against children as well as its potential lifelong effects. Using IMAGES data from six countries (Brazil, Chi
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Children and adolescents without parental care in Latin America: Contexts, causes and consequences of the deprivation of the right to community- family- based care
This paper is based on the Latin American Report 'Children and adolescents without parental care in Latin America- Contexts, causes and consequences of the deprivation of the right to community- family- based care', which was prepared using reports from 1
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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
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How business affects us: Children and young people share their perspectives on how business impacts their lives and communities
This document summarizes inputs received from over 400 young people aged 7-17 in nine countries: Brazil, Argentina, Philippines, Zambia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Senegal, Paraguay and Peru. These young people participated in consultations to discuss the Chil
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Turn up the volume: children and youth advance their rights in media
There are around two billion young people under 18 alive somewhere in the world. That’s 2,000,000,000 individuals, one-third of the world’s population! Yet despite these numbers, children and young people in many societies are rarely heard. They often hav
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The Rights of Children and the Right to Media: Strengthening convergences in legal frameworks and public policies
This publication, a part of the package of activities of regional scope developed by the ANDI Latin America Network, offers a broad analysis of 10 key themes designed to ensure positive movement across the region toward the development of programs to guar
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The right to learn: Community participation in improving learning
The past decade has witnessed unprecedented progress with millions more children in school. But there is a growing crisis in learning. Millions of children in school are unable to read, write or calculate. As The Right to Learn shows, a key factor in over
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Experiences from Investment in Children in Latin America and the Caribbean supported by Save the Children
Save the Children is one of the leading organizations in the promotion of investment in children, promoting initiatives that improve governance and budget management so as to allocate specific resources for the fulfillment of rights. Save the Children has
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Women and the City II: Combating violence against women and girls in urban public spaces- the role of public services
It is now well recognized that women and girls around the world face violence, sexual harassment and abuse in many of the spaces that they inhabit – their homes, workplaces, educational institutes, on streets and on public transport. Women’s fear of viole
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My world, my vision. Consultations with children on their priorities for the post-2015 framework
Around the world, discussions are currently taking place on the framework that will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they come to an end in 2015. Commitments have been made to ensuring that the process of developing this new framework
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Experiencias de Inversión en Niñez en América Latina y el Caribe apoyadas por Save the Children
Esta publicación es el producto tangible del “Seminario Regional sobre Inversión en la Niñez y la Adolescencia”, es resultado de la producción colectiva de Save the Children en la región, y de la iniciativa e ingenio de organizaciones socias, aliados y de