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Never Work Alone. Trade Unions and NGOs joining forces to combat Forced Labour and Trafficking in Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Anti-Slavery International (ASI) have jointly produced "Never Work Alone", a guide intended for trade unions and civil society organisations in combating modern-day slavery and trafficking of workers.
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Early childhood matters. Realising the rights of young children: progress and challenges
Marking 20 years of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this issue of Early Childhood Matters looks at various aspects of how child rights are being realised. It starts with a look at General Comment 7 on implementing child rights in early childhood
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Life in the Risk Zone
This video shares children's own voices from today's Rio de Janeiro. Life for children living in Complex da Maré favela, a township in Rio de Janeiro, is threatened by violence, gang activities, and discrimination by the community. One partner’s project w
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¿Cómo participar con niños, niñas y jóvenes en programas de desarme? Guia para docentes y gestores sociales. Diseño de proyectos orientados a la prevención de la violencia y el uso de armas de fuego
'¿Cómo participar con niños, niñas y jóvenes en programas de desarme? Guia para docentes y gestores sociales: Diseño de proyectos orientados a la prevención de la violencia y el uso de armas de fuego', is a guide for teachers, community leaders and commun
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Pulling a face at sexual exploitation. III World Congress against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents
"Pulling a face at sexual exploitation” celebrates the participation of children and adolescents in World Congress III. The report has been written especially for children and adolescents, taking into account the suggestions of children and adolescents at
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Reducing risks, Saving lives
This booklet addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) as any activity carried out by a village, community, aid agency or government that helps vulnerable communities, and especially children, to prepare for, reduce the impact of, or prevent disasters. It d
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Contemporary forms of slavery in Bolivia
This report provides information and analysis in relation to slavery practices in Bolivia, with a particular focus on forced labour and worst forms of child labour in the sugar, nut and mining industries and on private ranches.
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Men's Participation as Fathers in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: Critical Literature Review with Policy Considerations
A report aimed at providing an overview and analysis of men’s participation as fathers in the Latin American and Caribbean region. This literature review contains theoretical and empirical considerations on: the role of men in families and on the role of
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Family practices and child participation based on the view of children and adults. An exploratory study from the point of view of children and adults in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report presents an exploratory study conducted in six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela), about child-rearing practices and child participation. The basis of the study is to hear the voi
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Early childhood education: questions of quality.
This edition of Early Childhood Matters seeks to focus attention on how quality early childhood programmes can lay the foundations for quality primary education. Among the articles there is an overview of the complex topic of "quality" in early childhood
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Setting our agenda on early learning, violence and physical environment
This edition of Early Childhood Matters offers a first introduction to the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s thinking, and fleshes out new goals for the period 2010 to 2015. In a keynote article programme director Michael Feigelson explains the foundation's p
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The Economic Impact of School Violence: A Report for Plan International
The research, carried out by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), reveals the enormous economic and social cost of violence in schools across the world. Focused on three types of violence in schools – corporal punishment, bullying and sexual violence