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1. 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

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): WHO, World Health Organization Author(s): Onyango, Adelheid W. | Ouedraogo Nikiema, Laetitia | Zielinski, Sebastian

2. 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

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Plan International

3. Cartographie et Analyse du Systeme National de Protection de l’Enfant au Cameroun

   

   The mapping and analysis of the child protection system is complementary to other initiatives underway and will provide a holistic view of the child in Cameroon. It provides information on the supply of social services as well as child protection mechanis

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Canavera, Mark | Routier, Solveig

4. 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

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): IASC, Inter-Agency Standing Committee

5. 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

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): IBCR, International Bureau for Children's Rights Author(s): Nzedom, Henri

6. Ready for Action: Campaigning at the grassroots and in coalition

   

   In countries across the world, people are finding ways to challenge injustice and improve lives. They are campaigning for change with energy and clarity of purpose, often against great odds. So much can be learned from the real-life examples and inspiring

   Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK

7. Eliminating health inequities: Every woman and every child counts

   

   Health inequities are affecting the life and future of all vulnerable groups of society across the world, creating systems of social injustice. This report provides evidence that health inequities can and need to be addressed through a holistic approach.

   Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): IFRC, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

8. In the Best Interest of the Child: Harmonising Laws on Children in West and Central Africa. Addis Ababa: The African Child Policy forum

   

   This report reviews the extent to which a number of West and Central African countries have harmonised their laws along the lines of what is required under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the rights and Welfare o

   Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): ACPF, The African Child Policy Forum

9. 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.

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

10. A fair chance at life: Why equity matters for child mortality

    

    'A Fair Chance at Life' draws attention to one of the most pressing development challenges of our age –the toll of preventable child deaths in the world’s poorest countries, which in 2008 claimed nearly 9 million lives. This is a scandalous waste of human

    Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Holder, Alison | Garde, Maricar | Espey, Jessica

11. When the safety net fails. Children in West and Central Africa and the risk of HIV infection

    

    The overall aims of the study were to improve the offer of psychosocial support services for children in West and Central Africa and to stimulate the creation of a network of services providers. The specific objectives were to assess the mental health and

    Publication year: 2009 Publisher(s): Plan International Author(s): Decosas, Josef

12. Silent Suffering- The psychosocial impact of war, HIV and other high-risk situations on girls and boys in West and Central Africa

    

    The psychosocial impact of war, HIV and other high-risk situations on girls and boys in West and Central Africa. The regions of West and Central Africa are home to ever-growing numbers of suffering children. These are children who live on the streets, who

    Publication year: 2009 Publisher(s): Plan International Author(s): Morgan, Jenny | Behrendt, Alice

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