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Child Protection in Emergencies Facts and Figures
Compiled by the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), this report presents facts and figures on child protection in emergencies. Data was collected for the 42 countries that have a Humanitarian Coordinator or that were on the Inter-Agency's Standing Comm
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Vulnerable Students, Unsafe Schools: Attacks and military use of schools in the Central African Republic
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict conducted a five-week research mission to the Central African Republic to investigate the high number of attacks and military use of schools and to craft recommendations to realize children's right to education. Th
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Mission Report of the ACERWC to Assess the Situation of Children Affected by the Conflict in Central Africa
In December 2014, the ACERWC sent a mission to CAR whose overall objective was to advocate for improved protection and response to children affected by armed conflict in the country. Specifically, the mission was tasked with assessing the impact of armed
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Caught in a Combat Zone: The urgent need to demobilise children from armed groups in the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) has been experiencing a deepening crisis since renewed armed conflict broke out in December 2012, following the seizure of power by Muslim-dominated Séléka armed groups and the subsequent emergence of so-called “anti-bal
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Attacks on Education: The impact of conflict and grave violations on children’s futures
The number of recorded attacks on education has increased in recent years. Almost 50 million children around the world are being denied schooling, and the number of attacks on education is rising, according to Save the Children's new report "Attack on Edu
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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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Analysis of Results and Lessons Learned: 2012 IASC Gender Marker Report
To ensure women and girls, boys and men have equal access to and benefit from humanitarian assistance, their different needs must be understood and met. This is why the IASC instituted a “gender marker” which is a tool that codes, on a 0-2 scale, whether
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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
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an uncertain future? Children and Armed Conflict in the Central African Republic
In order to advise policy-makers at a critical juncture after the re-election in January 2011 of President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic (CAR), the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist) and the Internal Displacement Monito
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Next steps to protect children in armed conflict: Briefing Note to the UN Security Council
This briefing note outlines practical and achievable steps that the UN Security Council can take to ensure stronger protection for children affected by armed conflict. The recommendations detailed in this note are based on 32 interviews with child protect