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Save the Children's Child Protection and Psychosocial work in Middle and High-Income Countries
How applicable are psychosocial and protection programmes to high- and middle-income countries? Save the Children has expanded large-scale emergency responses to high-income countries – such as Australia, Italy, Japan, Spain and the USA – and to middle-in
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Child Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility in China
China’s economic progress has drawn both foreign and domestic attention to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), “the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society”. Although the number of businesses incorporating child rights into their CSR
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Effectiveness of a Smart Phone App on Improving Immunization of Children in Rural Sichuan Province, China: Study protocol for a paired cluster randomized controlled trial
Timely vaccinations, particularly within the first six months of life, are seen to be instrumental in reducing the spread of disease that are preventable by vaccines. Full-dose coverage of immunization is one of the key child health strategies supported b
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Effect of Having a Subsequent Child on the Mental Health of Women Who Lost a Child in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake: A cross-sectional study
A cross-sectional survey of bereaved mothers was conducted to assess whether having a subsequent child had an effect on the mental health of Chinese mothers who lost a child during an earthquake. The survey took place 30 to 34 months after the 2008 Sichu
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Case studies: Child participatioin and Accountability 2012
This is a set of ten case studies demonstrating Save the Children’s practice in Accountability and Child Participation from across the globe. They are intended for use by Save the Children staff both at Head Office and in Country Programmes and are intend
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Foresight Reducing Risks of Future Disasters: Priorities for Decision Makers (2012)
Today, there are more people at risk from natural hazards than ever before, with those in developing countries particularly at risk. Whilst achieving the correct response to such disasters is critical, so too is forecasting events and planning to minimise
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Strengthening families: Save the Children programs in support of child care and parenting policies
In all countries and regions, parents and families have an important role in providing care and protection for children and they are often supported in this role by the local communities as well as public and private services. Under the UN Convention on t
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Born Equal: How reducing inequality could give our children a better future
Inequality in developing countries is twice as high among children as among the general population, as this report reveals, with new quantitative analysis of 32 countries. Born Equal assesses the effects of inequality on child development. Drawing on eigh
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City Kids: Urbanisation and its consequences for children’s right to be protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence
During the second half of the 20th century the process of urbanisation has accelerated in developing countries. Over half of the world’s population – including a billion children – are now estimated to live in urban areas. This recent change from a predom
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Developing integrated child protection mechanisms in China. Child Protection Programme Plan- PPP
A summary of the Child Protection Programme Plan (PPP) aimed at transforming child protection across China over five years (2006-2010). It is a nationally-owned plan, developed by Chinese staff and accepted by government partners. It builds on the China p
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Climate Change as a Driver of Humanitarian Crises and Response
Feinstein International Center has published Climate Change as a Driver of Humanitarian Crises and Response, which explores the relationships between climate change, humanitarian crises, and humanitarian response through a review of published and grey lit
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Reducing Vulnerability and Exposure to Disasters. The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2012
The primary conviction of this report is driven by a concern that people’s exposure and vulnerability, experienced individually and collectively, continue to be twin challenges for the Asia-Pacific region. Faced with growing economic losses and increasing