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Understanding the Relationship Between Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation: A statistical overview of their co-occurrence and risk factors
The well-being of millions of girls around the world is threatened by child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). Both child marriage and FGM have existed for generations due to gender inequality. In many countries where both practices are common,
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The Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
This rapid review focuses on identifying evidence on the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It aims to enable a greater understanding of the unique circumstances of women and girls in the region, which could assi
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Living in Chains: Shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities worldwide
Hundreds of thousands of people, both adult and children around the globe with mental health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives. Inadequate support and mental health services, as well as stigma concerning people with psychosocial d
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Childhood Morbidity and its Determinants: Evidence from 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The global under-five mortality rate reduced from 93 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 39 per 1000 live births in 2018. Still, the rate increased in sub-Saharan Africa from 31% in 1990 to 54% in 2018. One of the main causes to these deaths is morbidity. In
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How the Humanitarian Response to COVID-19 Failed to Protect Women and Girls
During the spread of COVID-19, gender-based violence increased across the globe. This report raises the voices of 852 refugee and displaced women in 15 African countries across East Africa, West Africa and the Great Lakes regions, enabling them to express
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Boostons la Lecture et Boostons les Mathématiques Manuel
Literacy Boost is an innovative, evidence-based approach to improving literacy learning outcomes, and is increasing the reading skills of underperforming children in a growing number of program sites across the globe. The toolkit is a useful resource to a
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Girls Are Dropping Out of School Because of a Lack of Toilets
In Ivory Coast, 60 % of schools lack toilets. This problem is not only confined to Ivory Coast, but extends across many countries. This inconvenience especially affects girls’ academic performance, as they tend to stay at home during their menstruation wh
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Child Marriage in Cote d’Ivoire
The law in Côte d’Ivoire forbids any customary or religious marriage of children under 18 years old. However, 33% of girls are married by 18 and 10% by 15. Despite early progress in reducing the rate of child marriage in Côte d’Ivoire, in recent years thi
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A Deadly Journey for Children: The Central Mediterranean Migration Route
Every day, thousands of women and children travel from the hinterlands of Africa and the Middle East, across the Sahara to the Mediterranean Sea in Libya in hopes of reaching safety in Europe. They flee war, violence and poverty. They endure exploitation,
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Thirty-Year Trends in the Prevalence and Severity of Female Genital Mutilation: A comparison of 22 countries
Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injuries to female genital organs for non-therapeutic reasons. FGM harms women's and girls' health and wellbeing and is widely considered a vi
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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
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Tell Me Even More! Learning more about perceptions and attitudes to sexuality education in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa
This report is a continuation on the Tell me More! Project from 2007, and identifies areas where additional focus is required in order to improve CSE and HIV research, policy, programming and implementation. It builds on additional primary research undert