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Magnifying Inequalitues and Compounding Risks: The impact of COVID-19 on the health and protection of women and girls on the move
The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing short-term humanitarian needs while negatively affecting longer-term outcomes for marginalized populations and people in vulnerable situations. The more than 80 million people globally – of whom approximately half are w
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Girls on the Move Research Series
The dream of a better future makes millions of girls leave their homes each year. Every girl carries a powerful story- why she migrates, the risks she faces, and the vision of a future she heads toward. It is important that girls' stories are heard. Girls
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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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A Protection Crisis: Testimonies from children, adolescents and young refugees and migrants from Venezuela
Venezuela is facing the worst socioeconomic, political and human rights crisis in history. Approximately 4,5 million people have fled the country due to violence, and it is estimated that 20 percent are children or adolescents. Between June and July 2019,
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Small Voices, Big Dreams 2019: Violence against children as explained by children
No child is completely immune to violence. Each year, nearly one billion children are afflicted by some type of physical, sexual, emotional violence or neglect, across different geographical, socioeconomic and cultural barriers. Listening to children and
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Rights of Migrants in Action: Child protection projects – Synthesis report of lessons learned in Benin, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala and Indonesia
The “Rights of Migrants in Action” (RoMiA) was a global project that aimed to protect and promote the rights of migrants while harnessing the knowledge and building the capacity of civil society organizations (CSO). The project focused on enforcing and pr
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Migration and Displacement of Children in Latin America and the Caribbean
During 2016-2017, 300,000 unaccompanied and displaced children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala were detained in the United States. The migration is primarily due to violence and poverty in their home countries. Save the Children is actively work
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Little by Little: Exploring the impact of social acceptance on refugee integration into host communities
Conflict and crisis leaves an unprecedented 22.5 million people living in exile today. The sheer number of people seeking international protection and the capacity of host countries to cope with those numbers are changing the conversation around how the i
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Exploration of Gender Norms and Socialization Among Early Adolescents: The use of qualitative methods for the global early adolescent study
The Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) was launched in 2014 with the aim of understanding the factors in early adolescence that predispose young people to subsequent sexual risks, and conversely, those that promote healthy sexuality across different cul
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"Through My Eyes" Stories: Photography workshops in child-friendly community spaces in Ecuador
Children and adolescents are a population segment that is vulnerable by nature. But after a natural event, such as the earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16, 2016, with its epicentre on the Ecuadorian coast– this vulnerability was heightened. Following
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Adolescents and Youth: A comprehensive approach in Latin America and the Caribbean
Save the Children recognizes adolescents and youth as social actors and agents of change, yet they often face significant rights violations and lack of access to education and other services. Save the Children programming prioritizes the needs of adolesce
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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