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Interventions to Reduce the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in African Countries
A first systematic review of Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C), a traditional practice that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Authors Rigmor C.
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Our Motherland, Our Country: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa
Statelessness—where an individual does not enjoy the legal bond of nationality with any state—affects an estimated 12 million people worldwide. Being stateless has grave consequences, often leading to violations of fundamental human rights. Twenty-nine c
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Out of the shadows: Child marriage and slavery
This report, prepared by Anti-Slavery International, sheds light on the striking links between slavery and slavery-like practices and many child marriages. It reviews the literature available on child marriage to show that a potentially high proportion of
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Unlocking potential through education: Key achievements
Globally, great strides have been made towards achieving universal primary education since 2000. However, there are still 57 million children worldwide who are denied their right to education, half of whom live in conflict-affected or fragile states and a
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Syrian Refugees Emergency Needs Assessment Report, Cairo, February 2013
This is the final report of the Syrian Refugees Emergency Needs Assessment in Cairo that was conducted by Save the Children- Egypt. The assessment objective was to gather in-depth information related to child protection, education, health and non- food it
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Care Standards, Egypt [Arabic]
This is a newly developed set of National Care Standards that were created as a result of cooperative effort between Save the Children, the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS), and UNICEF after a series of workshops. The standards are currently only avai
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Girl Insights Report For Building a Better World. "I know. I want. I Dream
In 2009, ICRW published Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development as the fourth report of the Girls Count report series. Four years later, researchers supported by the Nike Foundation asked more than 500 girls from 14 countries to share their insight
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Opening Doors: Gender Equality and Development in the Middle East and North Africa. World Bank 2013
Since the early 1990s, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region have made admirable progress in reducing the gap between girls and boys in areas such as access to education and health care. Indeed, almost all young girls in the Region a
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Raising the Standards, Egypt (2011- 2013)
These two documents are a part of the Raising the Standards initiative that was implemented in two care institutions in Greater Cairo, Egypt. The project aimed at piloting the international care standards to promote better care and protection of children
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Turn up the volume: children and youth advance their rights in media
There are around two billion young people under 18 alive somewhere in the world. That’s 2,000,000,000 individuals, one-third of the world’s population! Yet despite these numbers, children and young people in many societies are rarely heard. They often hav
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IMPACT Newsletter, October 2011
The October 2011 edition of IMPACT focuses on Save the Children's Child Protection work in Africa. This issue is particularly timely as the world marks the Universal Children's Day on November 20, 2011, an annual event to reflect on the need and importanc
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Country Profile of Egypt: A Review of the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Child Rights Governance Programme in Save the Children Sweden’s Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa implemented the activities of the Manara Network: A Civil Society for Child’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA