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Minors Irregular Migration from Egypt
This video presents an ongoing initiative in Egypt to prevent and dissuade people from irregular migration, which is the migration of adults and families by boat to European destinations. Many do not survive the travel nor find comfort or affluence abroad
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More Power to Her: How empowering girls can help end child marriage
This report evaluates four programmes that utilized, in whole or in part, girl-focused approaches in their programming practices. The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) wished to know if and how these programmes empowered girls and if this
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Promising actions and persisting challenges
Understanding how and why harmful cultural and traditional practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) persist continues to enthuse many of the human rights actors. Often associated with maintaining cultural identity and preventing moral decline of
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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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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