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UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change 2011
The objective of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Accelerating Change is to contribute to the abandonment of FGM/C in 17 African countries within a generation. The programme’s holistic, cross-border approach is fo
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Captured Childhood: Introducing a new model to ensure the rights and liberty of refugee, asylum seeker and irregular migrant children affected by immigration detention
The International Detention Coalition (IDC) has launched its policy document “Captured Childhood” in Geneva at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council. Over the past two years, the IDC has heard first-hand the stories of children and parents from all
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Poster on the ‘10 tips for protecting your children during crisis’ [Arabic]
A poster on the ‘10 tips for protecting your children during crisis’. This material has been prepared by Save the Children as part of their emergency response to the recent civil unrest in Egypt. The 10 tips are: Encourage collective activities at home; S
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Country risk reduction profile: Disaster Risk Reduction in Egypt
With a population of more than 75 million and growing, Egypt struggles to find the resources to support children and families. Every year, thousands of Egyptians are born into poverty that negatively impacts their health and wellbeing. In Egypt, Save the
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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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Speaking Out, Being Heard. Experiences of child participation and accountability to children from around the world
This publication brings together theoretical approaches and practical experiences from Save the Children’s extensive work to support children’s participation and promote greater accountability to children. Its broad aim is to facilitate learning and promo
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Dawn in the city. Guidance for Achieving Urban Refugee Self-Reliance
This report details findings and guidance from a qualitative, applied research initiative undertaken by the Women’s Refugee Commission that builds the knowledge base on urban refugees and identifies potential economic strategies and approaches to assist t
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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
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Toolkit to address child labour in the agricultural sector in Egypt
The overall objective of this toolkit is to improve conditions for working children by increasing awareness and understanding of child labour issues in Egypt and providing practical guidance on how to identify and respond to child labour acting always in
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Peril or Protection: The Link Between Livelihoods and Gender-based Violence in Displacement Settings
This research report covers the findings of three Women's Refugee Commission field assessments to Egypt, Malaysia and Ethiopia coupled with the learning from a funded pilot project in Burundi as well as desk research and expert interviews. Key findings co
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Briefing for the Day of the African Child. Reaching Millennium Development Goal 4: What progress has Africa made and what more needs to be done?
This briefing document reviews examples of the progress that Africa has made in reaching the Accelerated Action Towards Africa Fit for Children 2008–2012, as adopted by the African Union and Member States in the agreed actions related to Enhancing Life Ch
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Children on the Frontline- Children and Young People in Disaster Risk Reduction
For the 2009 UN ISDR Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Civil Society around the world produced the unprecedented Views from the Frontline survey on Disaster Risk Reduction. The contribution of Plan and World Vision to this survey enabled t