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Ending Legalised Violence Against Children by 2030: Progress towards prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment in Pathfinder countries
This report tracks the country-level progress that has been made to prohibit corporal punishment of children in Pathfinding Countries. It emphasizes the importance of ending corporal punishment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.2. Furthermo
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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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Participation of Children and Adolescents: An indispensable factor for a better municipal investment in Central America
In May 2016, the Central American Learning Circle on Children’s Rights and Local Development convened to a Central American Seminar of Children and Adolescents in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, under the slogan “Participation of children and adolescents: an indis
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Experiences on Child Rights Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (2016-2017)
Child Rights Governance programs and action in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – under a Child Rights focus and our Theory of Change- are committed to supporting the three breakthroughs Save the Children has proposed for 2030: 1. To Survive 2. To Le
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Forced to Flee Central America's Northern Triangle: A neglected humanitarian crisis
Since 2012, Médicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) has been providing medical and mental health care to tens of thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing the extreme violence permeating the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) region, which includes the co
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Strengthening Mexico's Protection of Central American Unaccompanied Minors in Transit
Published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), this report investigates current protection issues of unaccompanied children in Mexico. Under Mexican law, unaccompanied children are guaranteed certain protection practices that, after review from intern
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The Role of Civil Society Organizations Related to Child Rights in the Municipalities of Central America
In June 2017, the Central American Learning Circle on Children’s Rights and Local Development convened a seminar in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, about “The role of civil society organizations in the municipalities of Central America.” Representatives from organ
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Children on the Move: A crisis in the Northern Triangle, Mexico and USA
In the past two years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of unaccompanied children and adolescents from the Northern Triangle who migrate to the USA, and in the number of migrant families with children, particularly young women with chi
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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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Broken Dreams: Central American children's dangerous journey to the United States
Broken Dreams: Central American children's dangerous journey to the United States shares the obstacles and dangers that children and adolescents face as they journey to the United States. UNICEF reports that in the first six months of 2016, almost 26,000
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Children on the Move: El Salvador
Save the Children works with children, adolescents, parents, teachers, leaders, and local authorities to build capacity, create local networks and promote laws for violence prevention. Save the Children also partners with the State and Civil Society Organ
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Informe de Balance de Cumplimiento de Recomendaciones de Naciones Unidas y OEA al Estado Salvadoreño
According to data from 2014, 33.8% of the El Salvadorian population was under the age of 18. This percentage corresponds to 2,163,676 children and youth. Realising these statistics, it is especially important that El Salvadorian authorities are complicit