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The Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
This rapid review focuses on identifying evidence on the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It aims to enable a greater understanding of the unique circumstances of women and girls in the region, which could assi
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The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t
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Nutrition in the WHO African Region
Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within
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UNICEF Briefing paper on Children working in West and Central Africa
This briefing paper focuses on children in the Sahelian countries, who are enrolled in Qur’anic schools and beg as part of this education. In this region, Islamic education predates colonization and the establishment of mission and secular state schools.
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In the Best Interest of the Child: Harmonising Laws on Children in West and Central Africa. Addis Ababa: The African Child Policy forum
This report reviews the extent to which a number of West and Central African countries have harmonised their laws along the lines of what is required under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the rights and Welfare o
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Applying Basic Child Protection Mainstreaming: Training for field staff in non-protection sectors. Facilitator's Guide
A field manual on basic and effective child protection methods meant to train humanitarian workers- whose focus is not specifically child protection- to help them think through how their areas of work can contribute to child protection, and give them the
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Programme conjoint UNFPA-UNICEF sur les Mutilations génitales féminines / excision: Accélérer le changement
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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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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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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Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot
This paper offers an overview of internal displacement in the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) region—which consists of 15 countries—including displacement resulting from conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations; natura
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Reinforcing Child Participation: The Civil Society Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Of critical concern has been how to ensure meaningful child participation at the regional and pan-African forums where key policy decisions are made on their behalf. There is need for meaningful child participation at regional platforms, such as the CSO F
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Too often in silence. Addressing violence in schools- Selected initiatives from West and Central Africa
This report is a joint publication by ActionAid, Plan West Africa Regional Office, Save the Children Sweden West Africa, and UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office, as part of their joint Education and Protection Initiative that was launched follo