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Understanding the Relationship Between Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation: A statistical overview of their co-occurrence and risk factors
The well-being of millions of girls around the world is threatened by child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). Both child marriage and FGM have existed for generations due to gender inequality. In many countries where both practices are common,
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Killed and Maimed: A generation of violations against children
Millions of children are living in conflict. Hundreds of thousands of children have experienced grave violations of their rights – a quarter of a million violations against children have now been verified by the UN. Of these, more than 40% have involved t
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Implementing the Global Compact on Refugees for children: Examples of child-focused work
At the time of writing, children make up over half of the world's refugees. These children face severe protection issues, and their care and development needs often go unmet. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the world, the situation for refugee
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The ‘Youth Bulge’ and Political Unrest in Iraq: A political economy approach
This report reviews existing research on the relationship between the ‘youth bulge’ and political unrest in Iraq in order to understand when and why young Iraqis resort to violence or disruption. There is some disagreement in the literature about whether
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Living in Chains: Shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities worldwide
Hundreds of thousands of people, both adult and children around the globe with mental health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives. Inadequate support and mental health services, as well as stigma concerning people with psychosocial d
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Downward Spiral: The economic impact of COVID-19 on refugees and displaced people
The economic impact of measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on people affected by conflict and displacement. Exaggerating numerous pre-existing vulnerabilities and challenges, COVID-19 are causing refugees and di
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GBV and MHPSS Awareness Raising Messaging during the Time of COVID-19: Iraq
During emergencies, stress levels may increase due to the disruption of normal life. It is crucial to understand the possible emotional reaction to the crisis, learn positive ways of coping, and know where to seek assistance when needed. This document pre
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Anchored in Local Reality: Case Studies on Local Humanitarian Action from Haiti, Colombia, and Iraq
Critiques of international humanitarian action have suggested that it needs to be more inclusive of actors from crisis-affected countries. Increased attention to this issue has led to a set of agendas often referred to as the localization of humanitarian
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Case Management Guidance for Disease Outbreak: Situations where access to affected communities in and outside of camps is limited
Children are particularly vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks. This is partly because children with other conditions may fall ill but also as environments in which children develop and grow may be disrupted. In addition to this, it is also like
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Awareness Raising for Children, Parents and Community Members During Disease Outbreak
Children are particularly vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks. This is partly because children with other conditions may fall ill but also as environments in which children develop and grow may be disrupted. In addition to this, it is also like
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Session 1: Localization in child protection coordination
In this video, the local organisation Al Ghad and Save the Children International in Iraq describes the work on child protection coordination in Iraq. Localisation
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Needs Assessment and Analysis to Support Local Actors Engagement in the Humanitarian Programme Cycle
In this video, we can see humanitarian workers from Iraq, Somalia, and South Sudan present case studies about how and why they conduct needs assessments and analysis. Video in English: Video in Arabic: Localisation