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Married by Exception: Child marriage policies in the Middle East and North Africa
Legal and policy measures that prevent and prohibit child marriage are a key approach to protecting girls from being married before they are ready. To better understand how child marriage laws protect girls affected by crisis in the Middle East and North
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Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership: Profiling national NGO engagement in international humanitarian coordination structures in the MENA region
Against the current background of sustaining local responses, ICVA initiated this research aiming at mapping and documenting the extent of effective and meaningful NNGOs engagement in international humanitarian coordination structures. Focusing in specifi
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Reimagining Girls’ Education: Solutions to keep girls learning in emergencies
Girls in emergencies are facing several challenges related to education, such as disadvantages at all stages of education, struggle to learn, and higher risk of being out-of-school. This material provides an empirical overview on how to support the learni
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Right to Education for Girls in post-ISIL Iraq
1.2 million children in Iraq are in need of an education. Due to rigid gender norms, internal displacement, gender-based violence, early marriage, and financial abuse girls and women are in exceptional need. These gender divisions have been further reinfo
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Barriers to Family Planning in Iraq and Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)
This rapid review examines evidence on the barriers to access to family planning (FP) across Iraq (including the Kurdistan Region of Iraq/ KRI). It focuses on the reported social and cultural barriers, as well as logistical barriers, to FP in Iraq and the