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Why Invest in Girls in Lao PDR?
Lao People's Democratic Republic has seen an impressive amount of economic growth in the last few years. This flier provides data on Lao PDR's recent economic development and motivates why investment in girls injunction with the recent development is cruc
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Impact Evaluation of Literacy Boost in Laos
This report examines the results of a learner background survey and reading assessment conducted in October 2017 as the endline evaluation of a pilot Literacy Boost project in Bolikhamxai Province in Laos. Funded by Save the Children Korea, Literacy Boost
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Revealing the Rainbow: The human rights situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ communities and their defenders
Just over a decade ago, the United Nations (UN) introduced a new process for periodically evaluating the human rights performances of each its Member States. That process, known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), during the review Member States recei
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Formative Research and Gender Analysis
The U.S. Agency for International Development “Nurture” (USAID Nurture) project, led by Save the Children (SC) is aimed at contributing to a reduction in young child stunting. Over a three-year period, USAID Nurture will be implemented in all villages of
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Regional Workshop to Promote Family Acceptance in ASEAN
The ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, in partnership with Trung Tâm ICS in Vietnam, organized the Regional Workshop to Promote Family Acceptance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) Persons in ASEAN. Allies from academia, the child rights
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Guidelines on Integrating Disaster Risk and Climate Change into Village Socio-Economic Plans
>> Click here to return to the Community Based Disaster Risk Management Minimum Standards The Social Economic Development Plan is a tool used by governments to set overall objectives and targets for the immediate (one-year) and future (five to ten years)
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Every Last Child Country Spotlight: Laos
Save the Children is campaigning at an international and national level to achieve the greatest impact for children with the Every Last Child Campaign. Laos, a landlocked country of 6.5 million people in Southeast Asia, has seen impressive economic growth
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Child Protection in the Digital Age: National responses to online child sexual abuse and exploitation in ASEAN Member States
A recently adopted ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Children includes the development of preventive measures against violence on the internet. In contribution, UNICEF has undertaken a mapping of existing frameworks, leg
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Child Rights Situation Analysis Within the ASEAN Region
In the endeavor to promote and protect rights and well-being of the child, Save the Children sees the importance of having a good understanding of the situation for children in the country context in order to inform its strategic decisions at the regional
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Education Sector: Laos
Save the Children has over 8 years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programing in Laos and we continue to support the government of Laos to actively work with communities and children to reduce their exposure to disaster and climate risks. I
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Gender-Sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction: A training curriculum for village disaster preparedness unit staff in Lao PDR
>> Click here to return to the Community Based Disaster Risk Management Minimum Standards This training manual is part of the CARE’s Disaster Risk Reduction-gender work-package and specifically aims to provide background information on the key issues rela
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National Child Protection Systems in the East Asia and Pacific Region: A review and analysis of mappings and assessments
This report presents the findings of a mappings and assessments review of child protection systems in 14 countries. The principal purpose of the study was to consolidate existing information on the shared strengths, challenges and priorities for developin