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Alternative care in Laos: An exploratory study with children and caregivers
An exploratory study undertaken by Save the Children in 2013 on Alternative Care in Laos, in partnership with McGill University (Canada) and the National University of Laos. This report summarizes the findings of a study on parental and alternative childc
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Protecting Children from Violence Globally
These case studies demonstrate the impact Save the Children activities and programmes have had in protecting children from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. The case studies specifically highlight the areas of focus of the Child Protection Initia
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Progress Report: Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons
The first reports of trafficking in the South East Asia region concerned cases of women and girls being moved within or across borders for purposes of sexual exploitation and servile marriage. This Report tracks the achievements of the past decade and exa
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Country Risk Reduction Profile: Disaster Risk Reduction in Laos
According to the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Laos experiences small-scale ongoing disasters, affecting over 10% of the population. Recurrent floods and droughts are considered the main natural hazards in addition to fires, landslides, eros
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Ten Good Practices in Essential Supplies Family Planning and Maternal Health
The worldwide trend toward smaller families—average family size has declined by half since 1950—is linked to advances in education and health care and increased opportunities for women. This great global success story can continue only if access to family
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The Rights of All Children in the Context of International Migration: Voices of Children on the Move
This report summarises the consultations with migrant children carried out in preparation for the Day of General Discussion (DGD) in five regions around the world over a period of 3 months, involving over 100 children. Children were consulted in China, My
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Children speak out- speech during the Day of General Discussion by 16-year old Sasima Srikhwang
Speech by 16-year old Sasima Srikhwang held during the 2012 Day of General Discussion on the challenges faced by children in international migration situations. Sasima, who was selected by the Forum on Child Migration of Thailand to participate in the Day
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Children’s participation: Mekong Youth Forum and COMMIT [Briefing paper]
A briefing paper concerning the positive impact of children’s participation in the Mekong Youth Forum (MYF) and the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT). It highlights three MYF meetings on human trafficking that took pla
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Child Safe Tourism: The Tourist Perspective
As one of the world’s largest industries, tourism has significant economic impacts on the South-East Asian region. This report summarises findings from a recent online survey conducted with over 300 international travellers to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand
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Improving the Quality of Schools for All in Lao PDR: A school improvement and self evaluation process
These materials are based on the Index for Inclusion, which was developed in the UK to support the development of learning and participation in schools. The Index for Inclusion has been adapted by many countries around the world and has now been adapted i
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Strengthening inclusive education.
Inclusive education addresses the diverse learning needs of all kinds of learners. It reaches out to excluded groups and goes beyond providing physical access to learning institutions to encompass academic and instructional access to learning concepts. Th
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Socio-cultural influences on the reproductive health of migrant women: A review of literature in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam
This report documents the findings of literature reviews conducted in 2010 in four Mekong countries. It explores the nexus between socio-cultural factors, health seeking behaviour, and access to sexual and reproductive health information and services amon