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"You Pray for Death": Trafficking of women and girls in Nigeria
This report discusses the human rights abuses suffered by Nigerian women and girls who are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation within and outside Nigeria. It also records the experiences of foreign women who are trafficked into Nigeria, mostly fo
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Families Torn Apart: Protecting and caring for children separated from their families by the conflict in North-east Nigeria
Children’s experiences are different from those of adults and we believe that children are well placed to articulate their own needs and desires. As such this assessment, which is a part of Save the Children’s Protecting Children in Conflict (PCiC) centen
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A Sensemaker Approach: Addressing key contextual and gender-related barriers to adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights and services in Northern Nigeria
This briefing was developed as part of a series on child marriage and accountability showcasing lessons-learned from Save the Children programming around the world. It details work with an interactive story collection app to provide insights into the dist
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Storytelling to End Child Marriage in the Sahel Region: How survivors are acting as role models and holding decision-makers to account
This briefing was developed as part of a series on child marriage and accountability showcasing lessons-learned from Save the Children programming around the world. It details work with girls who have survived child marriage in the Sahel Region. The regio
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Lessons Learned from an Integrated Approach for Reaching First-time Young Parents in Nigeria
The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) adapted and tested interventions with first-time young parents (FTYPs) in Kogi and Ebonyi states. This brief describes the interventions implemented in response to the formative research findings and presents
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Evaluation Learning Review for DFID Nigeria
Eight evaluation and one research report were provided by DFID for this review. The Girls Education Project (GEP III) consists of multiple interventions aiming to provide meaningful and relevant quality basic education for integrated Qur’anic education. O
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Stunting, Wasting, and Education in Nigeria
Globally, the number of primary school children with nutritional deficiencies is high. This rapid review focuses on children with such deficiencies (namely stunting and wasting), and how it affects them throughout their primary education. Although the foc
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Fighting for Breath in Nigeria: A call to action to stop children dying from Pneumonia
Pneumonia is the world’s leading infectious killer of children, claiming the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five every year, more than 2,000 every day. It is a shocking demonstration of pervasive health inequities Disproportionately
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"They Didn't Know if I Was Alive or Dead": Military detention of children for suspected Boko Haram involvement in northeast Nigeria
The Nigerian military has been found to arbitrarily detain thousands of children for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram. Many children are held without charge for months or years and often with little or no evidence of involvem
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Tanora Mitsinjo Taranaka: Lessons learned from an integrated approach to increase use of health services by First-time Young Parents in Madagascar
This technical brief shares program approaches, results, and implementation lessons from an intervention with first-time parents implemented by the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) in Madagascar.
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“Because my Husband and I Have Never Had a Baby Before…” Results and Lessons from Interventions with First-Time Parents in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nigeria
This technical brief presents findings and lessons learned from small-scale interventions implemented by the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) with first-time parents (FTPs) in three diverse settings. This presentation of cross-country learning i
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Youth Employment Needs in Nigeria
There has been increased interest in youth issues in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, especially related to employment. Nigeria is expected to grow to over 440 million people by 2050, becoming the third most populated country in the world. Nigerians se