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Unseen, Unsafe: The underinvestment in ending violence against children in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
Unseen, Unsafe reveals the alarming scale of violence being perpetrated against children in the Pacific and Timor-Leste, and the critically low amount of funding being invested to address it. Produced by Save the Children in collaboration with Child Fund,
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Short Changed: The human and economic cost of child undernutrition in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is facing a nutrition crisis. Alarmingly, almost one in two children in PNG have stunted growth due to chronic malnutrition. PNG has the fourth highest child stunting rate in the world – a rate that is more than double the global av
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Stori bilong Mi:15 Years of Poro Sapot
The Poro Sapot Project, funded by the Australian Government, is a sexual and reproductive health (SRH) project that has worked with key populations in Papua New Guinea for over 15 years. The project has been far-reaching, operating in NCD, Eastern Highlan
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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
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Child Protection in Educational Settings: Findings from six countries in East Asia and the Pacific
International standards and conventions, particularly as delineated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), are unequivocal on children’s rights to protection, which should not be compromised in any way and cannot be separated from the real
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Why Do Some Men Use Violence Against Women and How Can We Prevent It? Quantitative Findings from the United Nations Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific
This study was a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and United Nations Volunteers (UNV). The objecti
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Working with Customary Justice Systems: Post-Conflict and Fragile States
This volume aims to assist readers develop a better understanding of the relationship between customary justice and the legal empowerment of users and identify possible entry points for engaging with customary justice systems. It features chapters on init
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Migration Policy Practice: Bimonthly Review by and for Policymakers Worldwide
Fourth issue of "Migration Policy Practice", published jointly by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Eurasylum Ltd.The focus of this special English- French bilingual edition is on migration trends and policies in the African, Caribbea
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Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
At a time when the frequency and magnitude of extreme climatic events is rising, a growing number of the world’s school-going children are increasingly exposed to natural disasters. Children spend up to 50 percent of their waking hours in school facilitie
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A learning guide. Evidence-based advocacy for gender in education
This learning guide is an outcome of a Workshop on Evidence-based Advocacy for Gender Equity and Equality in Education held in Bangkok, Thailand, 8-12 September 2009. The workshop was attended by participants from nine countries from the East-Asia Pacific
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Taking forward the recommendations of the UN Secretary General’s Global Study on Violence against Children
The publication is the summary of the East Asia regional meeting of UNICEF and Save the Children Alliance. It consisted of a review of the country-level successes in implementing the recommendations of the UN Study, an exchange of good practices between c
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A mapping of national child protection systems
This summary report provides a concise overview of the current status of national child protection systems in countries where Save the Children is operating, and has been written as an input to the Global Workshop in Costa Rica on ‘Right Based National Ch