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A Father's Place: An assessment of male engagement in integrated early childhood development in Rwanda
This assessment documents factors, attitudes and behaviours inhibiting male engagement in early childhood development (ECD) in Rwanda. It aims to study both rural and urban settings and to formulate recommendations for future integrated ECD programming. T
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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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The Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
This rapid review focuses on identifying evidence on the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It aims to enable a greater understanding of the unique circumstances of women and girls in the region, which could assi
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The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t
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Every Child Can Be a Superhero
This video is produced for children and parents amidst this coronavirus pandemic. It is specific to Rwanda but the message of staying home and practicing good hygiene is the same globally. It was produced with this in mind, accurate and age-appropriate in
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Childhood Morbidity and its Determinants: Evidence from 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The global under-five mortality rate reduced from 93 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 39 per 1000 live births in 2018. Still, the rate increased in sub-Saharan Africa from 31% in 1990 to 54% in 2018. One of the main causes to these deaths is morbidity. In
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"It might be a statistic to me, but every death matters.”: An assessment of facility-level maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems in four sub-Saharan African countries
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) systems aim to understand and address key contributors to maternal and perinatal deaths to prevent future deaths. From 2016–2017, the US Agency for International Development’s Maternal and Chi
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Reproductive Health in Emergencies Tablet-Based Supervision System to Improve Competency of Health Care Providers
This brief provides an overview of the Reproductive Health in Emergencies Tablet-Based Supervision System. The tablet-based supervision system allows streamlining supervision systems, prioritization of whom to supervise based on the needs, adapting indivi
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Time to Teach: Teacher attendance and time on task in Eastern and Southern Africa
In low- and middle-income countries, 53 per cent of children are in learning poverty. The learning poverty rate in sub-Saharan Africa is 87 per cent overall. It is a critical prerequisite to learning that teachers are attending lessons and spending qualit
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2021: Rwanda
The COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda has led to a redirection of health system resources in order to respond to it. The number of children affected by the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic such as school disruption and heightened protection risk has incre
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The Contribution of Various Actors Towards Localization of Humanitarian and Development Action in Rwanda
Although the significance of local response in humanitarian action and the principle of local ownership as a best practice has been recognized for a while, the localization agenda has gained momentum since the World Humanitarian Summit of 2016 when severa
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“As Long as We Live on the Streets, They Will Beat Us”: Rwanda’s abusive detention of children
International law states that children only should be deprived of liberty as a measure of last resort, and the UNCRC places an obligation on governments to protect children from all forms of physical or psychological violence. If children do commit crimes