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The Wellbeing of Children and Young People: East Gippsland report 2018
This report is a follow-up to State of East Gippsland’s Children & Youth Report, the first snapshot produced in 2013 by Good Beginnings Australia – which Save the Children merged with in 2015. The first report, developed through a range of consultations a
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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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Unlocking Childhood: Current immigration detention practices and alternatives for child asylum seekers and refugees in Asia and the Pacific
This report is the collaboration of Save the Children and the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network with funding support from the Oak Foundation. This report examines current policy framework and practices in five countries, namely Malaysia, Thailand, Indon
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Global Estimates of Child Labour: Results and trends, 2012-2016
With the passing of the Global Development Goals, the global community renewed its commitment to ending child labour, effectively seeking to end it in all its forms by 2025. This fifth report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) investigates the
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Evaluation of the Stability Through Support Mentoring Project
Stability through Support (StS) is an early intervention and prevention project that works alongside boys aged 9-12 years, fostering engagement in education and preparing participants for a successful transition to high school. Through a combination of fo
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Youth Ambassadors Report 2017
At Save the Children, we are doing everything we can to ensure children’s rights are recognised and respected. But we cannot do it alone. Young people themselves are the best people to create real, lasting change. That’s why Save the Children Australia ru
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Youth Intervention Partnership Model
Youth in correctional facilities are amongst the most vulnerable citizens in our communities. On average, 761 youth per night were detained in detention centers in Australia (2016). This problem is especially severe in Western Australia, where the South E
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8 Lessons for Disaster Risk Reduction from the Pacific
The Pacific is no stranger to disaster, being vulnerable to many natural hazards that include floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. Over the past decade, disaster risk reduction programmes have been implemented and eva
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Alcohol, Other Substance Use and Related Harms Among Young People in the Solomon Islands
This study begins by aggregating past research on alcohol and substance abuse in the Solomon Islands. It then delves deeper into gender-based violence, highlighting research that shows a strong association between alcohol use and intimate partner/gender-b
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Prioritising 'Most Deprived' Children: An evaluation of Save the Children Australia's approaches to reducing inequality
Save the Children Australia (SCA) commissioned this evaluation to assess its processes in prioritising the most deprived women, men, girls and boys. The objective of this evaluation was to examine the extent to which prioritisation of the most vulnerable
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Our Voices. Our Rights.
Save the Children New Zealand and UNICEF New Zealand have worked together to achieve global goals for children. Yet meaningful change only comes from having everyone around the table, most importantly children and young people themselves. That is why this
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At What Cost: The human, economic and strategic cost of Australia's asylum seeker policies and the alternatives
This report explores the human, economic and strategic cost of Australia’s current policies which seek to deter asylum seekers from migrating to Australia by sea. It examines the impact of these policies in a domestic, regional and global setting, taking