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In the Best Interest of the Child: Harmonising Laws on Children in West and Central Africa. Addis Ababa: The African Child Policy forum
This report reviews the extent to which a number of West and Central African countries have harmonised their laws along the lines of what is required under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the rights and Welfare o
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Young citizens: youth and participatory governance in Africa- PLA 64
This special issue of PLA 64 goes in depth on the involvement of youth in governance, the particular challenges that youth face in this area and ways young people are overcoming marginalization to participate and make change. It talks through key theories
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Policy and Programming Resource Guide for Child Protection Systems Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa
The 'Policy and Programming Resource Guide for Child Protection Systems Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa', is the product of an interagency collaboration on national child protection systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Resource Guide aims to be a user-f
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Applying Basic Child Protection Mainstreaming: Training for field staff in non-protection sectors. Facilitator's Guide
A field manual on basic and effective child protection methods meant to train humanitarian workers- whose focus is not specifically child protection- to help them think through how their areas of work can contribute to child protection, and give them the
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An ethnographic study of community-based child protection mechanisms and their linkage with the national child protection system of Sierra Leone
Community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) are used widely by non-governmental organisations and communities to address and protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. The research in this study reviews the effectiveness an
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Bottom-Up Learning About Child Protection Systems: A View of Community-Based Mechanisms From Inter-Agency Research in Sierra Leone/The Columbia Group for Children in Adversity. Expert Consultation Nairobi, September 2011
A contribution from The Columbia Group for Children in Adversity to the Expert Consultation on Strengthening National Child Protection Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (NCPS), held in Nairobi, 28th-30th September 2011. In partnership with Save the Children,
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Mapping and assessing child protection systems in West and Central Africa. A five country analysis. Expert Consultation Nairobi, September 2011
A 13-page presentation by Child Frontiers that is part of the preparations for and follow up to the Expert Consultation on Strengthening National Child Protection Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, held in Nairobi, 28th-30th September 2011. The event was orga
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Building meaningful participation in reintegration among war-affected young mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Uganda
When young mothers, formerly associated with armed groups, return to their communities, they are typically more isolated socially, stigmatized, and marginalized. This creates reintegration challenges for themselves, and their communities.Their children fa
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Responding to the Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs of Sexual Violence Survivors in Conflict-Affected Settings
Final report of the meeting on" Responding to the psychosocial and mental health needs of sexual violence survivors in conflict affected settings". In recognition of how sexual violence is a documented part of many armed conflicts and the need for action,
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Health Worker's Reach Index
A major new health workers index by Save the Children has ranked the best and worst countries for a child to fall sick in — with Chad and Somalia at the bottom and Switzerland and Finland at the top.The index measures not only how many health workers ther
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Child Protection Initiative: Building rights-based national child protection systems: a concept paper to support Save the Children’s work
A concept paper on rights-based national child protection systems developed within the framework of Save the Children's Child Protection Initiative (CPI), which is designed to strengthen local or national child protection systems that respond to and preve
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Mapping and analysis of the child protection system in Sierra Leone
This mapping and assessment of the child protection system in Sierra Leone is part of a wider West and Central African regional initiative and has been supported financially and technically by a regional reference group composed by Plan International, Sav