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53rd Session – Sierra Leone. Recommendations to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children (OPSC) and the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC)
Child Helpline International recommends that the government of Sierra Leone cooperate with NGOs to establish a free, 24 hour, 3-4 digit helpline that is accessible to children and gives children's issues priority. If the government of Sierra Leone support
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Legislative Frameworks for Child Survival. Save the Children Survival Campaign
In 2009, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer began supporting Save the Children International in relation to the implementation of the Save the Children 2010-2015 global strategy, including the set up of Save the Children's new groundbreaking international pro
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The State of the World's Children. Special edition. Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment an
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When the safety net fails. Children in West and Central Africa and the risk of HIV infection
The overall aims of the study were to improve the offer of psychosocial support services for children in West and Central Africa and to stimulate the creation of a network of services providers. The specific objectives were to assess the mental health and
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Children on the Frontline- Children and Young People in Disaster Risk Reduction
For the 2009 UN ISDR Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Civil Society around the world produced the unprecedented Views from the Frontline survey on Disaster Risk Reduction. The contribution of Plan and World Vision to this survey enabled t
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Developing Culturally Relevant Indicators of Reintegration for Girls, Formerly Associated with Armed Groups, in Sierra Leone Using a Participative Ranking Methodology
This article describes a participative ranking methodology for identifying local understanding of reintegration and adjustment of potential value in programme planning and evaluation. It was applied in the specific context of girls formerly associated wit
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Youth Soldiering: An integrated framework for understanding psychosocial impact
A pervasive characteristic of contemporary political violence is that youth, mostly between the ages of 14 and 18 years, are prominent actors in these hostilities. Seventy-two (72) different parties to armed conflict currently use children as soldiers. Th
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Let's engage the boys- Proceeding report 1st Pan African Seminar on partnering with boys and young men to address gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS
A Seminar Proceeding Report of the "1st Pan African Seminar on Partnering with Boys and Young Men to Address Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS", providing analyses and methods of partnering with boys and men, as an addition to partnering with girls and w
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A sense of belonging: Case studies in positive care options for children
The First Resort series focuses on the needs and rights of children who, for a wide variety of reasons, are lacking adequate parental care. In many cases, they will already have become separated and may be living outside their families, in institutions, w
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Briefing for the Committee on the rights of the Child-Pre-sessional Working Group Jan/Feb 2008
This report provides supplementary information on Sierra Leone's second periodic report on the implementation of the CRC. The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children submits a briefing to each Pre-sessional Working Group of the Commit
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Increasing visibility and promoting policy action to tackle sexual exploitation in and around schools in Africa. A briefing paper with a focus on West Africa
This briefing paper seeks to raise awareness of the problem of sexual exploitation in and around schools in the West African region. It also highlights problems with regards to limited evidence and explores policy implications. It aims to support Plan’s r
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High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
A number of studies have explored aspects of education relating to the reintegration of former child soldiers into their communities and have shown the negative effects of child soldiering on the educational and economic outcomes of former child soldiers.