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The Legal Framework for Child Protection in South Asia
Every child has the right to be protected from violence under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). All countries in South Asia are state parties to the UNCRC, and are thereby obliged to undertake all appropriate legislative an
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Child Rights Risk Assessment: Tea industry supply chain in Sri Lanka
The Tea sector is the largest employer in Sri Lanka with a direct and indirect workforce of over 2.5 million people, which accounts to 10 percent of the total population. Save the Children in Sri Lanka has been working with leading plantation companies in
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Women’s Wellbeing Survey- 2019: Findings from Sri Lanka's first dedicated national survey on violence against women and girls
Sri Lanka’s first national survey on violence against women and girls using an internationally recognized standardized methodology, was the 2019 Women’s Wellbeing Survey. The survey covers all 25 districts in Sri Lanka and includes interviews with more th
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Good Nutrition on Tea Estates
Between 2016 and 2019, Save the Children US worked together with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health to improve child and maternal health and nutrition in the Tea Estates. The nutrition of a child during the 1000 days of their lives is especially important
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Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme 4th Cycle Asia Pacific: Residential Training Report
Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme (CPiE PDP) is a six-month capacity building programme for mid-level child protection in emergencies practitioners. In the Asia Pacific region, three cycles have been completed since 2016 a
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Strengthening Administrative Data on Violence Against Children: Challenges and promising practices from a review of country experiences
Interest among governments and international development partners has grown in recent years to explore better ways of using administrative data to monitor and report on violence against children. Administrative data can often be readily accessed and used
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Localising Emergency Preparedness and Response Through Partnerships
In recent years, localization of aid, partnership and capacity building have become increasingly important within the humanitarian sector. This has led many international actors to reflect on their own organizational structure and their approach to partne
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State of the Social Service Workforce in South Asia
This report provides information on the current status of the social service workforce in the eight countries in South Asia. It is structured around global-level indicators outlined in UNICEF's ‘Social Service Workforce Strengthening Programme Guidance’ p
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Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme, Asia Pacific 3rd cycle: Residential Report
The Residential phase of the Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme (CPiE PDP) is a two-week training during which the participants develop knowledge and skills to design and implement high-quality Child Protection in Emergenci
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Ending Legalised Violence Against Children by 2030: Progress towards prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment in Pathfinder countries
This report tracks the country-level progress that has been made to prohibit corporal punishment of children in Pathfinding Countries. It emphasizes the importance of ending corporal punishment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.2. Furthermo
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Male Engagement in Early Childhood Education
A brief case study from Save the Children Sri Lanka describing the gender seeding approach in the implementation of Early Childhood Development parenting interventions with families working in the tea plantations.
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MSA Global Fund HIV Programme Factsheet Sri Lanka
This country factsheet provides a snapshot of the Multi-Country South Asia (MSA) Global Fund HIV Programme in Sri Lanka, including program goals, key activities and results. The MSA programme contributed to the development and strengthening of civil socie