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1. Understanding the Relationship Between Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation: A statistical overview of their co-occurrence and risk factors

   

   The well-being of millions of girls around the world is threatened by child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). Both child marriage and FGM have existed for generations due to gender inequality. In many countries where both practices are common,

   Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

2. 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

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): K4D, Knowledge, Evidence, and Learning for Development Author(s): Hutchinson, Geraldine | Rafaeli, Tal

3. Living in Chains: Shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities worldwide

   

   Hundreds of thousands of people, both adult and children around the globe with mental health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives. Inadequate support and mental health services, as well as stigma concerning people with psychosocial d

   Publication year: 2020 Author(s): Sharma, Kriti

4. 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

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Adedokun, Sulaimon T | Sanni, Yaya

5. Civil Society and Budget Advocacy to End Child Marriage: Lessons learned from six pilot projects

   

   Produced by Girls Not Brides, this discussion paper shares key lessons learned from six pilot projects on budget advocacy to end child marriage. The projects were carried out in Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Togo. Among many key findings, this rep

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Girls Not Brides

6. From the Day They are Born: A qualitative study exploring violence against children with disabilities in West Africa

   

   Despite the building evidence on violence against children globally, almost nothing is known about the violence children with disabilities in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience. The prevalence of violence against children with disabilities

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): BMC Public Health Author(s): Njelesani, Janet | Hashemi, Goli | Cameron, Cathy | Cameron, Deb | ...

7. Nutrition in the WHO African Region

   

   Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): WHO, World Health Organization Author(s): Onyango, Adelheid W. | Ouedraogo Nikiema, Laetitia | Zielinski, Sebastian

8. Thirty-Year Trends in the Prevalence and Severity of Female Genital Mutilation: A comparison of 22 countries

   

   Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injuries to female genital organs for non-therapeutic reasons. FGM harms women's and girls' health and wellbeing and is widely considered a vi

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Koski, Alissa | Heymann, Jody

9. The Added Value of Protective Accompaniment of Children

   

   Terre des Hommes Foundation Lausanne decided to tackle the problem of undocumented child migration by launching a regional project in 2008 whose aim was to offer migrant children better protection. The project was implemented, through local and strategic

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Terre des Hommes Author(s): Boursin, Frédérique

10. Home Truths: Wellbeing and vulnerabilities of child domestic workers

    

    This report presents the findings of a multi-country study into the psychosocial wellbeing of child domestic workers (CDWs) across three continents. The study was conducted in Peru, Costa Rica, Togo, Tanzania, India and Philippines during 2009 with around

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Anti-Slavery International Author(s): Gamlin, Jennie | Camacho, Agnes Zenaida V. | Ong, Michelle | Gui ...

11. Locally-Developed Child Protection Practices Concerning Mobile Children in West Africa

    

    This study, commissioned by Terre des homes and co-edited by the Regional Working Group on Child Protection in West Africa, represents a summary of information available about locally developed (or ‘endogenous’) practices that have the effect of protectin

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Terre des Hommes Author(s): Dottridge, Mike

12. Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot

    

    This paper offers an overview of internal displacement in the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) region—which consists of 15 countries—including displacement resulting from conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations; natura

    Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Author(s): Ferris, Elizabeth | Stark, Chareen

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