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1. Reimagining Girls’ Education: Solutions to keep girls learning in emergencies

   

   Girls in emergencies are facing several challenges related to education, such as disadvantages at all stages of education, struggle to learn, and higher risk of being out-of-school. This material provides an empirical overview on how to support the learni

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

2. 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

3. Context-acceptability Theories: Example of family planning interventions in five African countries

   

   Family planning (FP) can lengthen birth intervals and potentially reduce the risk of fetal death, low birth weight, prematurity, and being small for gestational age. Effective FP is most easily achieved through access to and acceptability of modern contra

   Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): BMC Author(s): Webster, Jayne | Krishnaratne, Shari | Hoyt, Jenna | Demissie, Shiferaw Dechasa | ...

4. 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

5. Case Study: The response of community structures during the Kasese floods

   

   In May 2020, severe flooding in western Uganda has displaced tens of thousands of people. In Kasese district, Save the Children—working closely with District Local Government and with support from the Government of Japan—has been running a Disaster Risk R

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

6. Save the Children Protection Assessment on the Impact of COVID-19 in Uganda

   

   Save the Children interviewed almost 300 children and adults across Uganda, about the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown measures on children's lives and wellbeing.  This report finds that children are increasingly vulnerable and at risk from an in crease in

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

7. Sponsorship Programs Annual Report 2019

   

   Sponsorship Programs contribute to Save the Children’s vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. In 2019 Sponsorship administered $53 million of lifeenhancing programs that directly af

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

8. Covid-19 in Uganda: Keep children learning and safe while schools are closed

   

   Uganda has joined the growing number of countries to close all education facilities to try and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, which has left 15 million children out of school and facing increased risk of violence, exploitation and abuse. But closing sch

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

9. 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

10. Keeping Children Safe in Uganda's Covid-19 Response

    

    During the Covid-19 outbreak we are seeing a significant increase in protection risks for children, adolescents and youth in Uganda- including violence and abuse against children, as well as a rise in hazardous child labour, child marriage and poverty. Th

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | ChildFund International | ...

11. Implementing the Global Compact on Refugees for children: Examples of child-focused work

    

    At the time of writing, children make up over half of the world's refugees. These children face severe protection issues, and their care and development needs often go unmet. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the world, the situation for refugee

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts

12. The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

    

    Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Salami, Bukola | Iwuagwu, Stella | Amodu, Oluwakemi | Tulli, Mia | Nd ...

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