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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. Children in Uganda speak out on COVID-19

   

   During COVID-19 we are seeing an increase in violence and abuse against children, and poverty forcing children into hazardous child labour and child marriage. Through the Joining Forces Coalition. children were brought together from all over Uganda to tak

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Joining Forces Coalition

4. 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 | ...

5. Downward Spiral: The economic impact of COVID-19 on refugees and displaced people

   

   The economic impact of measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on people affected by conflict and displacement. Exaggerating numerous pre-existing vulnerabilities and challenges, COVID-19 are causing refugees and di

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): NRC, Norwegian Refugee Council Author(s): Gorevan, Daniel

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. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

12. How the Humanitarian Response to COVID-19 Failed to Protect Women and Girls

    

    During the spread of COVID-19, gender-based violence increased across the globe. This report raises the voices of 852 refugee and displaced women in 15 African countries across East Africa, West Africa and the Great Lakes regions, enabling them to express

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): International Rescue Committee Author(s): Abwola, Nancy | Michelis, Ilaria

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