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Action Towards Increased Quality Education for Internally Displaced Children: Recommendations for the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
At the end of 2019, at least 13.4 million school-age children (5-17 years old) were internally displaced due to conflict or violence. These numbers are likely an underestimate with many internally displaced children unaccounted for due to lack of data. Th
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Killed and Maimed: A generation of violations against children
Millions of children are living in conflict. Hundreds of thousands of children have experienced grave violations of their rights – a quarter of a million violations against children have now been verified by the UN. Of these, more than 40% have involved t
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Listen To Us: Girls’ and boys’ gendered experiences of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Since 2014, an armed conflict has been ongoing in eastern Ukraine. An estimated 5.2 million people are affected by the conflict. This study aims to help fill a gap in evidence concerning the gendered impact of the conflict on boys and girls of different a
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Human Rights at the Time of COVID-19: A guidance note
This note highlights key principles that need to be complied with in the design and implementation of measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. Any emergency responses to the situation must be proportionate, necessary and non-discriminatory
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2021: Ukraine
Women and children in eastern Ukraine are still extremely vulnerable due to seven years of conflict. The conflict has largely negative consequences on civilians. Damaged homes and social infrastructure has led to mine contamination and limited access to s
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Family Strengthening: A collection of best practices from Eastern Europe
In December 2018, Save the Children (SC) commissioned the knowledge organization International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) to do an assessment on best practices of Family Strengthening interventions in middle-income countries. The aim is to provi
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Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action: GPC 2018 review
The five country case studies selected for the 2018 GPC Review (Afghanistan, South Sudan, Ukraine, Whole of Syria and Yemen) allow for more context specific reflection and highlight particular issues around accountability, shrinking humanitarian space, lo
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Holding the Keys: Humanitarian access and local organisations
Humanitarian action will never be effective if it does not reach those who need it the most. However, international humanitarian organizations often struggle to gain access to areas affected by conflict or crisis. In order to mitigate this problem, intern
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The Case for Complimentarity: Working together within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in armed conflict and other situations of violence
Since 2013, and particularly since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) that included the Grand Bargain commitments, discussions on the localization humanitarian action have abounded. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has sent a st
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Humanitarian Access and Local Organisations in Ukraine
There are an estimated four million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Ukraine. With political instability in Kyiv, the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia and conflict between the Government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists, int
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Ukraine: Protecting Children affected by conflict
Twelve-year-old Victoria* fled her home in eastern Ukraine when her town was shelled. She now lives in Sloviansk and attends Save the Children’s Child Friendly Space (CFS). Victoria’s mother registered her in the CFS because the conflict had affected her
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Ukraine: Our work in conflict-affected communities
Since 2014, more than 5 million people have been affected by the conflict in Ukraine. 1.7 million are children. Save the Children is providing essential aid to children and families affected by the conflict. Rebuilding homes, providing cash transfers, and