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Joint Participatory Child Protection Assessment with Rohingya Adolescents
In a context with limited service provision for and limited understanding of the needs of adolescent refugee girls and boys, the aim of this assessment was to enerate detailed, qualitative data on the perspectives of adolescent Rohingya children in order
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Very Young Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health and Gender Program Design Guide
The Very Young Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health and Gender Program Design Guide provides simple and actionable guidance for programs with very young adolescents (VYA) across different contexts. A resource for nongovernmental organizations, governme
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Scaling-up Normative Change Interventions for Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health: An Examination of the Evidence
A review article published in the Journal of Adolescent Health that examines the scale-up processes and documentation of 13 successful Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health (AYRH) interventions with significant normative change components that have bee
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Achieving Gender Equality by 2030: Putting adolescents at the center of the agenda
This report responds to the analysis and recommendations of a global coalition of adolescent health experts who find that the world will never achieve Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals aiming to "achieve gender equality and empower all women and
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Recognizing The Diversity of Adolescents and Youth: Review of service delivery approaches to reach adolescents and youth
This is a snapshot of the diversity that was found among adolescents and youths through review of service delivery approaches on Family Planning in hard to reach and under-served areas of Mwanza, Neno, Ntchisi, Nkhatabay and Rumphi
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Adolescents in Transition in the Horn of Africa
Cycles of drought, conflict and political instability in the Horn of Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia) continue to impact the wellbeing of children, and the situation is getting worse with the frequency of crises and growing population pressures. Inter
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Adolescents in Humanitarian Contexts E-Learning
Adolescents in Humanitarian Contexts is an interactive module designed by Save the Children in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Regional Office, to support practitioners working with adolescent girls and boys in humanitarian contexts. This module is bas
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Building Caregivers’ Emotional, Parental and Social Support Skills to Prevent Violence Against Adolescent Girls: Findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Democratic Republic of Congo
Parenting programmes are increasingly popular for reducing children’s exposure to interpersonal violence in low/middle-income countries, but there is limited evidence on their effectiveness. The researchers investigated the incremental impact of adding a
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National Multi-Sectoral Coordination Framework for Adolescent Girls 2017/2018- 2021/2022
This is a Multi-Sectoral Framework for Adolescent Girls in Uganda. It outlines the Government of Uganda’s commitments and efforts on investing in adolescence as the second decade of life. It outlines how Government Ministries will coordinate to deliver a
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Engaging Adolescents to Accelerate Progress on the first 1,000 Days
The fi rst 1,000 days, the period between the start of a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday, is the most critical time in life for growth and development and also the most responsive to interventions. Adolescence (ages 10-19) is another cri
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Preventing Violence Against Refugee Adolescent Girls: Findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Ethiopia
Interpersonal violence is a critical public health concern in humanitarian contexts, but evidence of effective violence prevention programmes targeting adolescent girls is lacking.The researchers investigated the efficacy of a life skills and safe spaces
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Parenting for Lifelong Health: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a non-commercialised parenting programme for adolescents and their families in South Africa
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of ‘Parenting for Lifelong Health: Sinovuyo Teen’, a parenting programme for adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries, on abuse and parenting practices. The study used a pragmatic cluster r