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Young Voices Brochure: Find out what young people really think
What began as a local advocacy tool, launched by Save the Children Sweden in 2014, has crossed the globe, being implemented by six countries and counting. Young Voices is a valuable method to collect the views of children aged 12 to 16 on issues that conc
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Safe from Harm: Protecting every child and teacher at school
Schools should be safe and happy zones of learning. Giving children an opportunity to learn at school is essential for social and emotional development, for them to progress through the education system, secure a better future for themselves, and for the
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Local to Global: Working for change
Local to Global, developed by Save the Children Sweden, is a programme that began in 2013 as part of the wider Save the Children EVERY ONE Campaign. The campaign aimed to drastically reduce millions of child and maternal deaths from preventable causes. Be
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Global Advocacy Toolkit for the Social Service Workforce
There has been an increasing need for a stronger common narrative by social service workforce advocates. Whereas a common narrative is differently defined by all, it necessarily requires a common understanding of facts and advocacy messaging. This foundat
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Evaluation of the Local to Global Programme 2013-15
This evaluation of Save the Children Sweden’s Sida-funded “Local to Global” (LtoG) programme was undertaken to examine the extent to which the LtoG approach of doing simultaneous advocacy work at local, national and global levels has contributed to achiev
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We are Campaigning for All Children: Awareness campaign and mobilization against domestic child labor in Haiti
In Haiti, 207,000 children aged 5 to 14 are involved in unacceptable domestic work. Save the Children are campaigning for children in unacceptable domestic work situations. The national campaign "Tout Timoun Ladann" aims to raise awareness and mobilize on
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Save the Children Sweden's International Development Assistance Academy
Do Swedish politicians today have the solid knowledge and experience required to ensure that the international aid is relevant and that we as actors get the right tools and frameworks to meet the new challenges of today? With this in mind, Save the Childr
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When the State Doesn't Care: A guide to accessing justice for violations of children's rights in care institutions in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Caucasus
Neglect and abuse of children in care institutions in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Caucasus has been well researched and documented. Governments have known for decades, yet few victims have received redress for the harm suffered. And when the c
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Bata at Bahaghari: Experiences of LGBT children in the Philippines
In April 2016, ASEAN SOGIE caucus and the Civil Society Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of the Child joined together to hold a workshop titled "Bata at Bahaghari: Children’s Workshop on the Rights of LGBT Children." The aim of the workshop was t
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Influencing in Emergencies: A joint action after action review
Nearly two years since Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, advocacy teams from ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision take a step back to evaluate their respective advocacy engagements. This report puts together w
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Policy Influence and Advocacy
Policy influence and advocacy are increasingly regarded as a means of creating sustainable policy change in international development. It is often also seen as a difficult area to monitor and evaluate. Yet there is an increasingly rich strand of innovatio
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Plaidoyer Budgétaire dans le Domaine de la Santé: Guide pour les organisations de la société civile
What is budget advocacy in the health field? Why is budget advocacy important? How do you go about it? This guide seeks to answer these questions in an accessible way. It begins by covering basic budget considerations: how budgets are funded, the inner wo