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The Global Slavery Index 2013
The Global Slavery Index Report 2013 published by the Walk Free Foundation. Modern slavery includes slavery, slavery-like practices, human trafficking and forced labour. Key finding from this inaugural Index is that there are an estimated 29.8 million pe
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Protect my future: The links between child protection and good governance
This paper, written by Ghazal Keshavarzian, an Independent Consultant working for Family for Every Child, is part of an inter-agency series on the links between child protection and major development goals. The lack of adequate care and protection of ch
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Stepping up Child Protection in Niger! Key facts and features on child protection in Niger
This document, published by Save the Children in Niger, provides you with key facts and features on child protection in Niger. Niger is currently facing a potentially deadly food crisis brought on by crop failure, rising food prices and insecurity in neig
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Learning about children in urban slums: A rapid ethnographic study in two urban slums in Mombasa of community based child protection mechanisms and their linkage with the Kenyan National Child Protection System
This 2013 report presents findings from a rapid ethnographic study about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two urban slums in Mombasa. It is the first in a series of reports from Kenya by the Inter-Agency Learning Initiative on
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Reaching for Home: Global learning on family reintegration in low and lower-middle income countries
This inter-agency, desk-based research aims to arrive at a clearer understanding of reintegration practices for separated children in low and lower-middle income countries. The research pulls together learning from practitioners and academics working with
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Child Protection and Child Friendly Justice: Lessons Learned from Programmes in Ethiopia. Executive Summary
This publication is a summary of a research study report entitled " Introducing Child Protection and Child Friendly Justice in a Society with Complex Socioeconomic Challenges: Experiences and Lessons Learnt from Ethiopia, 2011". It highlights the interven
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Struggling to Survive- Children Living Alone on the Streets of Tanzania and Kenya
A new study by Railway Children finds a 'silent war' is being waged in Tanzania and Kenya against children forced on to the streets. The children who took part in the study have been exposed to a relentless ordeal of extreme physical and sexual violence,
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Consultations with children on their priorities for the post-MDG framework
In late 2012 and early 2013, consultations were held in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi with boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 17 years who were living without parental care. Participating children were living in the following circumstances: 1. those livin
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Evaluating Outcomes: Retrak's use of the Child Status Index to measure wellbeing of street-connected children
This report offers an evaluation of the impact of Retrak's programmes in Ethiopia and Uganda (2011 and 2012) and the progress of the children involved in the programmes, using the Child Status Index (CSI) as a measurement of child wellbeing and a tool for
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Street Children: A Mapping & Gapping Review of the Literature 2000 to 2010
This paper presents a unique Literature Review of international research studies about street children published during the decade from 2000 to 2010. Studies have been collected and mapped into 12 thematic sections, drawing on more than 400 papers, chapte
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Surviving the streets. A census of street children in Delhi by the Institute for Human Development and Save the Children
Save the Children, in collaboration with the Institute for Human Development (IHD), conducted a census of street children in all nine districts of Delhi in 2010, to find out how many children are living and working on the street in the city and to gain a
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Retrak PEPFAR Summary Report: Sustainable Reintegration of Orphans and Vulnerable Children into Family and Community Life in Uganda and Ethiopia
Retrak is a UK based charity that works with street associated children in Africa to give them a real alternative to life on the street. Between 2008 and 2011, Retrak in Uganda and Ethiopia was able to support over 2800 street children and more than 1800