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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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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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A Generation Out of Place: The chronic urban emergency in Rift Valley, Kenya. Report from Profiling Children Connected to the Streets in Rift Valley Province
Research was conducted in five Rift Valley towns (Eldoret, Kitale, Molo, Nakuru, and Naivash) to understand the link between emergencies and the perceived increase of children joining the streets. Findings show that emergencies such as Kenya's post-electi
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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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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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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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Enhancing child protection systems
The newest thematic policy of Terre des hommes (Tdh) is entitled “Enhancing child protection systems”. Many organisations, including Terre des hommes, have been working since 2000 onthe development and strengthening of child protection systems.The aim of
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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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Protecting Children from Violence: A Synthesis of Evaluation Findings. Evaluation Report UNICEF
This meta-synthesis provides an evidence-base for guiding effective advocacy and programming for protecting children against violence, as outlined in the Terms of Reference. This report is based on a review of findings of 52 evaluations commissioned by va
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Don't call me a Street Child: Estimation and Characteristics of Urban Street Children in Georgia
This study is the first comprehensive assessment of street children ever done in Georgia and sets a unique precedent as few such studies have been carried out anywhere in the world. The research aimed to provide estimated numbers of street children in the
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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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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