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1. Feeling the Heat: Child survival in a changing climate

   

   Climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century and represents an immediate global emergency. Tackling the issues children face as a result of climate change must be made a priority. Save the Children's report, Feeling t

   Publication year: 2009 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): Baker, Lydia

2. Children and Climate Change. Policy Brief

   

   Every year, around 250,000 children die before their fifth birthday as a result of climate change. Changing weather patterns are increasing malnutrition and the spread of disease, and making natural disasters more frequent and intense. Climate change is a

   Publication year: 2009 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK

3. Helping Haiti's Children: The first three months of Save the Children's earthquake response

   

   The devastating January 2001 earthquake — a 7-magnitude shock that left more than 3 million people in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne, Petit Goave, Jacmel and surrounding areas in desperate need — has exacted a heavy toll on Haiti’s children. They have lost famil

   Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Save the Children US

4. Emergency response- Violence in southern Kyrgyzstan. After the violence, shattered lives (6 month update)

   

   On June 10, 2010, violent clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan, lasting five days, and leading to major population displacements both in and outside the country. The fighting has driven an estimated 400,000 people from their ho

   Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

5. Devastation in South East Asia: 6 months on. Saving lives, protecting vulnerable children and rebuilding livelihoods

   

   Just one week in late September/early October 2009 brought an unprecedented number of emergencies in South East Asia- Typhoon Ketsana slammed into the Philippines and Vietnam and a deadly earthquake rocked Western Sumatra. The devastation was widespread a

   Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK

6. UN Working Paper No 2: The Rights and Guarantees of Internally Displaced Children in Armed Conflict

   

   Published by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, this working paper highlights the unique vulnerabilities and risks faced by children who are internally displaced in armed conflict. The paper

   Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

7. Children on the Move. A Report on Children of Afghan Origin Moving to Western Countries

   

   This study is a small snapshot of individual stories of children of Afghan origin on the move to western countries. The study focuses on the stories of 20 unaccompanied children of Afghan origin who applied for asylum in Norway and the UK. Within Afghanis

   Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Boland, Kerry

8. Protecting Palestinian children from political violence.The role of the international community. Forced Migration Policy Briefing 5

   

   Drawing on extensive field and desk research, this study considers the role of international and UN organisations in protecting Palestinian children. Four distinguishing features of a rights-based approach to child protection are identified: the prioritis

   Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Author(s): Hart, Jason | Lo Forte, Claudia

9. Bearing the brunt again. Child Rights Violations during Operation Cast Lead

   

   This joint report by Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Defence for Children International, illustrates the scale and range of serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by the Israeli army during Operation Cast Le

   Publication year: 2009 Publisher(s): DCI, Defence for Children International | Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights

10. Barriers to Accessing Primary Education in Conflict-Affected Fragile States. Final Report

    

    Current educational policy and practice are failing the 77 million out-of-school children globally, 41 million of whom live in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS). This research seeks to identify the factors affecting access to primary education for c

    Publication year: 2009 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Dryden-Peterson, Sarah

11. Global HIV/AIDS Capability Statement

    

    The report highlights Save the Children´s key competencies and experience in HIV/AIDS work, focusing on three priority areas: i. Prevention of infections amongst newborns and care for those infected; ii. Sexuality and HIV; and iii. Scaling up care and sup

    Publication year: 2007

12. Protecting children. Community attitudes to child sexual abuse in rural Mozambique

    

    This study examines community perceptions of child sexual abuse and exploitation in the Districts of Mopeia and Morrumbala in Mozambique’s Zambezia Province. Based on a series of focus group discussions and individual interviews, this study aims to unders

    Publication year: 2007 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): van Deijk, Rivka

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