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An Equal Start. Why Gender Equality Matters for Child Survival and Maternal Health
Save the Children has recently published the report, "An Equal Start- Why Gender Matters for Child Survival and Maternal Health", which focuses on the huge ramifications of gender inequality and notably shows a clear correlation between the power and stat
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The European Union and Child Participation
More than two decades after the adoption of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child (UNCRC) children’s right to participation, set out in various articles of the UNCRC, continues to challenge prevailing attitudes and practice. In this paper, Save the Chi
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Practice Standards in Children's Participation. A user friendly summary
A child friendly summary of the report "Practice Standards in Children's Participation", which sums up what children can expect of Save the Children’s staff and partners in their child participation practice. These Practice Standards apply to all Save the
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Left further behind: how policies fail the poorest children in New Zealand
In 2008, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) produced Left Behind, which reflected the position of children in New Zealand. Three years later, the lack of substantial progress on so many issues facing children in this country led CPAG to update that publica
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Gender Equality in and through Education- INEE Pocket Guide to Gender
INEE Pocket Guide to Gender distils essential gender equality programming principles and provides concrete strategies for putting gender equality into practice. It is intended for anyone working to provide, manage or support education services as part of
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Gender-responsive strategies on climate change: Recent Progress and Ways Forward for Donors
This paper outlines a rationale for improved integration of gender into climate change and seeks to support donors in this endeavour by investigating the challenges and opportunities donors are facing, updating the wider body of work and knowledge on gend
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Child and youth participation in Finland: A Council of Europe Policy Review
The report “Child and youth participation in Finland – A Council of Europe policy review” provides a comprehensive analysis of the implementation in Finland of the right of children to participate in decisions affecting them. Taking as a starting point a
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State of Children’s Rights in England 2011: Review of Government action on United Nations’ recommendations for strengthening children’s rights in the UK
Every 5 years, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) issues a comprehensive report on the UK’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In October 2008, the UNCRC issued 118 recommendations applying to children’s rights i
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Disparities in education in South Asia. A Resource Toolkit
This Resource Tool Kit has been developed for UNICEF Education Officers in South Asia, and presents a synthesis of key issues related to disparities in education in the region and potential strategies to overcome or reduce these disparities. The document
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Evaluating Human Rights Training Activities. A Handbook for Human Rights Educators
Human rights education can contribute to its noble goals only if it is methodologically sound and fully relevant to the learners, so as to have a genuine empowering or sensitizing effect. Ensuring and measuring such impact on the learners and their commun
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Preventing Gender-based Violence: Building Livelihoods. Guidance and Tools for Improved Programming
Conflict and displacement destroy livelihoods and force people to adopt new strategies to support themselves. New livelihood strategies can increase the risk of gender-based violence (GBV). Women often have no safety net; they usually flee with few resour
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Accountability: Just and Democratic Local Governance. Quality and Equity in Public Service Provision
This handbook was produced by the ActionAid´s International Governance Team as part of the ELBAG (Economic Literacy & Budget Accountability in Governance) Handbook Series. The series focuses on the local level and seeks to support practitioners in their e