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Engendering Empowerment: Education & Equality. A companion volume to the E4 conferences
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set global targets to achieve universal primary education and eliminate gender disparity in all levels of education by 2015. As the deadline to meet those goals draws near, it is increasingly evident that although s
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Education for sustainable development in action: learning & training tools
The purpose of the publication is to describe ways in which education for sustainable development (ESD) can be integrated into primary and secondary schooling. This collection of briefs is designed to complement other ESD materials published by UNESCO. Th
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Righting the MDGs: contexts and opportunities for a post-2015 development framework
ActionAid UK’s briefing paper 'Righting the MDGs' on what should follow the Millennium Development Goals, is calling on the High-Level UN Panel on the Global Development Agenda beyond 2015, to recognise that only true global action can tackle the enormous
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Is School Education Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Children? Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
School education is held up as an ‘escape route from poverty’. Millions of poor children and families are buying into this promise and often investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a better life. This paper looks at
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Child poverty and inequality: New perspectives
The 21st century starts with vast inequalities for children in terms of income, access to food, water, health, education, housing, or employment for their families. Half of the world’s children are below the poverty line of $2 a day and suffer from multip
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South African Gauge 2012. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
The South African Child Gauge is the only publication in the country that provides an annual snapshot of the status of South Africa’s children. It is published by the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, to track South Africa’s progress towards
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Toward Gender Equality in Europe and Eurasia: A toolkit for Analysis
'Toward Gender Equality in Europe and Eurasia: A Toolkit for Analysis', has been prepared to provide USAID Mission staff working in the E&E region with a resource for conducting gender analysis in the context of project design. It is intended as a tool to
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What inequality means for children: Evidence from Young Lives
This Young Lives paper is a contribution to the global thematic consultation addressing inequalities within the post-2015 development agenda which is being co-organised by UNICEF and UN Women. Failure to fully integrate equality principles is recognised a
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Child Development Index 2012: Progress, Challenges and Inequality
The 2012 edition of the Child Development Index highlights the impressive progress the world has made in reducing child mortality and ensuring millions more children go to school. At the same time it warns of the impact of the failure to tackle child unde
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Championing Children's Rights: A global study of independent human rights institutions for children – summary report
This study is globally the first comprehensive review of independent human rights institutions for children. It takes stock of more than 20 years of their experience and highlights the purpose and potential of these institutions, what it is they do and ho
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¿Está el piso parejo para los niños del Perú? Medición y comprensión de la evaluación de las oportunidades
The World Bank and The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group report '¿Está el piso parejo para los niños del Perú?” [Is the Playing Field Leveling in Peru?], measures the evolution of children’s opportunit
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USAID's Global Health Strategic Framework
The U.S.Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Global Health Mission Statement: USAID supports partner countries in preventing and managing major health challenges of poor, underserved, and vulnerable people, leading to improved health outcomes