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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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Achieving the MDGs Targets in Nutrition: Does Inequality Matter?
The prevalence of malnutrition in Bangladesh is one of the highest in the world. Millions of children and women suffer from one or more forms of malnutrition including low birth weight, wasting, stunting, underweight, etc. Today, malnutrition not only aff
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Engaging men to prevent gender-based violence: A multi-country intervention and impact evaluation study
This report is an impact evaluation study of a multi-country project to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and promote gender equality. Implemented in India, Brazil, Chile and Rwanda, with support of United Nations Trust to End Viole
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Empowered lives: Resilient Bangladesh. Results achieved with our partners, 2006-2011
2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, providing an historic moment for reflection on the enormous distance that the nation has travelled since 1971. Emerging from a devastating conflict and facing innumerable challenges from the ou
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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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The case for investment [2011-2014]
A report highlighting the value of education, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) accomplishments to date, the main education challenges and how the GPE plans to overcome them. Investing in education is the single most effective means of reducing p
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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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Children as active citizens. A policy and programme guide- Commitments and obligations for children's civic rights and civic engagement in East Asia and the Pacific
This compendium presents a broad agenda for children’s civil rights and a wide range of approaches to children’s participation and citizenship. It is targeted at government decision makers and service providers, as well as development agencies, civil soci
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Because they are girls
This publication is the report of a desk study looking at the difference Plan projects and programmes have made to girls’ lives.Fifteen years ago Plan formally adopted the achievement of gender equality as a critical component in its strategy to eliminate
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Because I am a girl. Meeting the Millennium Development Goals? Real Choices, Real Lives
The 'Real Choices, Real Lives' study was set up in 2007 to follow 142 girls from birth until their 9th birthday in 2015. Now in its 4th year, it continues to follow 130 girls in 9 different countries across the world- Brazil, El Salvador, Dominican Republ
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Power, Voice and Rights: A turning point for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Human Development Report
Women still confront multiple forms of discrimination in every Asia-Pacific country. Despite robust growth and progress on many fronts, gender inequality persists and deprives the region of a significant source of human potential. Countries in the region
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EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development
The ‘EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development, 2010-2015’ aims to speed up the progress of the EU and its 27 Member States on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on equality and maternal health which are lagging behind.