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Equity
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For every child, a fair chance: The promise of equity
UNICEF’s ’equity agenda’ proposes that the greatest hope of breaking intergenerational cycles of inequity and poverty in society is through giving all children, especially the most disadvantaged, a fair chance in life. This report outlines the milestones
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Equity Improvements in Maternal and Newborn Care Indicators: results from the Bardiya district of Nepal
This document measures equity improvements after the implementation of a Community Based Newborn Care Package in the Bardiya district of Nepal. The results of this study indicate that community-based interventions delivered by female community health volu
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Literacy Boost: Cross-country analysis report
Literacy Boost is Save the Children’s innovative, evidence-based program to support the development of reading skills in young children. Literacy Boost holistically pursues the goal of literacy by using assessments to identify gaps and measure improvement
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Universal Health Coverage: A Commitment to Close the Gap
A report by the Rockefeller Foundation, Save the Children, UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) focuses on how and why inequity – unfair and avoidable inequalities – should be prioritised as countries progress on the p
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Children and economic strengthening program: Maximizing benefits and minimizing harm
This guide is designed for practitioners designing or implementing economic strengthening (ES) programs in low-income settings that are sensitive to the protection needs and well-being of vulnerable children. The guide provides an overview of key learning
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Improving Education Quality, Equity and Access: A Report on Findings from the Young Lives School Survey (Round 1) in Ethiopia [Working Paper No. 96]
This paper presents key findings from Young Lives school survey in Ethiopia conducted in 2009–10, contextualised by cross-sectional evidence from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. The findings suggest that educational exclusion operates through
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Getting to Zero: How we can be the generation that ends poverty
Save the Children’s new report, "Getting to Zero: How we can be the generation that ends poverty". The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set of concrete goals and targets to be achieved by 2015 – have helped to spur unprecedented rates of poverty r
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Children's Health and Health Equity. Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020- Investment in Children
Negotiations on the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) are expected to end by mid 2013, allowing the new EU budget to enter into force in 2014. The MFF will establish EU spending between 2014 and 2020 and provides a political as well as budge
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Equity and Inclusion for All in Education
The Global Campaign for Education’s report explores issues of marginalisation beyond gender, including disability, ethnicity and geographical location, and their implications for educational access and achievement. It undertakes a systematic analysis of t
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No Child Born to Die: Closing the gaps
Save the Children's new campaign ‘No child born to die’ aims to close the gaps in immunisation provision, healthcare workers and finance that prevent children in the world’s poorest countries gaining access to the healthcare they need. Without access to t
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Protect my future: The links between child protection and equity
This paper, commissioned by Family for Every Child and written by Andy West and Emily Delap is part of an inter-agency series on the links between child protection and major development goals. This series is contributing to a global inter-agency campaign
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Ensuring Women and Girls’ Rights to Water and Sanitation Post-2015
This policy brief explores the barriers which continue to prevent women and girls enjoying their basic human rights and looks at how a greater emphasis placed on issues of equity, discrimination, sustainability, politics and local knowledge could help to