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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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Masculinidades y políticas de equidad de género: Reflexiones a partir de la encuesta Images y una revisión de políticas en Brasil, Chile y México
This report presents discussions and recommendations for the development of policies that involve men as active participants for gender equity achievement. It contains data from IMAGES (International Men And Gender Equality Survey) and a policy analysis c
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After the Millennium Development Goals: Setting out the options and must haves for a new development framework in 2015
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) achieved much for children all over the world. They helped to channel political commitment and investments – bringing about reductions in poverty, child mortality and improvements in educational enrolment. In 2015 t
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Tras los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio: Estableciendo las opciones y los elementos esenciales para un nuevo marco de desarrollo en 2015
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) achieved much for children all over the world. They helped to channel political commitment and investments – bringing about reductions in poverty, child mortality and improvements in educational enrolment. In 2015 t