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Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal
Men who use caring words instead of violence, and who are equal partners in nurturing their children and caring for their homes, are not formed overnight. Attitudes and behaviours that lead to gender equality are developed through a socialisation process
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Breaking the Cycle of Exclusion: Roma children in Southeast europe
UNICEF's report 'Breaking the cycle of exclusion' addresses the key issues involving social exclusion of Roma children in eight South eastern European countries. It highlights the severity and the causes of exclusion of children and identifies the most c
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Children and adolescents without parental care in Latin America: Contexts, causes and consequences of the deprivation of the right to community- family- based care
This paper is based on the Latin American Report 'Children and adolescents without parental care in Latin America- Contexts, causes and consequences of the deprivation of the right to community- family- based care', which was prepared using reports from 1
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Barns ekonomiska utsatthet- Årsrapport 2012
Some 220,000 children were living in poverty in Sweden in 2008, and the figure is rising, says the new Save the Children report on child poverty. This report, which is the eighth annual update from the organisation addressing the issue of child poverty, u
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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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Theories of change in peacebuilding. Learning from the Experiences of Peacebuilding Initiatives in Nepal
This study is conducted as part of the initiative Strengthening Capacity to Design, Monitor and Evaluate Peacebuilding Programming, a collaborative project between CARE International UK and International Alert, implemented in Nepal, Uganda and Democratic
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Dynamics of Changing Nutritional Status of Children in Andhra Pradesh. Young Lives Working Paper No. 113
This paper by Young Lives examines the dynamics of nutritional status of children in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India in the years of 2002, 2006 and 2009 based on a sample of a cohort of 2000 children born in the year 2001-02. It observes whether a ch
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Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America
This joint report from SRSG-VAC, ILO, UN Women, UNFPA and UNICEF, is a thoughtful contribution to the global agenda to prevent and eliminate violence against indigenous girls, adolescents and young women. It offers valuable insights, positive experiences
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Aspiration Failure: A poverty trap for indigenous children in Peru? Young Lives Working Paper No. 116
This paper aims to contribute to understand the mechanisms underlying the complex exclusion process of indigenous people in Peru, by analysing the role played by aspirations in the investment in education of indigenous children. Aspirations of indigenous
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Learning about children in urban slums: A rapid ethnographic study in two urban slums in Mombasa of community based child protection mechanisms and their linkage with the Kenyan National Child Protection System
This 2013 report presents findings from a rapid ethnographic study about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two urban slums in Mombasa. It is the first in a series of reports from Kenya by the Inter-Agency Learning Initiative on
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Harmful Traditional Practices and Child Protection. Contested Understandings and Practices of Female Child Marriage and Circumcision in Ethiopia. Working Paper 93
This paper explores local perspectives on female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia. Both practices are widespread still, despite international and national efforts to eradicate them, and reflect deep-rooted patriarchal and gerontocratic values r
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What Determines Learning Among Kinh and Ethnic Minority Students in Vietnam? An Analysis of the Round 2 Young Lives Data [Working paper No. 80]
Ethnic minority children in Vietnam score much lower on mathematics and reading tests than do ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) children. This paper examines the acquisition of mathematics and reading skills in Vietnam, using the Young Lives household survey data