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Evolving men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey [IMAGES]
This report summarizes multi-country findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), a comprehensive household questionnaire on men’s attitudes and practices – along with women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices – on a wide
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International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) Survey Questionnaires
This document includes the men’s and women’s questionnaires used to conduct the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) as part of the Men and Gender Equality Policy Project (MGEPP). The questionnaires ask about men’s attitudes and practices
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Stolen childhoods: A Study of Child Trafficking in the Kosi Region of Bihar
The report 'Stolen Childhoods: A Study of Child Trafficking in the Kosi Region of Bihar", India, prepared by Save the Children, shows that out of 8,252 children surveyed in two districts, 639 (7.7%), had been trafficked. There are fears that the problem w
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Understanding household economy in rural Niger
Niger is ranked 174 out of 179 countries on the Human Development Index. The country does not grow enough food to meet the needs of its rapidly expanding population and about one in five people faces extreme food insecurity. One in every five children die
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Chronic Poverty Amid Growth: Insights from Long-term Poverty Trajectories. [Young Lives Working Paper 84]
There has been growing interest in researching the dynamics of poverty, including poverty mobility. Looking at change over time and what caused this change can provide useful information for policymakers and those who seek to influence them. Young Lives i
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Barnfattigdomen i Sverige: Sammanfattning av Barns ekonomiska utsatthet i Sverige. Rädda Barnens årsrapport 2012
This new report summarizes the findings of Save the Children Sweden's Annual Report on Child Poverty 2012. It shows that 220,000 children were living in poverty in Sweden in 2008, and the figure is increasing. The child poverty rate has risen in 282 of 29
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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
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Children's Experiences and Perceptions of Poverty in Ethiopia. Working paper No. 85
This paper presents children’s experiences and perceptions of poverty. It draws on survey and qualitative data from the Young Lives study of poor children in Ethiopia. Through group exercises, discussions and interviews, children and young people aged 13-
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Child poverty in Dungarpur, Rajasthan. Gross violation of children’s rights
As India moves ahead on the path of economic growth, inequality continues to be widened alongside. Many people are excluded from the benefits of economic progress and children living in poor households suffer the most. This report presents a disheartening
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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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Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality of Opportunity in Peru: Taking Advantage of the Longitudinal Dimension of Young Lives
Multidimensional poverty and inequality of opportunity are closely interconnected concepts. Equality of opportunity levels the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, geographical location or family background, which are beyond the
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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