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Child well-being in rich countries: A comparative overview. Innocenti Report Card 11
This research was conducted by the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti, as part of the Report Card series which is designed to monitor and compare the performance of economically advanced countries in securing the rights of their children. The Report card
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South African Child Gauge 2012
How well is South Africa doing in fulfilling its constitutional commitments to children? This is a question that motivates the Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town, which publishes the South African Child Gauge, the only publication in the
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Moving to Condominium Housing? Views about the Prospect among Caregivers and Children in Addis Ababa and Hawassa, Ethiopia. Young Lives Working Paper No. 106
The urban landscape in Ethiopia is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation, with whole neighbourhoods in the centre of major cities being cleared for urban development. The urban renewal programmes have the twin objectives of promoting urban gro
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Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2013
The latest annual Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion Report by the New Policy Institute (NPI) gives a comprehensive picture of poverty in the UK. It features independent analysis of a range of indicators, including low income, unemployment, low pay,
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Living in Urban Areas due for Redevelopment: Views of Children and their Families in Addis Ababa and Hawassa. Young Lives Working Paper No. 105
This report is the first of three resulting from a sub-study conducted by Young Lives in four communities in Ethiopia, three in Addis Ababa and one in Hawassa, to examine what happens to children and their families living in areas that are due to be redev
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Checklista för ett gott mottagande av asylsökande barn i familj
A checklist for a better reception of children and young people in families seeking asylum in Sweden, i.e. accompanied by one or both parents and eventual siblings. The checklist, published by Save the Children Sweden, has been developed applying a child
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Children First and Foremost: A guide to realising the rights of children and families in an irregular migration situation
This guide is the result of PICUM's two year project “Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Undocumented Children in Europe”, which aimed to spread understanding of the challenges children in an irregular migration situation face in accessing t
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No place like home: An Assessment of the Housing, Land and Property Rights of Palestinian Refugee Women in Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has embarked on a three-year initiative designed to help increase displaced women's access to housing, land and property rights through international and national advocacy. The project aims to provide well-researched le
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Fleeing war, finding misery: The plight of the internally displaced in Afghanistan
About 400 people are displaced every day in Afghanistan. With the conflict intensifying in recent years, entire communities have fled their homes in search of greater security – and their numbers are rising. Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter
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South African Gauge 2012. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
The South African Child Gauge is the only publication in the country that provides an annual snapshot of the status of South Africa’s children. It is published by the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, to track South Africa’s progress towards
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The Worst Forms of Child Labour in Asia. Main findings from Bangladesh and Nepal
For the IREWOC project "The Worst Forms of Child Labour in Asia" Afke de Groot studied children in brick kilns, restaurants, and those working as porters in Nepal; Anna Ensing studied children working in the leather sector and the conditions of working gi
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Southern Sudan’s children – time to deliver peace and development (Policy Brief)
This coming year is crucial for Southern Sudan’s children, with elections in April and a referendum in January 2011 on whether the region should become independent. The Government of Southern Sudan has made considerable progress in establishing regional s