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Effectiveness of Community-based Infant and Young Child (IYCF) Support Group Model in Reducing Child Undernutrition Among Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam
This child nutrition project was implemented at Thuong Xuan District in Than Hoa province in Northern Vietnam and was jointly designed to be a community-based infant and young child (IYCF) support group model with Alive & Thrive as an SBCC intervention fo
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Baseline Results of the QUEST project in Myanmar
This report examines the results of the Quality (cross-border) Education Support in Thailand (QUEST) baseline assessment. The data collection was conducted from June to September 2017 and included 1,289 children from 86 Karen Education Department (KED) af
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Every Last Child Country Spotlight: Laos
Save the Children is campaigning at an international and national level to achieve the greatest impact for children with the Every Last Child Campaign. Laos, a landlocked country of 6.5 million people in Southeast Asia, has seen impressive economic growth
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A Research looking into Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Child Rights
This study investigates the child rights situation of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children in the Balkans. The project used mixed research methods. The research process was initiated with an analysis of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Ch
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Guide for working with Roma families towards achieving the success of their children in school. A transnational methodological proposal
This guide has been the product of the transnational project “Roma Families Get Involved: transnational methodology for working with Roma families towards their children´s success in education”. The involvement of the family in the education of children
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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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State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012. Events of 2011: Focus on land rights and natural resources
One of the overriding threats facing minorities and indigenous peoples in every region of the world is the risk of being driven from their land and natural resources, which are vital for their livelihoods, their culture and often their identity as a peopl
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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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Making Progress: Report of the Young Lives School Survey in Vietnam [Working Paper No. 100]
In recent years Vietnam has achieved high levels of enrolment in basic education and undertaken important reforms intended to improve school quality. To understand home background and school-level influences on pupil achievement and progress and on the ef
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FRA Annual Report 2012- Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2012
Against a backdrop of rising unemployment and increased deprivation, this 2012 FRA Annual report closely examines the situation of those, such as children, who are vulnerable to budget cuts, impacting important fields such as education, healthcare and soc
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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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Case Study. Helen builds a more helpful future at Kindergarten in Albania
Save the Children in Albania and the local authorities of the Municipality of Berat agreed to join efforts through a project agreement actively involving children, families and community members in the struggle to reduce the use of violence against childr