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Continuidad y respeto por la diversidad: Fortaleciendo las transiciones tempranas en Perú
This working paper is part of a series on early transitions from Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. It explores the diverse experiences of 28 children from four contrasting communities in P
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The Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Universal Access to Family Planning and Reproductive Health
The MDGs offer precise time-bound targets for promoting global development. MDG Target 5B calls for universal access to reproductive health care. By adding this target, world leaders reaffirmed that access to reproductive health care—including family plan
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School drop out: patterns, causes, changes and policies: Background paper for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011- The hidden crisis: armed conflict and education
Policies to improve school progression and reduce the numbers of children dropping out of school are critical if Universal Primary Education (UPE) is to be achieved. This background paper for the UNESCO Global Monitoring Report (GMR) team draws on a range
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What Happened? A study on the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in five countries: Estonia, Nepal, Peru, Uganda and Yemen
A study on the impact of the the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Peru, Estonia, Uganda, Yemen and Nepal, undertaken by Save the Children Sweden. The UNCRC has had an undeniable impact at national level shown by changes to l
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Increasing choice or inequality? Pathways through early education in Andhra Pradesh, India. Working Paper No. 58, Studies in Early Childhood Transitions- Bernard van Leer Foundation
This working paper is part of the Studies in Early Transitions series emerging from Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. It explores recent trends for children growing up in Andhra Pradesh, o
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Case Study. Junior reporters in China: Children's participation for promoting health among migrants
Migrants living in urban areas in China with no residency permits often have limited or no access to basic services, such as health, education and adequate accommodation. Health and hygiene conditions in schools are also a matter of concern. Save the Chil
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Literacy Boost: Pakistan- Year 1 Report
In 2010, Save the Children began implementing the Literacy Boost program – an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills – in Allai Tehsil, part of the Battagram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provin
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Save the Children Presentation: Conceptual Framework for Literacy Intervention. Addis Ababa Conference 2011
Save the Children's Literacy Boost program is an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills. This presentation reviews the conceptual framework and the research backing Literacy Boost, as well as the
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Equity and quality? Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru
Part of the "Studies in Early Transitions" series, this Working Paper draws on interviews and observations carried out as part of Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam based at the University o
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Rewrite the Future Global Evaluation- Afghanistan Midterm Country Report
Rewrite the Future is a global programme and campaign by Save the Children that aims to bring quality education to children in countries affected by conflict. The global evaluation seeks to investigate how Save the Children’s project level interventions h
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Rewrite the Future Global Evaluation- Angola Midterm Country Report
Rewrite the Future is a global programme and campaign by Save the Children that aims to bring quality education to children in countries affected by conflict. The global evaluation seeks to investigate how Save the Children’s project level interventions h
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Bangladesh Program: Emergent and early grades reading assessment- Baseline report
Since 2007, Save the Children has been introducing program-focused early grade reading assessments in selected basic education programs.This report explores the validity of an early grades reading assessment in Bangla, and examines baseline reading abilit