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Resources for the Rights of the Child – Responsibility of States. Children's right to education: Measuring investments and outcomes in India
Paper submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Day of General Discussion, on the theme: "Resources for the Rights of the Child- Responsibility of States. Childrens right to education: Measuring investments and outcomes in India". Th
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The Joy of Learning. Participatory lesson plans on hygiene, sanitation, water, health and the environment
This guide is mainly aimed at teachers and others who want to design participatory learning activities on hygiene and sanitation. It includes a theory section and lesson plans. The lesson plans are organized into three sections: hygiene, sanitation and wa
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Rewrite the Future: Education for Children in conflict-affected countries
Over 40 countries across the world launched Rewrite the Future, Save the Children's biggest global campaign in its 85-year history. The research reveals the devastating consequences of armed conflict on education in 30 countries. Schools are destroyed or
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Côte d'Ivoire Country Briefing
The quality of education has worsened since the beginning of the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002. The retention rate is 52 percent and absenteeism of children can be quite high. Children have few opportunities to participate in school decisions. Save t
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Angola Country Briefing
Though Angola’s 27-year civil war ended in 2002, the country still ranks as one of the worst places for children to grow up.The debt-ridden government spends much of its budget on food and health, leaving little for education.Save the Children is working
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Rewrite the Future. 43 million children are out of school because of conflict (short version)
43 million children living in countries around the world wrecked by war and armed conflict are being left without the chance to go to school. This report is part of Save the Children's five-year Rewrite the Future education initiative, which seeks to help
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Let our children teach us! A review of the role of education and knowledge in disaster risk reduction
This review examines good practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge, and innovation, and focuses on activity in education, public risk awareness, training and research in order to meet two new initiatives to achieve this goal: the Act
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Think smart: Giving rural children access to basic education
This book is about Save the Children and the Amhara Regional Education Bureau’s approach to Alternative Basic Education (ABE) in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Alternative Basic Education addresses the many obstacles rural children face when it comes to sch
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Rewrite the future in Côte d'Ivoire, September 2006-2008
For the last decade, Côte d’Ivoire has experienced a socio-political crisis, which has had severe humanitarian consequences for children. Children’s enrollment and access to school have greatly declined, as did the quality of the education available due t
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Last in line, last in school 2008
Last in Line Last in School 2008, is an update of a previous report that highlighted the need for an international aid architecture that ensures long-term and sustainable aid for education during periods of conflict and emergency. The 2008 report does not
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Last in Line, Last in School 2008. How donors can support education for children affected by conflict and emergencies
Last in Line, Last in School 2008 demonstrates the urgent need for donors to increase aid for education in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS). It highlights the need for an international aid architecture that ensures long-term and sustainable aid for
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A study on violence against girls in primary schools and its impacts on girls education in Ethiopia
The primary focus of the study is on the situation of violence against girls in primary schools. This focus is determined by the strategic focus of Save the Children Denmark (SCD), which is access to quality primary education. As a means to assess the sit