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Briefing from Global Initiative to end all corporal punishment of children [June 2008]
This report provides supplementary information on Uganda's first periodic report on the implementation of the CRC Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC). The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children s
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Promising rights- Introducing children´s rights in school
The book explores the experience of one primary school in trying to make the promises of rights a reality. It is an honest account that does not skirt around any hesitations and concerns that have arisen. But the general outcome is a positive one with sig
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Colombia Briefing
This country briefing of Colombia looks at the ongoing armed conflict between the government and illegal armed groups, now entering its fifth decade, which has caused immense suffering to the Colombian civil population. Internal displacement has reached u
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Niñez y Juventud: Dislocaciones y Mudanzas
'Niñez y Juventud: Dislocaciones y Mudanzas' is a continuation of the debates and discussions initiated at the III Latin American Network Conference of July 2006 “Childhood and Youth: Dislocations and Changes". It is a publication by Programa Infancia bas
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Deprived children and education- Ethiopia
In January 2006 Irewoc started a child-based research project on deprived children and education in which the focus is on the realities of the children and their parents. This study aims to deepen the understanding as to why many children do not go to sch
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Learning about children affected by conflict in Sudan and Southern Sudan- A teachers resource
This resource has been developed as part of the Save the Children Alliance campaign Rewrite the Future to ensure changes to children’s education in countries affected by conflict.This long-term programme to provide education for children in crisis.It prov
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Good Governance and Budget Tracking– from a Child Rights Perspective
'Good Governance and Budget Tracking– from a Child Rights Perspective' by Save the Children Sweden. The main objective of this document is to find out how the governance process and the manner of its resource allocation serve the best interest of the chil
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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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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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Private Sector Involvement in Education: A perspective from Nepal and Pakistan
This document, submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on "Theme Day 2002", provides case studies of the impact of private schools on the provision of primary and secondary education in Nepal and Pakistan. The paper concludes with recommenda
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China: Right to education and the rights of children affected by AIDS
Supplementary report to China's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, submitted by Human Rights Watch to the UNCRC in June 2005, which concerns the right to education and the rights of children affected
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The Less They Know, the Better: Abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on Uganda 's response to HIV and AIDS. Despite a reported dramatic drop in HIV prevalence in Uganda in the 1990s, from an estimated