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Protecting the rights of Palestinian children affected by armed conflicts through community-based mechanism in the Gaza Strip and North Lebanon. Regional Workshop May 9-12th, 2011, Amman, Jordan
This report documents the proceedings that took place over the course of a four-day workshop May 9-12th, 2011 in Amman, Jordan. It describes the best practices developed by the workshop’s participants, which address protection needs of children living in
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Working with children and their environment. Manual of psychosocial skills
A new manual developed by Terre des hommes (Tdh) answers pressing questions: which are the skills needed by professionals working with children? How can they be improved and afterwards assessed? Because today we know that special skills are required to be
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The Recruitment and Use of Girls in Armed Forces and Groups in Angola: Implications for ethical research and reintegration
This paper examines the case of girls' recruitment in Angola, which has received relatively little attention. The Angolan case is particularly interesting because it reveals that girls' recruitment is neither incidental nor driven by convenience but owes
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Sport & Development- A summary of SAD's experiences and good practices
This report provides an overview of four of its Sport & Development pilot projects that examine the use of sport as a tool for reaching development and humanitarian objectives. This report aims to uncover the development potential of sport in three post-c
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En la violencia de género no hay ni una sola víctima. Atención a los hijos e hijas de mujeres víctimas de violencia de género
The report, which is part of Save the Children's campaign "En la violencia de género no hay ni una sola víctima", seeks to draw attention to the plight of children who witness gender and domestic violence: the invisible victims. There may be as many as 80
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Why didn't they tell us? On sexual abuse in child pornography
Under the aegis of Save the Children Sweden, the first reports about child pornography and child prostitution in Sweden appeared in 1991 and 1994 (55, 56). After the discovery of the Huddinge child pornography ring, there was an intensified debate about c
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Child maltreatment at home: Prevalence among orphans and vulnerable children in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This research briefly describes the prevalence of physical and verbal maltreatment among highly vulnerable children (HVC) in areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Aftrica, and identifies factors associated with maltreatment. Data were collected for the baseline p
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Equal Protection for Children. An overview of the experience of countries that accord children full legal protection from physical punishment
In the UK, the continued existence of the defence allowing parents to use ‘reasonable chastisement’ when disciplining their children remains a barrier to fully respecting children as human beings in their own right. This report, published by NSPCC, seeks
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Introduction to Child Protection in Emergencies- an Interagency Modular Training Package
This document is the psychosocial module of the Introduction to Child Protection in Emergencies and Interagency Modular Training Package. This module is divided into the following sections: Part 1 presents a background to psychosocial issues including the
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Defining Success: Developing Locally Meaningful Indicators for Child-centered Psychosocial Programming in Uganda
How can we measure the impact of community-based psychosocial programs on the sustained well-being of children and families? This question was addressed by the Child Protection in Crisis Learning Network through its 2010 ethnographic study in Uganda. Inte
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Children in hazardous work. What we know- What we need to know
This report reviews the current state of knowledge concerning children in hazardous work and presents the case for a new focus on the issue as part of the wider global effort to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. The report highlights recent globa
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Violence faite aux enfants en milieu scolaire au Mali
This joint publication by Plan and Save the Children is based on a field survey conducted in 2009 on the perceptions of local communities regarding school violence. Aimed at policy makers, civil society organisations, local communities, families and child