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We Can Work it Out Manual [Arabic]
The We Can Work it Out manual is for everyone working with parents. With great cartoons throughout, it provides material for a half-day workshop that gets parents thinking about how they can manage their children's behaviour without resorting to emotional
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Baby-dumping and infanticide- Monograph No. 1
Infanticide and baby-dumping are crimes, but these acts are also cries for help. New mothers – especially young mothers – may feel overwhelmed by the idea of parenthood. They may have difficulty coping with the drastic physical and emotional changes they
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Raising one voice: A Training Manual for Advocates on the Rights of Child Domestic Workers
This manual is a resource and practical training guide to help organisations who work with child domestic workers to train and develop advocates using the concepts and frameworks described in the handbook. The aim is to help organisations to improve the c
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For the price of a bike: child trafficking in Togo
The trafficking of children is one of the most severe violations of human rights in the world today, involving over 1,000,000 children worldwide and hundreds of thousands of children in West Africa alone. This report looks into the extent, causes, forms a
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Arbetsbok för barn och ungdomar som upplevde flodvågen. En praktisk handledning för dem som arbetar med barn och unga som var med om flodvågskatastrofen.
A training manual for the children and young people who survived the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster of December 2004. It serves as a practical guide for those who work with the children and adolescents who returned to Sweden and Norway after
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Living behind barriers. Palestinian Children Speak Out
This report was presented to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to highlight how the violations of children’s rights in the occupied Palestinian territories continue to create barriers in achieving protection and development of children. The wa
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Emergencies and the psychosocial care and protection of affected children (Concept paper)
A concept paper presented by Save the Children Sweden, entitled: "Emergencies and the psychosocial care and protection of affected children", covering the topic of children's right to psychosocial support in emergency settings. Exposure to acute emergency
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Psychosocial care & protection of children in emergencies: A Field Guide
This Field Guide to Psychosocial Programs in Emergencies is an introduction to psychosocial care and protection and a valuable tool to field staff. It is one of a series compiled through its Children and War Capacity Building Initiative. Through this init
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Lucha contra el castigo físico en la familia. Manual de información
'Family is where corporal punishment is most frequent'. The objective of this handbook is to prevent corporal punishment within the family setting and to set the foundations for a positive relation between parents and children. The publication is part of
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Good practices guide for assisting children who were trafficked to sexual exploitation purposes
Romania has become a sending and transit country for victims of trafficking. Children, women and persons with disabilities are sold and exploited in various countries (former Yugoslavian states, Western and Asian countries). Such a disturbing increase in
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Piloting Methods for the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programme Impact in Eastern Sri Lanka
A compilation of guidelines and tools that can be used in the evaluation of psychosocial programming with youth. The tools are participatory, can be used in a variety of contexts and are easily implemented by local practitioners. The report is based on th
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National coalition for children as zones of peace. A national campaign to protect children from armed conflict and its effects in Nepal
The escalation of conflict and political instability in Nepal has affected almost every sector of society and has had an adverse impact on the lives of children. Thousands are displaced and deprived of their basic rights to education and a safe environmen