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A FrameWorks Institute Communications Toolkit: Reframing early childhood development and learning
Reframing Early Childhood Development and Learning is a communications toolkit for building public support in Kenya for better child development policies and programmes. This collection of research, recommendations and sample communications is designed to
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Inter-European Social Workers’ Mobility within a Dynamic Social Work and Immigration Policy Context: A case study of England
Social workers are increasingly globally mobile, pursuing employment opportunities that combine professional and lifestyle projects. Social work skills and practice are embedded in cultural, linguistic and nation-specific legislative competencies. The cur
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NGOs and the Policy-making Process in Russia: The case of child welfare reform
This article explores the issue of the major reform of the child welfare sector that has been carried out in Russia in recent years. Focusing on deinstitutionalization and a child’s right to a family, this reform moves Russia in the direction of internati
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Global Kids Online: Research synthesis 2015-2016
The many stakeholders responsible for children’s safe and positive use of the internet (governments, civil society and the private sector alike) have an important task to formulate policies that are inclusive, balanced and based on solid evidence. But at
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Governance and Policy Coordination: The case of birth registration in Ghana
Coordination is a significant issue for the study of governance. Policy and practice in even the most specialized area often have implications or involve relationships beyond the sector, let alone relationships between different units or tiers of administ
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A Guide to building healthy parent-child relationships: A positive rights-based approach
Save the Children works towards eliminating all forms of corporal or physical punishment and other humiliating or degrading punishment of children in all settings. For this reason, Save the Children Italy, Save the Children Lithuania, Save the Children Ro
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Changing Children's Lives: Risks and Opportunities. Young Lives Policy Paper
Children’s development and well-being are significantly influenced by their family and community environment, with poor and marginalised children facing a heavier burden of risk. This paper summarises emerging findings from Young Lives to show how childre
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Nuestro derecho a ser escuchados. Versión amigable de la Observación General al Artículo Nro. 12 de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño
Article 12 of the Convention on the Right of the Child (CRC) upholds children’s right to express opinions, be heard and have these views taken into account in decisions. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued a General Comment on Article 12 w
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A Life Free From Hunger: Tackling child malnutrition
The world has enough food for everyone, but millions of children face a life sentence of hunger and malnutrition – the hidden reason so many die. A hidden malnutrition crisis is affecting one third of children in the developing world, impairing their deve
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Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Key challenges and Policy Issues
Asia, which is home to most of the world’s poor and undernourished populations, is finding increasing difficulty feeding its people as demand for food expands rapidly just as water and land resources decline. Because of these pressures, food prices have b
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The Barefoot Guide 2: Learning Practices in organisations and Social Change
This is a practical, do-it-yourself guide developed by the BareFoot Collective, aimed at leaders and facilitators wanting to help organisations to function and to develop in more healthy, human and effective ways as they strive to make their contributions
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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Nepal
This review paper seeks to answer the following overarching question: what do we know about livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Nepal? The paper is deliberately broad and ambitious, setting out to synthesise the available research on live