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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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Policy Impact Analysis: Providing Additional Support to Students from Vulnerable Groups in Pre-University Education
This study provides an overview of the institutional and legal framework, policies, and measures aimed at enhancing the education of poor and vulnerable children in Serbia, as well as those that should be analyzed further with respect to their social and
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Barnfattigdom i Sverige. Årsrapport 2013
According to Save the Children Sweden's (SCS) latest report on child poverty in Sweden, 232,000 children lived below the poverty line in 2011 (12,1%), which constitutes a decrease of 0.6 percentage points compared to a year earlier (10,000 fewer children)
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South African Child Gauge 2012
How well is South Africa doing in fulfilling its constitutional commitments to children? This is a question that motivates the Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town, which publishes the South African Child Gauge, the only publication in the
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Breaking the Cycle of Exclusion: Roma children in Southeast europe
UNICEF's report 'Breaking the cycle of exclusion' addresses the key issues involving social exclusion of Roma children in eight South eastern European countries. It highlights the severity and the causes of exclusion of children and identifies the most c
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Children trafficked for exploitation in begging and criminality: A challenge for law enforcement and child protection
In 2002, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) established an Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk (EGCC), a group of representatives from the ministries responsible for child policy in the CBSS Member States. The Expert Group set up the
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A passport to protection: A Guide to Birth Registration Programming
Registering a child’s birth is a critical first step towards safeguarding lifelong protection. Promoting children’s right to birth registration falls clearly within UNICEF’s mandate. It has been a key component of its programming since the late 1990s. App
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Child Protection Implementation Guidelines- International Programs
'Child Protection Implementation Guidelines- International Programs', is a child protection resource developed by Save the Children Australia's Child Protection Technical Unit. The Guidelines demonstrate Save the Children Australia's commitment to childre
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¿Quién se queda atrás? Resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Tercera ronda de encuestas en el Perú
This report presents initial findings from the third round of data collection by Young Lives in Peru, carried out from late 2009 to early 2010 with two age cohorts of children. It gives a broad outline of some of the key indicators of childhood poverty an
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Safeguarding children: a comparison of England's data with that of Australia, Norway and the United States
The Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre (CWRC) was commissioned by the Department for Education to undertake a study with the overarching aim of drawing together existing aggregate administrative data on safeguarding children and child protection and expl
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Barns ekonomiska utsatthet i Sverige. Årsrapport 2012:2
Save the Children Sweden's tenth report (2012:2) on child poverty in Sweden comes shortly after the release of the Annual Report for 2012, which reflects the vulnerable financial situation of children and their families in Sweden up to the year 2009. Acco
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Improving Child Protection Responses in Indonesia: Learning from the Protection Homes for Children (RPSAs
This report, written by Florence Martin, is based on the results of research carried out as a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos), Save the Children in Indonesia and a team of Social Workers and Social Scientists from STK