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Reporte Internacional Anual 2012 sobre la Infancia en la Guerra: Los Dos Congos de la Guerra
The International Annual Report 2012 on Children affected by war has been published on the occasion of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (12th February), and the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Optional Protocol on
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Gender Relations, Sexual Violence and the Effects of Conflict on Women and Men in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Preliminary Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)
A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC) finds that more than a third of men surveyed have carried out some form of sexual violence and more than three quarters hold deeply
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Psychosocial Assessment of Education in Gaza and Recommendations for Response
A UNESCO-commissioned assessment of the psychosocial impact of the ongoing blockade and military campaigns on the education system in Gaza. The research, conducted by Kathleen Kostelny and Michael Wessels of the Columbia Group for Children in Adversity, a
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Impact of conflict on children's health and disability. Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2011, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education
Conflict impacts children’s health in four important ways. First, conflict-driven displacement increases child death and injury, mainly through increased susceptibility to infectious disease from unsanitary living conditions. A case study on Southern Suda
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Past horrors, present struggles: The role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone
The report examines the longer term psychosocial outcome of 152 male and female former child soldiers previously affiliated to the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone. It illustrates how the outcomes of this group of former child soldiers are influ
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När stödet inte räcker- Om barns rätt till vård och bemötande i vården
The objective of the joint project ”Improve the reception of asylum-seeking children from Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other countries” between Save the Children Sweden and the European Fund for Refugees, is to ensure adequate care arrangements for unac
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Children Access to Education in the Gaza Strip
Access to quality education in Gaza is continually denied due to the continuing Israeli imposed siege on Gaza and regular military attacks and incursions from the Israeli Occupying Forces (IFO), as well as attacks from Palestinian armed groups. Damaged sc
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Case Study. The post-trauma rehabilitation of the Palestinian ex-detainee children in the West Bank Programme
This case study is about the social rehabilitation of Palestinian child ex-detainees. Through the West Bank Programme, Save the Children provides support to child ex-detainees in their post-trauma rehabilitation, including reintegration in their respectiv
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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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Bearing the brunt again. Child Rights Violations during Operation Cast Lead
This joint report by Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Defence for Children International, illustrates the scale and range of serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by the Israeli army during Operation Cast Le
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Climate change and urban children. Impacts and implications for adaptation in low- and middle-income countries
This paper examines the possible impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of climate change, focusing on preparedness and responses to extreme events, as well as constraints that climate change is likely to bring to urban centres in
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Measuring the unmeasurable: Community Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Côte d’Ivoire
Co-financed by Save the Children UK and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, the present policy analysis and evaluation was conducted to explore the issues and challenges of children in armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire. The re