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Stop the War on Children 2020: Gender matters
The third report of Save the Children's Stop the War on Children campaign reveals shocking trends in the threats to the safety and wellbeing of children living in areas impacted by conflict. While fewer children are living in conflict-affected areas, thos
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“No, I Don’t”: Abolishing Child Marriage in Lebanon
At first glance, child marriage appears less pervasive in Lebanon in comparison with other Middle Eastern states. Six percent of 20 to 24-year-old Lebanese women were married by the age of 18 as of 2009, as opposed to 18% across MENA. Nevertheless, this f
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Double Disasters: The effect of cyclones Idai and Kenneth on child marriage in Mozambique
An increasing body of research from disaster-affected contexts across the world points to a marked increase in early marriages during and after disasters. This policy brief explores the situation in Mozambique following the devastating cyclones Idai and K
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Accelerating Change towards Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Effects of community dialogues on FGM/C and child marriage
Women and girls face extreme forms of violations in Somalia; common among them is Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). National statistics estimates over 97% of girls aged 15 to 19 years have undergone FGM/C. To accelerate change towards reduction i
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Storytelling to End Child Marriage in the Sahel Region: How survivors are acting as role models and holding decision-makers to account
This briefing was developed as part of a series on child marriage and accountability showcasing lessons-learned from Save the Children programming around the world. It details work with girls who have survived child marriage in the Sahel Region. The regio
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From Cyclone to Food Crisis: Ensuring the needs of women and girls are prioritized in the Cyclone Idai and Kenneth responses
After the double tragedy and devastation of Cyclone Idai in March 2019 and Cyclone Kenneth six weeks later, the people of Mozambique now face yet another crisis: a food security crisis. At least 433,056 households have had their land and crops partially o
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Rights and Power: Girls can change the World
Delou M. Gonsan-Zeo (Save the Children’s Health, Policy & Advocacy Adviser) held an informal poster presentation and mini advocacy training with Save the Children Youth advocates on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and Universal Health Coverage.
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The Power of Movements
This handout was developed to be shared with participants at Women Deliver 2019, the world's largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. The leaflet aims to highlight some of the ways in which our progra
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Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020: Families in a changing world
This annual report by UN WOMEN examines how changes in family dynamics impact women's rights across the globe and demonstrate that most countries worldwide can afford family-friendly policies. The recommendations put forth in the report build on global da
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My Safety, My Wellbeing: Equpping adolescent girls with key knowledge and skills to help them to mitigate, prevent, and respond to gender-based violence
“My Safety, My Wellbeing” curriculum covers a total of 26 sessions that address topics on communication, decision making, confidence and problem solving, each with a specific focus on GBV, early marriage, reproductive health, hygiene, managing stress, rel
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One Off Activities and Additional Sessions for Adolescent Girls
Throughout our daily work with the Adolescent Girls, it has been brought to the attention of the team the need to address some challenges and topics with Adolescent Girls through single sessions. Some topics weren’t originally covered in the existing curr
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Life Skills through Drama: Equipping adolescent girls with key knowledge and skills to help them to mitigate, prevent, and respond to gender-based violence
Later on, when the focus has also been put on working with Adolescent Girls in their respective locations through mobile teams, MSMW curriculum has been shortened and adapted to match the needs, availability and vulnerability of girls living in informal s