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Child Safeguarding
Save the Children has a zero tolerance towards the abuse and exploitation of children by any of the organisation’s representatives. In addition, the organisation is equally committed to doing everything within its power to avoid unintended harm or accidents to children as a result of any of the activities.
This is crystallized within Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy. In support of this policy, Save the Children has developed a set of standards, procedures and guidance and tools. This is a comprehensive range of materials which are itemized and available on the Resource Centre.
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Childhood Under Siege: Living and dying in besieged areas of Syria
This report sheds light on the reality of life and death that is being endured by people – particularly children – in besieged areas of Syria, and shows the urgent need for the international community to take action. Save the Children and partners have co
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Safeguarding Children From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Context of UN Peacekeeping Operations
The Keeping Children Safe (KCS) coalition is a membership network or organisations working together to increase safeguards offered to children, of which Save the Children is a member.. Although the number of registered complaints of sexual exploitation an
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The Journey of Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children Across the Andaman Sea
This report reviews the maritime movements of refugees and migrants across South East Asia, focusing on refugee and asylum-seeking children and their experiences in countries of origin, transit and destination. This journey typically begins in Myanmar and
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Two Years of Drought Response in Ethiopia
El Nino has caused the third successive rainfall failure in some areas of Ethiopia, and from the middle of 2015 onwards the country has since been in a race against time to meet the resulting food needs of 10.2 million people. This precarious situation ca
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Working to End Violence Against Children: Save the Children's Child Protection 2016-18 Thematic Plan
Save the Children's child protection thematic plan for 2016-2018 presents Save the Children's goals and targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and contributions to Save the Children's 2030 breakthroughs: No child dies from preventable
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Speaking Out: Safeguarding civil society space for children, Policy Brief
Save the Children believes that a strong, diverse and independent civil society can play an important role in ensuring the realisation of children’s rights. This policy brief outlines why Save the Children believes that civil society is important for chil
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Reducing Risks, Enhancing Resilience: Save the Children and Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
This report from Save the Children highlights the critical role that children play in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Save the Children believes that although children are vulnerable, they have the potential to effectively communicate risks and act as agen
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Jozi Lights: How to protect children engaging in rural to urban migration
By the late 2030s, Africa is set to become a continent with more of its population living in urban than rural areas. Not only do population growth trends in Africa suggest that the sizes of those urban populations will be substantial (by 2100, almost half
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Putting Children at the Heart of the World Humanitarian Summit
The right to be heard is a guiding principle of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children have an important role to play in their own protection and in planning their communities’ response to an emergency. This literature review reflects the
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Hear it From the Children: South Sudan, 'We want to learn- even during war'
Over 800,000 children have been internally displaced within South Sudan since the on-going political crisis began on 15 December 2013. This study seeks to understand how this statistic translates into individual childhoods, and where children place their
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Children's Ebola Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone
In mid-March 2015, child-centred agencies conducted a Children’s Ebola Recovery Assessment (CERA) in nine districts across Sierra Leone to create a mechanism for more than 1,100 boys and girls, to discuss issues of concern; assess the impact of the crisis
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Save the Children's Child Safeguarding Policy 2014
Children who come into contact with Save the Children as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of child abuse, sexual exploitation, injury