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Caring for Boys Affected by Sexual Violence
This initial scoping study into sexual violence affecting boys sought to understand the existing knowledge base on the drivers of sexual violence affecting boys, and the existing intervention practice in this area. It is the first stage of a wider project
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Schools that Care: A review of linkages between children's education and care
This study explores the linkages between children’s education and their care, a linkage- argued here- not widely explored in the education or child protection sectors. The report shows that children who live outside of families or who experience abuse and
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Violence Against Children in All Care Settings: Africa expert consultation
In 2014, the New York Working Group on Children without Parental Care and the Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) on Violence Against Children (VAC) collaborated to initiate a series of regional expert consultations on children’s prote
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Schools that Care: A review of linkages between children's education and care
This study explores the under-recognized link between education and children’s care. The evidence carried out in this study – a literature review and informant interviews – suggest that a lack of access to quality education is a key cause of inadequate ca
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Why Care Matters: The importance of adequate care for children and society
This report reflects the views and collective expertise of 15 national organisations working hands on with millions of vulnerable children worldwide. These organisations have come together to form Family for Every Child, an alliance aimed at enabling more
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Strategies for Delivering Safe and Effective Foster Care: A review of the evidence for those designing and delivering foster care programmes
Research, knowledge, and understanding on how to deliver effective, safe foster care programmes in low and middle income countries is lacking. This report attempts to fill the gap in understanding by providing an analysis of the available literature and i
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Researching the Linkages Between Social Protection and Children’s Care in Ghana: LEAP and its effects on child well-being, care, and family cohesion
Despite most national governments ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the following Guidelines on Alternative Care for Children, evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suggests that the rights to adequate care are being violated in th
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The Place of Foster Care in the Continuum of Care Choices: A review of the evidence for policymakers
This report is the first in a series of two reports intended to educate and guide policy makers and programme designers in safe and effective foster care in low and middle income countries. This report is intended to assist policy makers; it aims to assis
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Researching the Linkages Between Social Protection and Children’s Care in Rwanda: The VUP and its effects on child wellbeing, care and family reunification
This research investigates the links between the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP), child well-being, children’s care and family reunification. It is part of a wider study on the linkages between social protection and children’s care in Rwanda, Ghana a
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Protect my future: Why child protection matters in the post 2015 agenda
This inter-agency paper is the culmination of a series on the links between child protection and major development goals, designed to feed into the thematic debates around the post-2015 development framework. The alarming impacts of child protection failu
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Protect my future: The links between child protection and employment and growth
This paper, commissioned by Family for Every Child and written by Josiah Kaplan and Nicola Jones of the Overseas Development Institute, is part of an inter-agency series on the links between child protection and major development goals, submitted to the U
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Protect my future: The links between child protection and population dynamics
This paper was written by Emily Delap, Family for Every Child, and Daniela Reale from Save the Children. It is part of an inter-agency series on the links between child protection and major development goals. Globally, populations are changing at a rapid