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Interagency Learning Initiative on Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Child Protection Systems
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The Tatu Tano Child-led Organisation: Building child capacity and protective relationships through a child-led organisation, north-western Tanzania (Case study)
This case study tells the story of a child-led organisation called Tatu Tano which was started over ten years ago by a small NGO called Kwa Wazee (Kiswahili for older people). Kwa Wazee works with grandparents in a remote rural area of Tanzania. The area
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Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms in Kisii/Nyamira Area: A rapid ethnographic study in two rural sites in Kenya
In diverse contexts, community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) are front line efforts to protect children from exploitation, abuse, violence, and neglect and to promote children’s well-being. A 2009 global, inter-agency review of the effective
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Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms in Kilifi, Kenya: A rapid ethnographic study in two rural sites
The purpose of this research was to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two mostly rural areas of Kilifi, Kenya. The research is intended to complement and extend the learning that came from previous research by the In
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A Grounded View of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Their Linkages with the Wider Child Protection System in Three Rural and Urban Areas in Kenya
Contemporary discussions on strengthening national child protection systems agree that community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) are fundamental elements of child protection systems. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about the effecti
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An Overview of the Community Driven Intervention to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Sierra Leone
Globally, the dominant approaches used by NGOs to establish or support community-based child protection mechanisms are characterized by relatively low levels of community ownership. This is problematic since community ownership is one of the primary deter
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A Grounded Approach to the Definition of Population-Based, Child Protection and Well-Being Outcome Areas
The field of child protection has suffered from having a weak evidence base, including too little attention to systematic evaluation and a reliance on process indicators rather than outcome indicators that can show meaningful improvements in children’s li