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A Second Revolution: Thirty years of child rights and the unfinished agenda
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 30 years ago, has contributed to a transformation of historic proportions. On most measures, the lives of children today are on average dramatically better than 30 years ago. Hundreds of millions more
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The Right to Protection: Ending violence against children
This new report by SOS Children’s Villages International examines the different types of violence that children without parental care, a group particularly vulnerable to violence, are exposed to. The report also delves into the different projects that SOS
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Counting Pennies: A review of official development assistance to end violence against children
The first of its kind, Counting Pennies reviews official development assistance (ODA) to end violence against children. The report found that in 2015, total ODA spending was $174 billion and of that, less than 0.6 per cent was allocated to ending violence
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"Let me be me!": Better care for LGBTI children
Produced by Dreilinden in cooperation with SOS Children’s Villages International and Keeping Child Safe, this working paper presents a series of papers by different authors with the goal of improving practice in the area of LGBTI children in care settings
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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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Youth-Friendly Version of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
This document is a youth-friendly version of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and was developed by members of the I Matter International Youth Council from SOS Children’s Villages International. It intentionally avoids using the legal t
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Violence Against Children and the Post-2015 Framework: Update No. 4- May/June 2014, Save the Children
This is the fourth of a series of updates tracking progress towards the inclusion of violence against children and child protection in the post-2015 framework. These updates are sent on behalf of ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children,
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From a Whisper to a Shout: A call to end violence against children in alternative care
This report draws on evidence from an extensive global literature review, and assessments of the implementation of the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children in 21 countries. It finds high levels of vulnerability and risk of violence facing ch
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Violence Against Children and the Post-2015 Framework: Update No. 5- July 2014, Save the Children
This is the fifth in a series of updates on violence against children. These updates are sent on behalf of ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International, UNICEF and World Vision International. They will k
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Guide on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Methodologies for Working with Children and Youth – SOS Children’s Villages
A Guide by SOS Children’s Villages on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Methodologies for Working with Children and Youth. The guide is based on the belief that children have the right to participate in the decisions that affect their lives, and tha
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Because We Are Sisters and Brothers: Sibling relations and alternative care
"Because we are sisters and brothers" describes the most important outcomes of research activities and documentations about sibling relations in alternative care from five different countries: The SOS Children’s Village associations in Germany, Austria, F
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Assessment tool for the implementation of the UN Guidelines for the alternative care of children
SOS Children's Villages has produced this assessment tool to benchmark the implementation of the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. It has been designed as the principal research tool of SOS Children's Villages to support advocacy activit