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1. Governance and Policy Coordination: The case of birth registration in Peru

   

   This research, the second of two case studies, explores coordination through the lens of civil registration and vital statistics, with particular reference to birth registration in Peru. It focuses on the role that coordination can play in making birth re

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Peters, B. Guy | Mawson, Andrew

2. Bottom-end Inequality: Are children with an immigration background at a disadvantage?

   

   The extent to which the socio-demographic composition of child populations drives inequality in child well-being depends on which children are most likely to do much worse than their peers. This Research Brief presents evidence on the socio-economic vulne

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Bruckauf, Zlata | Chzhen, Yekaterina | Toczydlowska, Emilia

3. Parenting, Family Care and Adolescence in East and Southern Africa: An evidence-focused literature review

   

   Based on an evidence-focused literature review, this paper examines existing knowledge on raising adolescents in east and southern African countries, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa,Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Country selection was based on t

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Bray, Rachel | Dawes, Andrew

4. Experiences of Peer Bullying Among Adolescents and Associated Effects on Young Adult Outcomes: Longitudinal evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Viet Nam

   

   Being bullied has been found to have a significant impact on children’s physical and mental health, psychosocial well-being and educational performance, with lasting effects into adulthood on health, well-being and lifetime earnings. Little is known about

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Pells, Kirrily | Portela, Maria José Oganda | Revollo, Patricia Espinoza

5. Towards Inclusive Education: The impact of disability on school attendance in developing countries

   

   Using cross-nationally comparable and nationally representative data from 18 surveys in 15 countries, UNICEF aims to reduce the global knowledge gap on the impact of disability on school attendance. The study finds that disability is a critical factor tha

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Mizunoya, Suguru | Mitra, Sophie | Yamasaki, Izumi

6. Undermining Learning: Multi-Country Longitudinal Evidence on Corporal Punishment in Schools

   

   This brief is part of the UNICEF Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of Violence Affecting Children. It finds that corporal punishment in schools is highly prevalent, despite legal prohibition, with younger children, boys, and poor children at greater risk

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Jones, Hayley | Pells, Kirrily

7. Social Protection and Childhood Violence: Expert roundtable

   

   An expert roundtable was convened to examine the state of global knowledge around the potential for social protection to reduce childhood violence on May 12-13th 2016, in Florence, Italy by the UNICEF Office of Research—Innocenti in collaboration with the

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti | Know Violence in Childhood Author(s): Cook, Sarah | Neijhoft, Anastasia (Naomi) | Palermo, Tia M. | Peterman, Amber

8. What We Know about Ethical Research Involving Children in Humanitarian Settings: An overview of principles, the literature and case studies

   

   Produced by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, this working paper identifies and explores the issues that should be considered when undertaking ethical research involving children in humanitarian settings. Research grounded in sound ethical principles

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Berman, Gabrielle | Hart, Jason | O'Mathúna, Dónal | Mattellone, Erica | ...

9. Global Kids Online: Research synthesis 2015-2016

   

   The many stakeholders responsible for children’s safe and positive use of the internet (governments, civil society and the private sector alike) have an important task to formulate policies that are inclusive, balanced and based on solid evidence. But at

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti | London School of E ... Author(s): Byrne, Jasmina | Kardefelt-Winther, David | Livingstone, Sonia | Stoilova, Mariya

10. Corporal Punishment in Schools: Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Viet Nam

    

    Despite the use of corporal punishment in schools being increasingly prohibited by law, in many contexts it persists, even where outlawed. This paper combines a life course and structural determinants framework with Young Lives longitudinal data collected

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Portela, Maria José Oganda | Pells, Kirrily

11. How Inequalities Develop Through Childhood: Life course evidence from the Young Lives Cohort study

    

    This paper explores the processes of how and why inequalities emerge; their impact on children's lives and future prospects; the extent to which inequalities in individual capacities contribute to the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage; and th

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti | Young Lives Author(s): Dornan, Paul | Woodhead, Martin

12. Family and Parenting Support: Policy and Provision in a Global Context

    

    Children’s wellbeing is intrinsically linked to parental well-being, and thus investment in all families, complemented by targeted support for the most vulnerable, is of paramount importance for realizing the rights of the child. In cooperation with the C

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Daly, Mary | Bray, Rachel | Bruckauf, Zlata | Byrne, Jasmina | Margaria, ...

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