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1. The Impact of Violence on Children's Lives: A snapshot of Latin America and the Caribbean

   

   Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) faces very high levels of violence towards children and adolescents. In recent years, there has been a spike of violence, particularly involving boys- homicides often linked to gang activities and the migration of una

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Kuljich, Mónica | Martes, Paula | Minniti, Stefania

2. National Launches of the Committee on the Rights of the Child's General Comment 19, in Latin America and the Caribbean

   

   General Comment (GC) 19 is the first UN document that provides States with a detailed guide about their legal obligation to invest in children. It presents recommendations about how States must insure that sufficient, equitable and effective resources are

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children

3. Adolescents and Youth: A comprehensive approach in Latin America and the Caribbean

   

   Save the Children recognizes adolescents and youth as social actors and agents of change, yet they often face significant rights violations and lack of access to education and other services. Save the Children programming prioritizes the needs of adolesce

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children

4. Global Report on Internal Displacement 2016

   

   The heightened focus on the hundreds of thousands of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants who have put their lives at risk to reach Europe has also awakened attention to the phenomenon of displacement. The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) a

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): NRC, Norwegian Refugee Council | IDMC, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centr ... Author(s): Bilak, Alexandra | Rushing, Elizabeth | Cardona-Fox, Gabriel | Ginnetti, Justin | ...

5. Long-term Effects of Zika on Children, Families and Communities

   

   The Zika epidemic first caught global attention in 2015 when Brazil started reporting an increase in cases and a high incidence of children born with microcephaly potentially linked to the outbreak. In February 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) an

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children

6. Child Protection in Emergencies Facts and Figures

   

   Compiled by the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), this report presents facts and figures on child protection in emergencies. Data was collected for the 42 countries that have a Humanitarian Coordinator or that were on the Inter-Agency's Standing Comm

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): CPWG, The Child Protection Working Group

7. Some CRG Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean

   

   In Latin American and the Caribbean, as in other regions of the world, Save the Children and a wide variety of partners have developed different experiences around child rights governance (CRG). Save the Children wants to be an organization that learns fr

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Save the Children

8. Achieving Immediate and Lasting Change for Children, Latin America and the Caribbean: Annual Report 2014

   

   The two most important overall issues affecting children in Latin America and the Caribbean are the large equity gaps and the high prevalence of violence. Six out of the fourteen most violent countries in the world are located in this region according the

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Save the Children

9. Haiti Earthquake: Five Years On

   

   January 12th, 2010, marked a particularly tragic day in Haiti’s history. The effects of the earthquake on the country’s already impoverished population and infrastructure were immediate and catastrophic; out of a population of over 10 million, an estimate

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Save the Children

10. 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 Innocenti Research Centre Author(s): Daly, Mary | Bray, Rachel | Bruckauf, Zlata | Byrne, Jasmina | Margaria, ...

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