This brief describes Save the Children’s experience adapting and piloting the Change through Culture approach under Sponsorship Program in Mali. Change through Culture is a social and behavior change approach that engages traditional...
Situated in the southwestern region of Nigeria, Oyo state has the highest prevalence (34.5 percent) of stunting among children under five; and two out of three children have anaemia. The prevalence is even higher among the economically...
This report for the USAID-funded Albarka project, which translates to “realized hope” and “human well-being” in many languages of Mali, discusses formative research conducted in 12 villages across four regions of Mali to...
Background: The 2020 global estimates on child labour saw an increase of child labour globally for the first time in 20 years – from 152 million to 160 million, and an estimated increase of child labour at around another 10 million by the end of...
This technical brief describes USAID Growth through Nutrition Activity’s efforts to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition in Ethiopia by implementing social and behavior change activities to improve adolescent nutrition,...
This report summarizes the findings from a household economy analysis baseline assessment in the Northwestern Agropastoral Livelihood Zone in Somalia. It provides an overview of the typical livelihoods in this zone, detailing income, food and...
This briefing paper examines the experiences of life after marriage for female youth who married under the age of 18 in South Sudan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This paper outlines the wide range of personal experiences following early...
Jukwaa Letu is a biannual newsletter produced by the Kenya and Madagascar Communication Department. The January to July 2022 edition focuses on our Country Strategic Plan, Goal 1: Children Under Five Thrive. It looks at some of the programs being...
This paper was developed by the CSSP Technical Working Group to provide CSSP practitioners in Save the Children with ideas on how to take gender equality forward. This document provides some case studies regarding how gender inequalities have been...
This briefing paper focuses on the decision-making processes that led displaced female youth to marry as minors in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and South Sudan, based on the actual stories of study participants. Reasons for early marriage are...