The COVID-19 pandemic has caused enormous tragedy and disrupted the lives of hundreds of millions of children and their families in the Asia-Pacific and beyond. Despite significant responses by governments and the heroic efforts of medical staff...
Uganda has joined the growing number of countries to close all education facilities to try and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, which has left 15 million children out of school and facing increased risk of violence, exploitation and abuse. But...
Achieving progress for girls, including adolescent girls, requires us to tackle the many causes and consequences of the rights violations they experience at once and in an integrated manner. If the Action Coalitions as part of the Beijing+25...
This material describes Grow Together, the project’s multi-faceted social behavior change communication campaign. Based on research with Cambodian communities, Grow Together uniquely brought together sectors and activities with a focus on 13...
Globally, many countries are failing to sufficiently prioritise the wellbeing of children and invest in their future potential. In the context of rising child poverty and deprivation resulting from COVID-19, and persistently high humanitarian...
COVID-19 imposed unprecedented health, nutrition, social, and economic risks to the global population. Ethiopia was deeply affected, with the spread of the virus threatening to reverse the nutritional gains achieved in the last few years. In 2020...
Economic poverty is one of the key drivers of child protection risks. In in order to meet basic needs, very poor households may be forced to resort to negative/harmful coping strategies, to reduce household expenditures (ex: school drop out, child...
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Kenya reported the first coronavirus case March 13th and since then the numbers have continued to increase mainly in the capital and the coastal towns of Mombasa and Kilifi, as well as in other parts of the country. The effects of the virus on...
Since 2014, an armed conflict has been ongoing in eastern Ukraine. An estimated 5.2 million people are affected by the conflict. This study aims to help fill a gap in evidence concerning the gendered impact of the conflict on boys and girls of...
Our Youth Empowerment Programme, funded in partnership with Bulgari, supports rural youth in northern Uganda to access savings and financial services, get vocational skills, start small businesses, and advocate for change in their communities.