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New key issues guide: Children, climate change and disasters

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This new key issues guide, produced in collaboration with Children in a Changing Climate - research, examines the issues around children, climate change and disasters and looks specifically at child-led disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the role of education and schools in DRR.

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Physical and sexual violence is associated with multiple adverse health behaviours: ( D. W. Brown;L. Riley;A. Butchart / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2009); This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a...
Manual for nurses to provide effective nutrition care and support for people living with HIV: ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); This training manual, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II (FANTA-2) Project, recognises that nutrition interventions are an important component of comprehensive care and sup...
Addressing childhood vulnerability in Malawi: ( W. Asibu;J. Chingoni;D. Majawa / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2009); Malawi has had a rising population of orphans and vulnerable children who are reported to lack care, food, educational opportunities and adult role models. Some of the coping strategies used by these ...
Are instruments of human rights law incompatible with Islam?: ( Forced Migration Review , 2009); The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and subsequent instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law play a vital role in providing protection for refugees ...
Child migration in Argentina, Chile, and South Africa: ( S. Yaqub / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2009); This paper analyses children’s internal and international migration, using individual-level census data, in the three middle-income countries of Argentina, Chile and South Africa. It defines chi...
To what extent are children affected by armed conflict in Myanmar?: ( Watchlist/Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict , 2009); This report draws attention to the suffering of children in Myanmar due to the political and socioeconomic turmoil and the ensuing armed conflict. For decades Myanmar Armed Forces and associated armed...
Preventing school-related gender-based violence: ( US Agency for International Development , 2009); Violence in and around schools is a worldwide problem with serious implications for the educational attainment, health and well-being of all children. This Doorways training programme was designed ...
Children as risk communicators and agents of change in DRR programmes: El Salvador and the Philippines: ( T. Tanner;T. Mitchell;K. Haynes / Children in a Changing Climate , 2009); This paper explores children’s voices in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy spaces and their capacity to communicate disaster risk to their parents and larger community. It challenges the trad...
UNICEF humanitarian action report 2009: challenges to be faced: ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2009); This 2009 UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report is an appeal for children and women affected by emergencies in 36 countries in the six UNICEF regions.
Orphanhood and chronic poverty in Indonesia: how do these factors impact on education and health?; ( D. Suryadarma;Y. M. Pakpahan;A. Suryahadi / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2009); What are the impacts of of parental death and chronic poverty on children's education and health in Indonesia? This paper estimates the short- and long-term effects of maternal and paternal death on c...