Children and young people
- Children's participation in transport planning and policy: Ghana, South Africa and India
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Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, yet they receive remarkably little attention in transport policy and planning. This article presents a pilot methodology and examines challenges emanating from a pilot study of involving children and young people in transport research, policy and planning in three countries: India, Ghana and South Africa.
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- How education projects can help eliminate child labour
- ( N Grisewood;S Brand;H Ruiz / Child Rights Information Network , 2008)
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Creating awareness of the importance of education and the difference between acceptable work for children and exploitative child labour can help break the cycle of child labour and poverty. This ma...
- Examining children's perceptions of economic and social disadvantage
- ( G. Redmond / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2008)
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This paper reviews some of the recent qualitative literature on children’s perspectives on economic disadvantage. Nine analyses, all published since 1998, and all of them involving in-depth i...
- Assessing risk-taking by youth in Brazil
- ( A. R. Cardoso;D. Verner / Social Development, World Bank , 2008)
- Youth risk-taking behaviour - such as drug use, engagement in violence, school dropout, and teenage pregnancy - is known to have far-reaching implications on health, education, employment prospe...
- Early marriages in Uganda's refugee settlements
- ( Refugee Law Project, Uganda , 2008)
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This report examines the widespread occurrence of early marriages in Uganda’s refugee settlements and how this phenomenon relates to the ‘vulnerability’ and self-reliance paradigm...
Analysing the costs and benefits of investing in early childhood care and education in the Arab States
- ( J. van Ravens;C. Aggio / Bernard van Leer Foundation , 2008)
- The report analyses the cost associated with expanding early childhood care and education (ECCE), using the Arab States as the case study region. According to the report, particularly in this region, ...
- Taking a qualitative look at the Child Support Grant in South Africa
- ( N. Hunter;M. Adato / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa , 2007)
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Over recent years the Child Support Grant (CSG) has become the ‘biggest’ of the South African social assistance grants in terms of the numbers of beneficiaries. It is a monthly payment ...
- Prevalence of HIV is low amongst high school students in northwestern Ethiopia
- ( G. Andargie / Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , 2007)
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This paper from the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development investigates the prevalence of HIV infection and to assess personal knowledge, attitude and practice related to HIV/AIDS in Gondar; north...
- Children's participation in transport planning and policy: Ghana, South Africa and India
- ( M. Mashiri;S. Dube;D. Buiten / Commonwealth Youth and Development , 2007)
- Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earni...
Evaluating demand-side impacts of a youth-friendly initiative in India
- ( K. Kohler Banke / US Agency for International Development , 2007)
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This study is an evaluation of the family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Indian married youth as well as the demand-side effects of a youth-friendly family planning (FP) initiative...
Developing a framework for organisations working on the reintegration of child soldiers
- ( V. Thomas / Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers , 2008)
- Y Care International’s experience working with at-risk and vulnerable children and young people in Colombia, including child soldiers, has made apparent the need to share lessons learned and goo...
