- Key findings in migration research
- Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2009
- The report is a summary of six years of investigation into migration policy and practice. It encompasses thematic and regional reviews of emerging migration issues and policies as well as targeted empirical field research in a number ...
- An introductory guide to understanding and fighting corruption
- V. Kodongo (ed) / Africa Youth Trust, 2009
- What impact can Kenya’s youth have on corruption? This guide aims to bring together a unified understanding of what corruption is and takes a look at measures to fight it. In this publication, the Youth is considered as those ag...
- Participatory activities on sexual and reproductive health with young people
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2008
- This toolkit is a result of team work between sexual and reproductive health practitioners working with young people in Zambia, Malawi Zimbabwe and Uganda. It is written for anyone who wants to facilitate participatory learning activi...
- Monitoring and evaluation indicators for those working to address violence against women and girls
- S.S. Bloom / MEASURE Evaluation, 2008
- Over the past two decades violence against women and girls (VAW/G) has been put on the map as a critical issue to be addressed in the international arena. While many VAW/G programmatic initiatives are or have taken place around the wo...
- Migrant children in South Africa
- I. Palmary / United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
- What is the legal and policy framework governing the provision of rights to migrant children in South Africa? What institutional capacity exists for responding to the needs of children who are affected by migration? What level of...
- Empowerment of adolescents: findings from a baseline survey in Bangladesh
- UNICEF Bangladesh, 2008
- This brochure presents highlights of the primary findings of the baseline survey of the second phase of the Kishori Abhijan - Empowerment of Adolescents - project. The baseline survey looked to understand the social environment ...
- UNICEF Bangladesh
- The UNICEF Bangladesh country office work in partnership with government ministries, non-government organisations, UN agencies and a wide range of donors in order to solve the problems facing children in Bangladesh. Specifically, UNICEF Bangladesh works on: education health and nutrition protection...
- Tackling the mines and explosive remnants of war in Iraq
- United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- The magnitude of Iraq’s problem with mine and unexploded remnants of war together with the socio-economic impact needs to be determined and addressed as a matter of urgency. As a recent signatory to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban C...
- Global Health Promotion
- Global Health Promotion, is the official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). It is a multilingual journal, which publishes authoritative peer-reviewed articles and practical information for a world-wide audience of professionals interested in health promotion and health education. The title was formerly known as Promotion & Education.
- How does the economic crisis impact on child health, education, labour and family livelihoods?
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
- This document outlines the discussions and recommendations of the "Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in East Asia and the Pacific Islands" conference, convened by UNICEF. The conference dealt with the crisis and its impacts on...
- Tackling the mines and explosive remnants of war in Iraq
- United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- The magnitude of Iraq’s problem with mine and unexploded remnants of war together with the socio-economic impact needs to be determined and addressed as a matter of urgency. As a recent signatory to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban C...
- How does the economic crisis impact on child health, education, labour and family livelihoods?
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
- This document outlines the discussions and recommendations of the "Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in East Asia and the Pacific Islands" conference, convened by UNICEF. The conference dealt with the crisis and its impacts on...
- Reasons behind varying stunting outcomes between families in the Lake Victoria region, Kenya
- J. Grab; J. Priebe (ed) / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- The combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes of this paradox for the K...
- Gathering data on children in formal care
- D. Swales (ed); N. McMillan (ed) / Child Rights Information Network, 2009
- Without data on the situation of children in care, it is difficult for local child welfare authorities and national governments to monitor progress in preventing separation, promoting re-unification and ensuring the provisio...
- Assessing health benefits of oral iron supplementation in children
- L.L. Iannotti; J. M. Tielsch; M. M. Black / American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009
- The prevalence of iron deficiency among infants and young children living in developing countries is high. This article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reviewed 26 randomised controlled trials of preventive, oral i...
- Monitoring iron deficiency interventions
- World Health Organization, 2001
- This document from the World Health Organisation deals primarily with indicators for monitoring interventions to combat iron deficiency, including iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), but it also reviews the current methods of assessing and...
- Providing iron to infants and young children
- World Health Organization, 2006
- Iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia are common in young children, and there is substantial evidence that iron deficiency has adverse effects on child health and development. This report from the World Health Organisation argues...
- Are iron and folic acid supplements putting children at risk?
- S. Sazawal; R.E. Black; M. Ramsan / The Lancet, 2006
- Anaemia caused by iron deficiency is common in children younger than 5 years of age in eastern Africa. However, there is concern that the universal coverage of iron and folic acid supplements for children in areas of high ma...
- Disaster Risk Reduction: children speak out
- D. Walden; N. Hall; A. Spalton / Plan, 2009
- Children and young people are particularly vulnerable to disasters - one in every three survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami were women or children under the age of 15. However, research has shown - see the 2007 UNISDR repo...
- Engaging with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2009
- F. Sheahan / Plan International, 2008
- Civil society organisations can play an important part and bring value to the work of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in its mission to promote and protect the rights of the child. For a...
- Global Unification the Gambia (GU)
- Global Unification The Gambia (GU) is a chapter of Global Unification International (GUI) in Australia. It is a youth-led research and development, non-political, non-religious, tax exempted charitable, association established in 2006 at the University of the Gambia. In partnership with relevant institutions, its mission is to provide education, skills and strengthen the capacity of yo...
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- The Child Poverty Action Group was formed in 1994 out of deep concern for the rising level of poverty in New Zealand and its effects on children. CPAG works to produce evidence about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families. It examines how Government policies affect children and families. CPAG publishes reports, makes submissions and conducts small-scale researc...
- Earth Child Institute (ECI)
- Earth Child Institute is committed to combating climate change, deforestation and water scarcity. By investing in hands-on environment and educational projects with and for children, both in and out of schools. Its goal is to engage with and support empowerment of the world’s 2.2 billion people under the age of 18 to plant trees, ensure access to safe water, sanitation, clean energy and nutr...
- Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE)
- The Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE) was founded in 2006 and has been working in the coastal region of Kenya. It was established to address democratic governance, socio?economic and youth concerns with a focus on the coast of Kenya.
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Multidisciplinary research institute on development economics
- Countdown to 2015
- The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. The Countdown Initiative is a supra-institu...
- UNICEF Bangladesh
- The UNICEF Bangladesh country office work in partnership with government ministries, non-government organisations, UN agencies and a wide range of donors in order to solve the problems facing children in Bangladesh. Specifically, UNICEF Bangladesh works on: education health and nutrition protection...
- Global Health Promotion
- Global Health Promotion, is the official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). It is a multilingual journal, which publishes authoritative peer-reviewed articles and practical information for a world-wide audience of professionals interested in health promotion and health education. The title was formerly known as Promotion & Education.
- BASICS fragile and post-conflict states publications
- As part of a multi-donor exercise to deepen the international development community's understanding of health programming in post conflict and fragile environments, BASICS authored a series of papers to distill current thinking and share lessons learned. This website page provides access to the titles of and links to these papers.
- Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics (CHILD)
- Promotes the collaboration of researchers in the field of population and household economics with a particular interest to the relationships between households, within households and between the family and the state by organising conferences, seminars and research on these themes. Acts as a network for the activities of five Italian universities.
