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Searching with a thematic focus on Children and young people in Sri Lanka

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    The impact of children’s work on schooling: multi-country evidence based on SIMPOC data

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004
    This paper asks whether there is an acceptable threshold of weekly hours of work children can undertake beyond which school attendance and performance are negatively impacted. In addition, the paper provides evidence on the impact of hours of child work on other learning measures such as: time spent on studies at home; hours of study at school and at home; and the number of failures in school.
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    Helping hands or shackled lives? Understanding child domestic labour and responses to it

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004
    This report analyses the causes and impacts of child domestic labour, and looks at the actions that are being taken to respond to it.
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    Role of mothers in alleviating child malnutrition: evidence from Sri Lanka

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2003
    This paper begins with the assertion that having a productive workforce depends first on having healthy children, who will grow into workers. The authors argue that Sri Lanka faces a serious problem of malnourished children, which will have knock-on effects for Sri Lanka's growth.
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    Children’s participation and policy change in South Asia

    Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
    This report looks how children can successfully influence policy relating to childhood poverty.
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    Adolescent and youth reproductive health in the Asia and Near East Region: status, issues, policies, and programs

    Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2004
    This paper presents the findings of a series of assessments of adolescent and youth reproductive health conducted by the Policy Project in 13 countries in the Asia and Near East (ANE) region.
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    Re-conceiving war-affected children: from passive victims to active survivors

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Is it time that education in emergencies occu­pied a more prominent place in humanitarian thinking? How can education help protect the physical and psychological wellbeing of children in war-affected or displaced communities? How can such children act to help protect themselves? What are the risks for kids and for agencies running education programmes in war-affected environments?
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    Adolescent and youth reproductive health in Sri Lanka: status, issues, policies, and programs

    US Agency for International Development, 2003
    Survey of the reproductive health status of adolescents in the country.The report looks at the social context and gender socialization issues that set girls and boys apart in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects, labor force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household.The report then outlines laws and policies that pertain to ARH and discusses infor
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    Young people and HIV/AIDS: responding to the new Asian crisis

    Save the Children Fund, 2001
    This report provides examples of a number of Save the Children projects in Asian countries where the focus has been on children affected by HIV/AIDS and/or prevention efforts focused on children and young people.The authors outline the organisation's policy and approach with regard to tackling issues such as stigma, the child sex trade and education.

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