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  Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls

  TED, 2012

  All across the globe there are policies, conventions and laws, championed by great people, all with the aim of ensuring the safety and advancement of young people, especially girls. By and large, these have all failed.
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  Out of the Shadows: Child Marriage and Slavery

  Anti-Slavery International, 2013

  It is a shocking fact that, today, servile marriage still affects potentially millions of children and adults in all regions of the world. As with all forms of slavery and slavery-like practices, the obligation to put an end to this practice should be a cornerstone of international law.
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  Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan (second report of session 2014–15)

  British House of Commons, 2014

  This second session report of the British House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) presents the case for a national action plan. The introduction lays out the various types of FGM, the history and extent of the practice, and the devastating consequences that arise from it, both physical and mental.
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  ‘I Carry the Name of my Parents’: young people’s reflections on FGM and forced marriage - results from PEER studies in London, Amsterdam and Lisbon

  Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development, 2013

  This report presents the results of three participatory ethnographic evaluation research (PEER) studies, carried out as part of the CREATE Youth-Net project, which aims to safeguard young people in three European countries (the United Kingdom, Portugal and the Netherlands) from harmful practices, in particular Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage.
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  Harmful traditional practices: your questions, our answers

  Gender and Development Network, 2014

  What are harmful traditional practices (HTPs), and how can women and girls be protected from them? This report provides an overview of HTPs, explaining their causes and consequences, and bringing together examples of successful approaches to addressing them.
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  A feminist political economy analysis of public policies related to care: a thematic review.

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013

  Produced as part of the IDS Evidence Report series, this thematic review summarises the literature on feminist political economy analysis of public policies related to care, specifically unpaid care work. The review frames unpaid care work as both essential for society, and neglected by public policy.
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  Gender influences in child survival, health and nutrition: a narrative review

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2011

  There is increasing recognition in the field of international health and nutrition that gender inequities and dynamics are a major social determinant of health and nutrition outcomes. However, reviews of evidence to date have tended to concentrate on comparisons of health and nutrition outcomes, healthcare utilisation or coverage of services/programmes between boys and girls or women and men.
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  The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: A Critical Review of Progress Made and Obstacles Encountered in Increasing Protection for War-affected Children

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000

  August 1996 marked the release of the expert report ' The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children' prepared by Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. This report broke new ground by using the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to provide the first ever comprehensive human rights assessment of war-affected children.
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  Coverage and Effects of Child Marriage Prevention Activities in Amhara Region, Ethiopia Findings from a 2007 Study

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2009

  Child marriage in Ethiopia poses challenges to women’s reproductive health, education and status, as well as national development. This is a report of the findings from a 2007 Early Marriage Evaluation Study (EMES), a household survey of female adolescents, male youth and caretakers in Amhara Region,Ethiopia.
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  Comprehensive Responses to Gender Based Violence in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons Learned from Implementation

  Population Council, Zambia, 2010

  Over the past decade, many African countries have begun to recognise the importance of preventing gender based violence and responding to the needs of survivors. But due to the absence of strong, regionally-relevant evidence, national programs have tended to adopt strategies that have worked in Europe and North America.

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