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    Youth and adult learning and education in Swaziland

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    Clear policy, financing and good governance are needed to ensure that young people and adults alike receive access to education – as is their right.
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    Youth and adult learning and education in Mozambique

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    There is a growing international consensus that basic education that includes life skills for young people and older adults provides an essential tool to encourage participation in democracy and in the economy. Both of these outcomes are of particular relevance to poor and marginalised members of the societies of southern Africa.
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    Assessment of crime and violence in Mozambique and recommendations for violence prevention and reduction

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    Mozambique also suffers from country specific crime challenges. For example, levels are burglary and livestock theft are ranked highest in all of Africa with 13% and 19% of respondents respectively reporting victimisation.
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    Youth and adult learning and education in southern africa: overview of a five nation study

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    Many countries in southern Africa are facing a critical and growing challenge – how to provide an education that meets the socio-economic needs of their bulging youth populations. Primary school drop-out rates remain high across the region so many children and youth end up outside the education system.
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    Youth and adult learning and education in Angola

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    This report on Angola is part of that regional study. Its purpose was to gain a deeper understanding of the current delivery and funding of education and training for out-of-school youth and adults, and to identify the most effective institutions, governance principles, educational practices, collaboration with non-governmental agencies and networking that are currently available.
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    The role of the education sector in poviding care and support for orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho and Swaziland

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    As the HIV epidemic continues to unfold across southern Africa, countries are still struggling to find effective means to address many of its negative impacts at individual, family and community levels.
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    Swaziland: effective delivery of public education services - discussion paper

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Since independence in 1968, Swaziland has grappled with the same challenges in delivering effective education services, including, but not limited to: education access; increasing failure and dropout rates; a lack of qualified teachers; a lack of curriculum innovation; and slow responses to education and training changes in regional and international arenas.
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    Zambia effective delivery of public education services: discussion paper

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    The introduction of free basic education (FBE) in Zambia in 2002 during the Basic Educational Sub-sector Investment Programme (BESSIP) significantly improved access to primary education, especially after declining enrolments in the 1990s.
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    Zambia effective delivery of public education services

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    The introduction of free basic education (FBE) in Zambia in 2002 during the Basic Educational Sub-sector Investment Programme (BESSIP) significantly improved access to primary education, especially after declining enrolments in the 1990s.
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    Digitally enhanced child protection: how new technology can prevent violence against children in the Global South

    Igarape Institute, 2014
    The last decade has witnessed growing appreciation of the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to protect children from violence. The issue of violence against children (VAC) is of singular importance.

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