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    Generational Perspectives of Unprotected Sex and Sustainable Behavior Change in Nigeria

    2013
    Despite the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic being widely well known, and over two decades of safe-sex communication and condom social marketing in Nigeria, unmarried people continue to engage in unprotected sex. Understanding their perspectives of unprotected sex is imperative for sustainable policy and intervention design.
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    The African renaissance and the future young women and girls want: our commitments, priorities and recommendations

    UN Women, 2014
    This is a statement on ‘the future we want’ was made by young women and girls from 14 African countries that convened at the Young Women’s Forum (January 2014).
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    Global trends in child marriage

    World Bank, 2012
    Child marriage remains highly prevalent today, with a global estimate of one in three women aged 20–24 marrying before the age of 18. Precise estimates for middle- and low-income countries are even higher at 40%.
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    How healthy are the children of Indian Sundarbans?

    Future Health Systems research consortium, 2013
    This report highlights the vulnerability of children in the Indian Sundarbans to health shocks. This is due to under-nutrition and the high prevalence of common communicable diseases. It focuses Patharpratima, as a representative block of the Sundarbans.
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    #BringBackOurGirls: a joint op-ed on the abduction of more than 200 school girls in Nigeria

    UN Women, 2014
    This op-ed is about the unthinkable nightmare endured by the 200 schoolgirls who were seized in the night by armed men dressed as soldiers who said they were there to protect them. In reality, the men were militant extremists who kidnapped them, and set their boarding school on fire. At this time, the girls’ whereabouts continue to be unknown.
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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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    Youth bulges and youth unemployment

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2014
    The transition from age structures dominated by children to age structures concentrated in working ages may have mixed economic consequences. The “demographic dividend” may be an important contributor to economic growth.
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    Highlighting the evidence gap: how cost-effective are interventions to improve early childhood nutrition and development?

    Oxford Journals, 2014
    There is growing evidence of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions to improve the growth and development of children. Although, historically, nutrition and stimulation interventions may have been delivered separately, they are increasingly being tested as a package of early childhood interventions that improve outcomes over the life course.
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    Cultural protection against traumatic stress: traditional support of children exposed to the ritual of female genital cutting

    Dove Medical Press, 2014
    This study explores the factors addressed in folk psychology in The Gambia for protecting the girl-child from the potential traumatic stress of female genital cutting (FGC). The type and quality of the psychological care was analyzed and compared with research on traumatic stress and principles for crisis and trauma intervention.
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    Linking small holder agriculture to school food provision

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2010
    Home grown School Feeding (HGSF) in Sub-Saharan Africa is seen as a key tool in the transition towards nationally owned school feeding programmes. However, to support the transition from externally driven school feeding to HGSF, the Partnership for Child Development (PCD) - a global consortium of concerned organisations and experts - has launched a new programme.

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