The quality of education has worsened since the beginning of the civil war in Côte d’Ivoire in 2002. The retention rate is 52 percent and absenteeism of children can be quite high. Children have few opportunities to participate in school...
The devastating Asia tsunami of December 26, 2004, was one of the biggest emergency responses in Save the Children’s history. Two years later, Save the Children continued to stand by hundreds of thousands of children and family members who...
The Regional Emergency Coordination (REC) is a Unique Coordination Model Based on Collaboration, used by Save the Children Agencies working in South America. This document includes the REC general objective together with expected results, working...
Past and present armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have badly affected children, and the country has one of the highest number of child soldiers in the world. Forty years of poor governance, economic collapse, exploitation...
Violence is a major root cause of children coming into conflict with the law in the first place. This report shows that violence is a recurring theme in the lives of these children and not only after they come into conflict with the law. Part 1...
A practical manual to be used as a guide in the development of strategies to challenge and end physical and humiliating punishment. It includes examples of good practice when approaching the issue of corporal punishment around the world, and...
The what, why, and how of each of Save the Children’s child participation practice standards. The primary purpose of these practice standards is to ensure consistent high quality child participation practice throughout Save the Children’s...
The continuing work in combating images of child sexual abuse on the internet is part of Save the Children’s broader strategy in promoting the rights of the child in the context of protection from sexual abuse and exploitation. Save the...
‘Listen and speak out against sexual abuse of boys and girls: 10 essential learning points’, is a Save the Children report on sexual abuse based on consultations carried out in Canada, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Spain,...
Save the Children Sweden South East Asia and the Pacific’s regional submission to the UN Secretary General’s Global Study on Violence against Children. A rights-based account of what is known (research), what is happening (legal) and...