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This report draws from consultations in risk prone, fragile and emergency settings over the last ten years and represents the views of more than 6,000 children that expressed what was most important to them before, during and after an emergency. The four questions addressed in the report are: i) How can engaging children improve humanitarian effectivene…
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This plan outlines the concept of the Lake Chad as a rural hub for regional development in parallel to the restoration of peace and security. It intends to contribute significantly to food security, employment, and the social inclusion of the youth by improving, in a sustainable way, the living conditions of populations settled on the Lake’s banks and i…
This brief aims to spark conversation on the critical connection between climate, mobility and childhood – and its implications for policy and investment. By looking at current knowledge, where the worst impacts of climate change, fragility and conflict overlap, and where child mobility is both a consequence and a coping strategy, a clearer picture is o…
The number of people living in internal displacement around the world reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier. The unprecedented figure is the result of new waves of violence and protracted conflict in countries ranging from Ethiopia and Afghanistan to Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), acc…
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There is extensive evidence on issues of child poverty, climate risk and conflict. However, research often treats these issues separately, while in reality many children do not only face one issue or another in isolation. The analysis featured in this report shows the overlapping risks of poverty, climate and conflict for children on a global scale. It…
There are 6 modules in this courseHow do children overcome hazardous experiences to succeed in life? What can be done to protect young people at risk from trauma, war, disasters, and other adversities? Learn about the importance of fostering resilience in children at risk.During this course, participants will: learn how trauma can affect children and th…
IDMC's Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) is the world’s leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement. This year's edition includes a special focus on internally displaced children and youth. Part 1 presents updated data and analysis of internal displacement at the global level. Data and contextual updates are included in the…
About the Course This course is designed to bring together key skills to mainstream inclusion into organisations and the wider humanitarian sector. The course builds capacity through building training skills on Sphere and increasing current knowledge on Gender, Age and Disability and supports understanding of ADCAP Minimum Standards for Age and Disabil…
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Closing date:
04 February 2019
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up. For every child, …
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.…
By Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Elif Ayhan Across the globe, more than 20 million children from conflict-affected countries are out of school. Missing out on schooling opportunities severely compromises the future of displaced individuals, who have left everything behind to escape conflict and violence. Take Syrian refugees in Turkey, th…
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By Julian Palma and Fernando Ramirez Cortes In Afghanistan, access to education has been a successful driver of development over the last seventeen years. In 2001, one million children--almost none of them girls-- were enrolled in 3,400 schools. In 2015, there was a nine-fold increase in enrolment with more than eight million…
This report examines examples of initiatives developed by state and non-governmental programmes in Chad to build resilience and fight against the processes that maintain exclusion and vulnerability. This report explores why it matters for development programmes to address violence against women and girls (VAWG) if they aim to build people…
Términos de Referencia Asistente Administrativo de la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe RET International es una organización internacional, independiente, imparcial, de carácter no gubernamental, sin filiación partidista o religiosa, con sede en Ginebra – Suiza y Panamá para América Latina y El Caribe. Fundada a finales del año 20…
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Closing date:
21 January 2016
Purpose of the post: Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the supervisor, implement country office emergency preparedness and response. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children…

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