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Publications
Save the Children's publications range from children's guides to academic reports, to training manuals. By sharing our experience and knowledge we can affect the lives of more children.
We're working to reduce our administration costs and so we provide these publications for free as downloadable PDF documents. (To view or print the documents you will need the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader® finstalled on your computer.)
Publications to Download
- Annual Reports
- Child Rights
- Education
- Health
- HIV/AIDS
- Child Participation
- Exploitation and Abuse
- Conflict and Disaster
- Teaching and Training Toolkits
- For Ages 7-14
- For Ages 14+
- Case Studies
- By Continent
Various Reports from the UN Study on Violence Against Children
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (PDF)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights-civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention to ensure their special care and protection.
UN CRC: How Does Canada Measure Up? Updated Report - 2003 (PDF)
An update to Canada's Report to the UN Committee for the Rights of Children
Large Roads - The EU, the Millenium Development Goals and Children (PDF, 780 kb)
Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals is crucial to improving the lives of children in the developing world. Over 600 million children world-wide live in absolute poverty - an estimated one in four. In this report, Save the Children considers how the European Commission is contributing in its policies, programmes and actions relating to the MDG goals and targets relevant for children. We make recommendations on ways in which the EC could maximise its contribution to the achievement of child-focused MDGs.
Child Protection Policy of Save the Children Canada
Save the Children Canada's policy sets out our commitment to the prevention of child abuse and the protection of children. This policy is a reference for Save the Children Canada staff, partners, contract workers, volunteers and others working with our organization.
Child Protection Code of Conduct of Save the Children Canada
A code for child protection.
The Child-Centred Framework for Delivering Education Programs that Work
Our framework considers the rights of the child with respect to educational programming, and puts forth an approach that is both integrated and collaborative.
Forgotten Girls, Casualties of War
This report shows how girls are being overlooked in current efforts to release children from armed groups and support their return home. There are approximately 120,000 girls associated with armed groups across the world. It challenges existing systems and argues that the international community must fund programs designed to meet girls' needs.
Rewrite the Future: The Campaign
Education saves lives. It gives children the skills they need to escape poverty, live healthily and have hope for the future. The right to go to school belongs to every child. Save the Children launched a global initiative to bring education to children living in countries of armed conflict.
State of the World's Mothers 2007 Report: Saving the Lives of Children Under 5
Our annual scorecard on how mothers and children are faring around the world, and what can be done to improve their chances of survival.
State of the World's Mothers Report 2006: Saving the Lives of Mothers and Newborns
Mother and newborn, it is life's most basic partnership. Every year, 60 million women give birth at home with no skilled care. More than 500,000 women died from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, 4 million newborn babies die every year before they are a month old, and 3 million are stillborn.
State Of The World's Mothers Report 2005: The Power and Promise of Girl's Education
Save the Children's Global Programs for HIV and AIDS (2006)
Saving Lives: Children's Right to HIV/AIDS Treatment (Global Movement for Children 2006)
Making HIV and AIDS Financing Work for Children (2006)
Legal and Policy Frameworks for Protecting The Rights of Vulnerable Children Affected by AIDS (2006)
The Measure Of A Man: Dangerous Ideologies of Masculinity in the Time of HIV/AIDS (2006)
Missing Mothers - Meeting the Needs of Children Affected by AIDS (2005)
Children in a World of AIDS (2004)
UN study on violence against children
Global UN Study presented to General Assembly in October 2006. Includes findings and recommendations from across the globe. Save the Children directly involved in the children consultations.
Will You Listen ? Children and Armed Conflict Survey Report 2007
Ten years after the UN Study by Graca Machel on children living with armed conflict, over 1700 children were surveyed to hear their experiences with conflict.
Safe You Safe Me
This book with child-friendly drawings teaches children how to protect themselves and speak out against abuse. This book was published in conjunction with the UN Study on Violence Against Children and was coordinated by Save the Children Sweden in 2006.
Exit Routes - Full Report (2001)
Save the Children Canada's approach to facilitate the exit of children from the sex trade. Read an overview of the Report
Save the Children Canada Reports on Chocolate Trade
Various reports on the issue of cocoa production in West Africa, the worst forms of child labour and child trafficking.
Are African Children the New Human Capital for Trade and Development? (PDF, 238kb)
African children (one of three African children) between the ages of five to 14 are economically active in the agricultural, manufacturing, extractive and /or domestic sectors, producing goods and service consumed domestically and internationally.
NEPAD (PDF, 158kb)
This New Partnership for Africa's Development is a pledge by African leaders, based on a common vision and a firm and shared conviction, that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty and to participate actively in the world economy and body politic. The Programme is anchored on the determination of Africans to extricate themselves and the continent from the malaise of underdevelopment and exclusion in a globalising world.
Food Security Responses in Africa
Children are the most vulnerable to the risks of food insecurity and malnutrition. With many countries in Africa having over half of their population under the age of 18, it is vital that food aid is targeted to children and that activities to promote livelihoods seek to protect children. Please read about our food programs in Africa.
Protecting Children in Emergencies
Since 1990, over 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict. At least 6 million children have been permanently disabled or seriously injured, and more than one million have been orphaned or separated from their families. Emergencies must contain a large component for child protection, states Save the Children.
A Sense of Belonging - Case studies in positive care options for children (PDF)
A Sense of Belonging explores different types of care that work for children. Drawn from a number of countries around the world, the case studies illustrate alternatives to institutional care.
Promoting psychosocial wellbeing among children affected by armed conflict and displacement; Report(1996) An overview of Save the Children's principles for, and approaches to, psychosocial programming for children living in countries at war or in post-conflict recovery.
Teaching and Training Toolkits
The Challenge of Education in Conflict-Affected Countries: A Teachers Resource Guide 2007
A hands on guide for teachers referencing the issue of education in CAFS [Adobe PDF, 3311 Kb]
Save the Children Canada
Children's rights: A teacher's guide (PDF)
The tools you need to introduce rights education into your classroom. Includes practical information about children's rights and their importance to well-governed societies.
Publications for Children Aged 7-14
Many resources that have been specifically written for children are available here in our "For Kids and Youth" section
Please click on the link above
Voices of Children Living in Countries of Armed Conflict Children speak out about their experience, and how the Rewrite the Future education campaign will enable them to go to school
Children Affected by HIV/AIDS In Cambodia: The Real Story The story of how children's lives have changed since HIV/AIDS came to Cambodia
Some Examples of Publications (by continent)
- Africa Children and the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Cocoa Industry of West Africa
- Asia Children Living in a World of AIDS
- South America Colombia: A Teachers Resource Guide to the Issue of Education and Armed Conflict
- India Rebuilding Lives after the Tsunami: The Children's Road to Recovery
- Europe Study on Child Trafficking in Europe: Children Speak Out
- North America The UN Study on Violence Against Children