Choices is a gender-focused curriculum for very young adolescents (VYAs) between the ages of 10-14 years that aims to create positive social and behavior change. Through a series of 10 hour-long participatory sessions, the curriculum challenges...
A briefing paper concerning the positive impact of children’s participation in the Mekong Youth Forum (MYF) and the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT). It highlights three MYF meetings on human trafficking that...
Following the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, part of Save the Children’s response focused on children’s participation in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This programme had several components that included involving children in developing...
The objective of this toolkit is to assist civil society organizations to enhance their capacities and efficiency in responding adequately to issues of sexuality, gender and SRHR within the context of HIV, sexual and reproductive health rights...
The October 2011 edition of IMPACT focuses on Save the Children’s Child Protection work in Africa. This issue is particularly timely as the world marks the Universal Children’s Day on November 20, 2011, an annual event to reflect on...
The devastating January 2001 earthquake — a 7-magnitude shock that left more than 200,000 people dead and 3 million people in desperate need — has exacted a heavy toll on Haiti’s children. Nearly one year later, the children of Haiti are still...
During 2010, all 29 Save the Children organisations, with combined revenues of more than US$1.4 billion, signed up to a shared vision, mission and strategy. To achieve dramatic change for children, and to make our goals a reality, we are changing...
‘A Fair Chance at Life’ draws attention to one of the most pressing development challenges of our age –the toll of preventable child deaths in the world’s poorest countries, which in 2008 claimed nearly 9 million lives. This is a...
This coming year is crucial for Southern Sudan’s children, with elections in April and a referendum in January 2011 on whether the region should become independent. The Government of Southern Sudan has made considerable progress in establishing...
In January 2010, the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti was rocked by the worst earthquake to hit the region in 200 years. One of the most devastating natural disasters in living memory, in which more than 200,000 people were killed, while...