A Web of Insecurity: Gendered risks and vulnerabilities for children on the move during the COVID-19 pandemic

The International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC)

This issue brief surveys the existing literature based on the limited available data to highlight areas of urgent concern for children on the move as they navigate life during the pandemic, examined through the lens of gender.

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Preprint: ‘Tear down your institutions’. Empirical and evolutionary perspectives on institutional care in SOS Children’s Villages

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg - PsyArXi

This study utilizes narrative and quantitative synthesis to review the scientific evidence on the associations between growing up in SOS villages and child development in various domains. Results showed developmental delays of SOS children compared with their peers in families. Compared to children in typical institutions SOS children do better on mental health but worse on physical growth. The preliminary evidence suggests that SOS Children’s Villages should move away from institutional arrangements to family care.

The principles of Nurturing Care promote human capital and mitigate adversities from preconception through adolescence

Maureen M Black, et al - BMJ Global Health

This paper proposes a comprehensive, multisectoral, multilevel life-course conceptualisation of human capital development by building on the Nurturing Care Framework (NCF), originally developed for the foundational period of growth and development through the age 3 years.

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Posicionamento Das Organizações Da Sociedade Civil: Exigimos Segurança Para Todas As Mulheres E Justiça Para As Vítimas De Matalane

Organizações Da Sociedade Civil

Nós, as Organizações da Sociedade Civil (OSCs) que lutamos por direitos humanos, vimos juntar-nos aos protestos contra o abuso de poder, corrupção e crimes sexuais contra mulheres que foram expostos na Escola Prática da Polícia em Matalane.

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Mozambique Conflict Insight

Institute for Peace and Security Studies

The purpose of this report is to provide analysis and policy implications to assist the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Member States and Development Partners in decision-making and in the implementation of peace and security related instruments.

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O impacto das uniões prematuras na educação, saúde e nutrição em Moçambique

Thomas Selemane

Este estudo sobre o impacto das uniões prematuras na educação, saúde e nutrição, da iniciativa da Rede da Sociedade Civil para os Direitos da Criança (ROSC) e realizado no âmbito das actividades da Coligação para a Eliminação dos Casamentos Prematuros (CECAP), foi elaborado com quatro finalidades

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