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All resources on social protection and development including materials on inclusive development; social health protection; gender equality; digital inclusion; cash transfers; child labour; and modern slavery.
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Adolescents in emergencies
Document Library
April 8, 2016

It is increasingly recognised that in emergency programming efforts adolescents need to be viewed as a distinct group with distinct vulnerabilities and also great potential for contributing to the emergency response. Adolescents tend either to be ignored as a target group during times of emergencies or to be conceptualised as passive victims or active security threats…. Read more

Adolescents, Emergencies, Gender, Health
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Stepped care for maternal mental health: a case study of the perinatal mental health project in South Africa
Document Library
April 1, 2016

Maternal mental health is largely neglected in low- and middle-income countries. There is no routine screening or treatment of maternal mental disorders in primary care settings in South Africa. The Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP) developed an intervention to deliver mental health care to pregnant women in a collaborative, step-wise manner making use of existing… Read more

health and gender, Maternal Health, Mental Health, south africa
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review
Document Library
April 1, 2016

The perinatal mental health of women living in low- and lower-middle-income countries has only recently become the subject of research, in part because greater priority has been assigned to preventing pregnancy-related deaths. In addition, some have argued that in resource-constrained countries women are protected from experiencing perinatal mental problems through the influence of social and… Read more

health and gender, Low income countries, Mental Health, Women's Health
Education
Gender
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Early childhood development and girls
Reading Pack
March 22, 2016

Introduction The international evidence that high quality early childhood development (ECD) programmes benefit all children’s development, life experiences, and life chances, is overwhelming. The evidence comes from studies of all kinds, including well-known large quantitative longitudinal studies (e.g. High/Scope Perry studies in the USA and the work of Heckman, at http://heckmanequation.org/) to more localised qualitative… Read more

Early Childhood Development, ECD, Women and girls
Education
Gender
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Uncovering pathways for girls’ education: gender equity and early childhood development
Document Library
March 21, 2016

This paper addresses strategies that can make a difference for women’s and child’s rights: girls’ education. The paper discusses multi-channel learning as an educational strategy that attempts to overcome the traditional boundaries of the daily responsibilities of girls in developing countries through the careful design and combination of channels for girls to engage in learning. Through… Read more

Early Childhood Development, ECD, gender and education, Girls' Education
Education
Gender
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In focus: gender and early childhood care and development
Document Library
March 21, 2016

This newsletter presents brief summaries of several projects focusing on girls, gender sensitivity and early childhood development (ECD) from across Asian and Pacific nations. These projects include investigations of culture and gender in ECD, school transitions, access to ECD, and literacy. The gender sensitivity focus emphasises the benefits of quality ECD programmes for girls. The newsletter… Read more

Asia, Early Childhood, Early Childhood Development, ECD, Education, gender and education, Girls' Education, pacific region
Education
Gender
Social Protection
What’s the difference? An ECD impact study from Nepal
Document Library
March 21, 2016

  This report examines an early childhood development (ECD) programme in Nepal and its impact, not only on young children, but also on their families and communities. It explores, in particular, the impact the programme has had on children’s transition to school, a significant issue in a country where many children never start school and where those… Read more

Early Childhood Development, ECD, gender and education, Nepal
Education
Social Protection
Early childhood development in the SDGs
Document Library
March 4, 2016

Agreement on the Sustainable Development Goals signals that early childhood development (ECD) will be a priority focus for the twenty-first century. Explicit mention is made in SDG Target 4.2 which states that by 2030 countries should: ‘ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that… Read more

Early Childhood Development, ECD, inclusive growth, Sustainable Development Goals
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Improving access to health for women and girls in low-income urban settlements
Document Library
February 16, 2016

The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Over one third of urban dwellers now reside in low-income urban settlements, where living conditions are often inadequate and there are multiple barriers to access to health services for women and girls. Based on six case studies and a thematic review examining women’s and girls’ access to health in low-income… Read more

gender and health, health inequalities, Health Services, low-income urban settlements, Women and girls
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Haja Wurie on incorporating gender into health systems reconstruction in post-Ebola Sierra Leone
HEART talks
February 15, 2016

Dr Haja Wurie is based at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In this HEART talks video she describes the rebuilding of health systems in the post-conflict period in Sierra Leone as ‘fire-fighting’. This meant that the response did not adequately capture gender. Ensuring service provision for women and… Read more

Ebola, gender and health, Sierra Leone
Gender
Health
Social Protection
The importance of understanding gender equity in humanitarian responses to health issues
HEART talks
February 10, 2016

Valerie Percival is an Assistant Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. She leads the ReBUILD project ‘Building Back Better: Taking forward empirical research on the opportunities and constraints for building gender responsive health systems in post conflict contexts’. This is the focus of Valerie’s HEART talks video. The first issue for humanitarian focus… Read more

Gender, gender and health, gender-based violence, Post-Conflict, reconstruction
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