This report demonstrates the critical role and contribution of children in UN processes and decision making. It captures the main trends, standards, practices and challenges to child participation in UN processes over the last thirty years and...
This report confirms our previous analysis that child marriage is both a cause and result of poor education of girls in Nigeria, with 10+ million out-of-school children in the country, of which over 60% are girls. If a girl is out of school, the...
With more than 1.4 million internally displaced persons in August 2021, rapid increasing violence and growing insecurity in the Central Sahel have led to a worsening security situation and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Such repeated...
After the endorsement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1990, Save the Children began conducting the Child Rights Situation Analysis (CRSA), with the objective of informing strategic planning and implementation....
Family Care First (FCF) and Responsive and Effective Child Welfare Systems Transformation (REACT), facilitated by Save the Children, is a multi-donor supported network of organizations working together to support children to live in safe,...
As it is important that any gender analysis (and strategy) for children be based upon the insights of children, twenty-four children from conflict-affected northern Nigeria – including 12 girls and 12 boys aged 10 to 17 – were therefore...
In 2021, Save the Children in partnership with youth-led organizations, WETEC and UYAFPAH, convened a 3-part webinar series targeting policy makers, implementing organizations, adolescents, donor agencies, ministries of health and advocates. This...
Investing in adolescents’ rights has the potential to deliver a triple dividend – improving their well-being now, enhancing their future life chances, and boosting outcomes for the next generation of children. Adolescence is a critical window of...
Legal and policy measures that prevent and prohibit child marriage are a key approach to protecting girls from being married before they are ready. To better understand how child marriage laws protect girls affected by crisis in the Middle...
Worldwide, 10-20% of children and adolescents have a mental health condition, 50% of which begin by age 14 and 75% by one’s mid-20s. Currently, mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury among 10 to 19...