Suchana: Ending the Cycle of Undernutrition in Bangladesh is a multisectoral nutrition programme that aims to reduce chronic undernutrition among children under two in poor and very poor households in Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts of Bangladesh...
This report for the USAID-funded Albarka project, which translates to “realized hope” and “human well-being” in many languages of Mali, discusses formative research conducted in 12 villages across four regions of Mali to...
The impact of COVID-19 has been devastating and has particularly affected women and children. Some of the devastating consequences include a sharp increase in incidences of gender-based violence, forced marriages, sexual exploitation and teen...
Background: The 2020 global estimates on child labour saw an increase of child labour globally for the first time in 20 years – from 152 million to 160 million, and an estimated increase of child labour at around another 10 million by the end of...
Rwanda has made impressive progress in improving access to education achieving universal enrollment and gender equality over the past decade and a half. Still, significant challenges remain in ensuring that children acquire even basic literacy...
This technical brief describes USAID Growth through Nutrition Activity’s efforts to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition in Ethiopia by implementing social and behavior change activities to improve adolescent nutrition,...
In 2019, Save the Children implemented a 3-year project called ‘Genda Biznes’ aimed to empower adolescents and increase their ability to challenge social and gender norms that influence adolescent pregnancy and sexual and reproductive health...
This briefing paper examines the experiences of life after marriage for female youth who married under the age of 18 in South Sudan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This paper outlines the wide range of personal experiences following early...
This paper was developed by the CSSP Technical Working Group to provide CSSP practitioners in Save the Children with ideas on how to take gender equality forward. This document provides some case studies regarding how gender inequalities have been...
This briefing paper focuses on the decision-making processes that led displaced female youth to marry as minors in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and South Sudan, based on the actual stories of study participants. Reasons for early marriage are...