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Children are adults in construction and they deserve special attention. Childhood is a crucial moment and all stakeholders have to ensure that the fundamental rights enclosed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child are fulfilled for all children in the world. These rights range from the simple recognition of their existence through birth registration to their education and protection.

20 groups and 11 articles on Children. 1106 capacity4dev.eu members interested in Children.

Articles on Children

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
March 28 2013 by Coordination Team
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By bringing top decision-makers from leading institutions, international development agencies and over 33 national governments affected by food insecurity to the table, and by setting up targets for the Post Millennium Development Goals, the SUN initiative is becoming a cornerstone in the fight to reduce hunger.
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Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Children, Food & Nutrition Security, Fragility & Crisis Situations
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Gender Equality: First Results of the EU Gender Action Plan in Developing Countries
January 27 2012 by Coordination Team
4,268 views
One year after the launch of the five-year European Union Plan of Action for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development, the 2011 annual implementation report presented to the European Council showed that some steps have already been taken to improve the EU’s work with women and girls.
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness & Results, Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing, Children, Gender
Actors of the Development Community Focus on Youth as World Population Tops 7 Billion
November 25 2011 by Coordination Team
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The world passed a collective milestone in October when the planet’s human population topped 7 billion drawing some development professionals to consider the impact of such a large, and in the developing world, increasingly youthful population.
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness & Results, Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing, Children, Culture, Economics, Public Finance & Budget Support (See all topics) Aid Effectiveness & Results, Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing, Children, Culture, Economics, Public Finance & Budget Support, Education, Gender, Health (Limit topics)
Looking for Ways of Facing the AIDS Orphans Challenge
May 27 2011 by Coordination Team
4,611 views
While the world is making progress in preventing and treating AIDS, the needs of 90% of AIDS orphans are not being met. For charities and international organisations it is time to make these children a priority in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
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Article relevant to the topics: Children, Employment & Social Protection, Fragility & Crisis Situations, Health
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Taking International Women's Day Seriously in Burkina Faso
May 22 2011 by Coordination Team
4,866 views
Each year the small West African nation of Burkina Faso marks International Women’s Day with a public holiday and an information campaign to highlight a particular priority issue.
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Article relevant to the topics: Children, Gender, Health
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Representations of Africa - Media Can Help People be More Confident in Their Capacity
April 27 2011 by Coordination Team
5,870 views
International television and news reporting would be advised to focus more on what works well in Africa and inspire future generations of the continent’s youth, according to Amobé Mévégué, a well known media figure.
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Article relevant to the topics: Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing, Children, Civil Society, Culture, Democracy (See all topics) Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing, Children, Civil Society, Culture, Democracy, Information & Communication Technology, Private Sector, Trade & Regional Integration (Limit topics)
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Education After the Disaster: Lessons from Haiti
January 26 2011 by Coordination Team
6,110 views
How can long-term development programmes survive the instant turmoil of a crisis situation? Alain Calosci, Technical Assistant at the European Union delegation to Haiti, tells us about his experience working on an education programme in the quake-struck Caribbean nation.
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness & Results, Aid Procedures, Children, Education, Fragility & Crisis Situations
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Governance Challenges in Education: Similar Problems, Different Causes, Tailored Solutions
October 28 2010 by Coordination Team
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While a massive body of water separates Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s not an ocean of difference between them in terms of the scale of the governance challenges facing their education sectors.
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness & Results, Children, Education, Fragility & Crisis Situations, Governance
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View from India: When Technical Cooperation is not the Path to Capacity Development
October 2 2009 by Coordination Team
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Capacity development and sustainable results are the key objectives of all European Commission assistance to partner countries, but traditional technical cooperation is not the default route for getting there. In India, the EC delegation found an alternative way to respond to government demand.
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness & Results, Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing, Children, Education
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Public Group on Children
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The Public Group on Children is an interactive group to connect people working on children issues or interested in this topic.

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UN global ban on FGM
Posted January 14 2013 by Bianco Enrica
In 2010 the Inter-African Committee launched a draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly banning Female Genital Mutilation worldwide,...

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UN global ban on
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Council Conclusions on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child in the European Union's external action - the development and humanitarian dimensions (2008)
(Council_conclusions_EU_external_actions.pdf)

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