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AUTHOR(S) Louise Holt; Lesley Murray
AUTHOR(S) Qudsia Kalsoom
AUTHOR(S) Ruochen Zhang; Yao Lu; Haifeng Du
AUTHOR(S) Claire Lee
AUTHOR(S) Hannah Wright; Mitchell Reardon
AUTHOR(S) Sonia Mukhtar; Shamim Mukhta; Waleed Rana
AUTHOR(S) Melissa H. Manley; Abbie E. Goldberg
Right now, there are 650 million child brides living in every region of the world. Child marriage is a fundamental violation of human rights, which severely impacts the global economy, peace and security, as well as hampering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Progress has been made over the last decade, but 2020 saw the greatest surge in child marriage rates in 25 years. Global projections of girls married by 2030 have shot up from 100 million to 110 million, as an additional 10 million girls will now be married due to the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. According to anecdotal data from our programmes, between March-December 2020, child marriages more-than doubled in many communities compared to 2019.This report compiles research and data from four unique contexts – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Senegal and Uganda – where World Vision has been working to address the issue of child marriage. In each of these countries, case studies were developed using first-hand accounts of promising practices towards eliminating child marriage.
During the first quarter of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in LAC in a context of social and economic vulnerability and persisting high inequality. At the time, countries in the region were already experiencing a weakening of socioeconomic indicators and of social cohesion, and a rise in expressions of popular discontent and political crisis. In the decade following the global financial crisis (2010-2019), GDP growth for the region dropped from 6 to 0.2 percent. This RTA was conceived as a ‘light-touch’ evaluative exercise to assess how four COs adapted and implemented their response to COVID-19. Nevertheless, the RTA synthesis findings and conclusions are not fully representative of UNICEF’s overall response in the region, which encompasses 24 country offices operating in highly diverse local contexts. The Evaluation section at UNICEF LACRO and the RTA team adopted a flexible approach in adjusting objectives, scope, and methods throughout the evaluative process to ensure the usability of the recommendations. The focus of the RTA evolved from an initial programmatic approach (‘what to prioritize’) to an analysis of the quality of the response (‘how to reinforce quality’).
AUTHOR(S) Amer Hasan; Koen Geven; Ayesha Tahir
This brief presents initial findings from an ongoing phone survey of families in Punjab, Pakistan designed to assess what is happening to girls’ elementary school education during COVID-19. The data used in this brief describe the experiences of 5,898 families in Punjab between August and October 2020. Data have been weighted to make the sample representative of all schools in Punjab. This brief provides information from an on-going survey. Further data is being collected and analyzed. Subsequent briefs will provide updates on these families as we learn more about their experiences. Unless otherwise noted, statistics are based on the full sample of households contacted, 90 percent of which are families with girls in grades 5-7 before the pandemic. Statistics are weighted to make the sample representative of all schools in Punjab and to allow comparisons between boys and girls.
AUTHOR(S) Molly McCarthy; Jacqueline Homel; James Ogilvie (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Raša Sekulović
AUTHOR(S) Yolanda González-Rábago; Andrea Cabezas-Rodríguez; Unai Martín
AUTHOR(S) Cara D. Dolin; Charlene C. Compher; Jinhee K. Oh (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Michelle Lokot; Amiya Bhatia; Shirin Heidari; Amber Peterman
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