Miscellanea An Evidence Gap Map on Adolescent Well-being in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A focus on the domains of protection, participation, and financial and material well-being. Study Protocol. AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania; Anita Ghimire Published: 2018 Miscellanea The objective of this evidence gap map (EGM) is to provide an overview of the existing evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (at the macro, meso and micro levels) aimed at improving adolescent well-being in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Its focus is on the outcome domains of protection, participation and financial and material well-being. Outcomes relating to the enabling environment for adolescents are also included to capture the contextual influences that might affect the well-being of adolescents. This study protocol outlines the criteria used to consider studies for inclusion in the EGM. Only studies that are explicitly impact evaluations or systematic reviews were included and the target study population were adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. The geographic scope were LMICs as defined by the World Bank and all relevant studies written in English, French and Spanish, and published from the year 2000 onwards were included. The research team employed long-form or short-form search strategies, with search terms formulated around the proposed population, intervention, outcome, geographical focus and research design categories. The interactive EGM is available online at www.unicef-irc.org/evidence-gap-map. The EGM report is available at https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/931/ + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 39 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescent health, evaluation, financial resources, people's participation, protection of children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania; Anita Ghimire 2018 An Evidence Gap Map on Adolescent Well-being in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A focus on the domains of protection, participation, and financial and material well-being. Study Protocol.. , pp. 39.
Miscellanea Bridging the Gap to Understand Effective Interventions for Adolescent Well-being: An evidence gap map on protection, participation, and financial and material well-being in low- and middle-income countries AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania; Anita Ghimire; Nikola Balvin Published: 2018 Miscellanea This evidence gap map (EGM) collates the evidence base for adolescent interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with a focus on the outcome domains of protection, participation and financial and material well-being. Outcomes relating to the enabling environment for adolescents are also included to capture the contextual influences that might affect the well-being of adolescents. The EGM contains 74 studies (71 impact evaluations and 3 systematic reviews) of evaluated interventions targeting adolescents in LMICs. Most of the evidence is on financial support to individuals and households, where interventions predominantly include conditional cash transfers, and studies frequently evaluate their impacts on child labour and child marriage outcomes. The second largest evidence cluster relates to the impacts of socio-emotional learning and life skills on adolescent protection, particularly protection-related attitudes, skills and knowledge, while psychosocial support is the third most frequently appearing intervention. At the group and community level, the largest bodies of evidence are on financial literacy and savings schemes, and norm change interventions.The largest evidence gaps are at the policy and institutional level, the enabling environment for adolescent well-being, and the use of and access to information and communication technology (ICT) by adolescents. While coverage of gender is prominent in the literature, only one intervention specifically targets boys and men to promote attitudes towards gender equity. Recommendations for future primary research and synthesis are made. The interactive EGM is available online at www.unicef-irc.org/evidence-gap-map. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 63 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescent health, evaluation, financial resources, people's participation, protection of children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania; Anita Ghimire; Nikola Balvin 2018 Bridging the Gap to Understand Effective Interventions for Adolescent Well-being: An evidence gap map on protection, participation, and financial and material well-being in low- and middle-income countries . , pp. 63.
Innocenti Discussion Papers Child Privacy in the Age of Web 2.0 and 3.0: Challenges and opportunities for policy AUTHOR(S) Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha Published: 2017 Innocenti Discussion Papers We live in an information society, where the flow of information in the virtual environment is unprecedented. Web 2.0 platforms – and recently Web 3.0 platforms and the Internet of Things (IoT) – represent an important step forward in enhancing the lives of both adults and children everywhere, by combining greater efficiencies with a wide availability of new tools that can boost individual creativity and collective production. This new environment has exposed adults and children to fresh challenges that deserve special attention, especially those surrounding privacy. The main objective of this paper is to address the challenges posed to child privacy online and the impact that these challenges might have on other rights such as freedom of expression, access to information and public participation. To do this, the paper first analyses the current (and foreseen) threats to child privacy online and the various approaches adopted by government and/or the private sector to tackle this issue. The paper also examines whether children’s perspectives and needs are considered in international debates on technology regulation, including in regard to the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’. It then contextualizes the protection of privacy (and data protection) in relation to other fundamental rights in the online environment, arguing that in most cases this interaction is rather positive, with the enforcement of the right to privacy serving to protect other rights. The paper concludes by proposing some policy recommendations on how to better address the protection of children’s online privacy. These objectives are achieved through literature review and analysis of legal instruments. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 23 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: data protection, internet, privacy, protection of children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha 2017 Child Privacy in the Age of Web 2.0 and 3.0: Challenges and opportunities for policy. , pp. 23.
Innocenti Research Briefs Inclusion with Protection: Obtaining informed consent when conducting research with adolescents AUTHOR(S) John Santelli; Sonia Haerizadeh; Terry McGovern Published: 2017 Innocenti Research Briefs Written primarily for UNICEF staff, funders of research, policy-makers, ethics committee members and researchers, this brief intends to provide principles and approaches to the common challenges in conducting research with adolescents. It emphasizes the value of research with adolescents and discusses at length the importance of balancing inclusion and protection, concluding with a set of ethical ground rules and recommendations for research with adolescents and examples on how to apply them.The brief is one of seven on research methodologies designed to expand and improve the conduct and interpretation of research on adolescent health and well-being in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Building on the recent Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, these briefs provide an overview of the methodological quality of research on adolescents. They cover topics including: indicators and data sources; research ethics; research with disadvantaged, vulnerable and/or marginalized populations; participatory research; measuring enabling and protective systems for adolescent health; and economic strengthening interventions for improving adolescent well-being. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 18 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescents, protection of children, research methods × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION John Santelli; Sonia Haerizadeh; Terry McGovern 2017 Inclusion with Protection: Obtaining informed consent when conducting research with adolescents. , pp. 18.
Innocenti Research Briefs How to Measure Enabling and Supportive Systems for Adolescent Health AUTHOR(S) Russell Viner Published: 2017 Innocenti Research Briefs Enabling and protective systems for adolescents are the family, peers and the education and legal systems. In addition to research that focuses on individual adolescents, it is also important for researchers to consider measuring social determinants when conducting research on adolescent well-being. This brief reviews the key concepts of social and structural determinants of health and the methodological issues related to their measurement in adolescence.The brief is one of seven on research methodologies designed to expand and improve the conduct and interpretation of research on adolescent health and well-being in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Building on the recent Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, these briefs provide an overview of the methodological quality of research on adolescents. They cover topics including: indicators and data sources; research ethics; research with disadvantaged, vulnerable and/or marginalized populations; participatory research; measuring enabling and protective systems for adolescent health; and economic strengthening interventions for improving adolescent well-being. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 16 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescent health, adolescents, protection of children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Russell Viner 2017 How to Measure Enabling and Supportive Systems for Adolescent Health. , pp. 16.
Miscellanea Best of UNICEF Research 2016 Published: 2016 Miscellanea The Best of UNICEF competition identifies a number of studies that are assessed to be of particular merit on a number of criteria: in terms of the relevance and interest of the topic and findings; the rigour of their methodology; and the potential for impact, including lessons that could inform programmes elsewhere, or the capacity for replication or scaling up. Issues covered include health, education, WASH, child protection and social inclusion. There was also a strong emphasis on qualitative and mixed methods research, demonstrating the value of rigorous qualitative studies. A number of studies selected as of special merit in 2016 involved research directly with children and there is an increasing recognition that children’s perspectives are of primary importance. There was also a welcome attention to gender in some of the studies, including research with both adolescent boys and girls. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 80 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: development research, education, evaluation, evaluation research, health, participatory research, protection of children, research × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2016 Best of UNICEF Research 2016. , pp. 80.
Innocenti Publications The Best Interests of the Child in Intercountry Adoption AUTHOR(S) Nigel Cantwell Published: 2014 Innocenti Publications There is universal agreement that the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration in any decisions made about a child’s future. In the case of adoption, which represents one of the most far-reaching and definitive decisions that could be made about the future of any child – the selection of their parents – international law qualifies the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration. The implications of this obligation are all the greater in the context of the intercountry form of adoption, since this involves in addition the removal of a child to a new country and, usually, a new culture. However, there is no universal agreement on who is ultimately responsible for determining what is in a child’s ‘best interests’, nor on what basis the decision should be made This study responds, in particular, to one key question: what is it that enables a policy, process, decision or practice to be qualified as either respectful or in violation of the best interests of the child in intercountry adoption? + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 88 | Thematic area: Child Protection, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Rights of the Child | Tags: adoption, adoptive families, human rights, intercountry adoption, protection of children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Nigel Cantwell 2014 The Best Interests of the Child in Intercountry Adoption. , pp. 88.
Innocenti Insights The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line AUTHOR(S) Patrizia Faustini Published: 2014 Innocenti Insights Children and young people represent 30 per cent of the world’s population. Not only do they represent the largest group of people currently affected by climate change, but they are also more vulnerable than adults to its harmful effects. Children and young people also constitute the generation that will be required to deal with the future impacts of climate change and that will have to deliver the very deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that will be essential in the coming decades. This book is an attempt to redress the balance. It brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children’s rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the children of today and tomorrow. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 120 | Thematic area: Child Protection, Health | Tags: child well-being, climatology, disasters, protection of children, youth × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Patrizia Faustini 2014 The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line. , pp. 120.
Innocenti Publications Protecting Children from Violence in Sport AUTHOR(S) Celia Brackenridge; Kari Fasting; Sandra Kirby; Trisha Leahy Published: 2010 Innocenti Publications UNICEF has long recognized that there is great value in children’s sport and play, and has been a consistent proponent of these activities in its international development and child protection work. Health, educational achievement and social benefits are just some of the many desirable outcomes associated with organized physical activity. During recent years, however, it has become evident that sport is not always a safe space for children and that the same types of violence and abuse sometimes found in families and communities can also occur in sport and play programmes. The research presented in this publication shows a lack of data collection and knowledge about violence to children in sport, a need to develop the structures and systems for eliminating and preventing this form of violence, and that ethical guidelines and codes of conduct must be established and promoted as part of the prevention system. By addressing these gaps, significant improvements will be realized for the promotion and protection of the rights of children in sport. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Child Protection, Children's Participation, Industrialized Countries, Rights of the Child, Social Policies | Tags: industrialized countries, protection from abuse and neglect, protection of children, rights of the child, sport, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Celia Brackenridge; Kari Fasting; Sandra Kirby; Trisha Leahy 2010 Protecting Children from Violence in Sport. , pp. 50.