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Joined May 2014
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Studies have shown that orphanage care often exposes children to serious harm, neglect and abuse, can seriously impact a child’s physical and psychological development, and is often more expensive than family or community-based care: https://t.co/tB1BnQD9Hl
#familiesnotorphanages
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Funding for #orphanages is often harming the children it aims to help, and is often much more expensive than family or community-based care. So why is this still happening? #familiesnotorphanages Follow this link from @ElevateChildren to know more: https://t.co/jxjroaRS3x
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Donors and policymakers can do more to help vulnerable children by investing in family and community support programs rather than orphanages. #EndViolence #familiesnotorphanages
https://t.co/xvegRjOgae
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Research by @lumos estimates that the amount of support to Haitian orphanages exceeds $100 million annually. We can make better investments to help vulnerable children than funding orphanages. #familiesnotorphanages
https://t.co/QRCrjNwtyt
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Research in Nepal shows that the cost of orphanages can be 11x the cost of social services provided to vulnerable families. #familiesnotorphanages #EndViolence
https://t.co/tB1BnQD9Hl
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Donors and policymakers can do more to help vulnerable children by investing in family and community support programs rather than orphanages. #EndViolence #familiesnotorphanages
https://t.co/xvegRjOgae
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Funding for orphanages is often harming the children it aims to help, and is often much more expensive than family or community-based care. #EndViolence #familiesnotorphanages
https://t.co/tB1BnQD9Hl
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Liberia: Gender Ministry and @theIRC Validate Simplify Version of Domestic Violence Act #16DaysOfActivism
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To stop violence, we must raise our children differently - via @issafrica
#EndViolence #16DaysOfActivism
https://t.co/Xlj2wszK2R
issafrica.org
South Africans live in contexts that prime them for violence – safety for children and women can change this.
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The American Academy Of Pediatrics On Spanking Children: Don't Do It, Ever. #EndViolence
npr.org
According to the AAP, research shows that spanking is harmful to child development in the long run. The AAP also says to avoid nonphysical punishment that is humiliating, scary or threatening.
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Countries that ban spanking have kids who are less likely to be violent #EndViolence
https://t.co/tO7sSOKFlR
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Refugee girls gain from effort to teach life skills The COMPASS program (Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement, and Safe Spaces), developed by @theIRC, was implemented in refugee camps in Ethiopia, DRC, and Pakistan. https://t.co/5FBQOqi4tl
medicalxpress.com
A yearlong program for adolescent girl refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa successfully promoted healthy transitions to adulthood within the evaluation period, according to the results of randomized...
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Nigeria: EU trains 75 police officers to fight violence against women, children
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Countries where smacking children is banned 'are safer to grow up in' #EndViolence
theguardian.com
Research reveals that fighting between youths – particularly females – is less common where corporal punishment has been outlawed
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Violence is Preventable: Changing Global Gender Norms Is Possible
foreignpolicy.com
What India can show the United States about how to disrupt rape culture.
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Philippines: Senate passes bill seeking to ban corporal punishment against children
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Sierra Leone: Government, CSOs brainstorm on new approach for the reduction of teenage pregnancies https://t.co/37uySMZxKm
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The role child survivors of violence play in ending abuse #EndViolence
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Nobel Peace Prize honors champions of fight against sexual violence #NobelPeacePrize #EndViolence
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