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In India, as in other countries, the rise in the number of street and working children is associated with the phenomenon of rapid urban growth, especially of sprawling slums and shanty towns. The predicament of the urban child "in difficult circumstances" is inextricable from these conditions of...

USAID Zimbabwe Country Development Cooperation Strategy 2016-2021 This review details USAID’s development cooperation strategies for inclusive, accountable governance and social, political, and economic development with equal opportunity in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s high mortality and morbidity rates are...

This article reports on child trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation and the lack of rehabilitation efforts for these children, primarily young girls. Drawing from qualitative research done in South and Southeast Asia, the article focuses on rehabilitation and protection efforts. This piece...

With a foreword by Malala Yousafzai, this report provides evidence for the societal and economic benefits of investing in girls' education around the world. FOREWORD My story is not of one girl but of many. It is the story of Malala from Pakistan. It is the story of the sisters I have met from Syria...

Vulnerability to violence evolves in complex socio-economic and cultural contexts. This locally driven research analyses how institutional, community, interpersonal and individual factors interact to affect violence in children’s lives. It included findings from four countries: Italy, Peru, Viet Nam...

The increasing use of “bitch” among women makes it harder to see links between the word and patriarchy. In pop culture and in everyday life, men and women use “bitch” as an epithet against women (and non-conventional men) as well as a means of expressing dominance over a person or object. Women who...