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Global Experts Consultation Bullying and Cyber-bullying
Global Experts Consultation Bullying and Cyber-bullying

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Tackling Child Marriage and Early Childbearing in India

The Government of India has made combatting child marriage and early childbearing a priority. This brief uses data collected from 1,000 19-year-olds in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to help inform policy and programming efforts. In our survey, 28% of girls and just 1% of boys married before the age of 18. By the age of 19, a majority (59%) of married young women had already given birth.

Tackling Child Marriage and Early Childbearing in India

The Government of India has made combatting child marriage and early childbearing a priority. This brief uses data collected from 1,000 19-year-olds in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to help inform policy and programming efforts. In our survey, 28% of girls and just 1% of boys married before the age of 18. By the age of 19, a majority (59%) of married young women had already given birth.

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Research meeting addresses early marriage and teenage pregnancy findings
Research meeting addresses early marriage and teenage pregnancy findings
Why do healthy girl children grow into undernourished women in India?
Why do healthy girl children grow into undernourished women in India?
In some places, ‘Bring your child to work day’ is every day of the year
In some places, ‘Bring your child to work day’ is every day of the year
Study finds 15-year-old boys in India eat better diet than girls of the same age
Study finds 15-year-old boys in India eat better diet than girls of the same age
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Roundtable on Adolescent Transitions: Bringing Research and Policy Perspectives together
Roundtable on Adolescent Transitions: Bringing Research and Policy Perspectives together

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Seeing the Social:Understanding why children are out of school in rural Ethiopia

The promotion of education has long been a priority of the successive regimes of Ethiopia. Combined with the momentum of Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development expansion of primary school enrolment which has earned Ethiopia international acclaim and so much optimism in meeting the MDGs set for 2015. Despite this, however, large numbers of primary school aged children remain out of school, most of these are found in rural areas and many of them are girls. Many of the children that enrol do not stay on to complete the full cycle of their primary schooling.

Seeing the Social:Understanding why children are out of school in rural Ethiopia

The promotion of education has long been a priority of the successive regimes of Ethiopia. Combined with the momentum of Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development expansion of primary school enrolment which has earned Ethiopia international acclaim and so much optimism in meeting the MDGs set for 2015. Despite this, however, large numbers of primary school aged children remain out of school, most of these are found in rural areas and many of them are girls. Many of the children that enrol do not stay on to complete the full cycle of their primary schooling.

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National Bureau of Economic Research: Annual Cohort Studies Meeting
National Bureau of Economic Research: Annual Cohort Studies Meeting
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