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UNICEF’s Office of Research is a dedicated independent research arm for UNICEF located in Florence, Italy. A large portion of the evaluation work done in the office focuses on Government supported cash transfer programs and their impacts on wellbeing of families, women and children. This webinar reviews some of the new and ongoing work conducted under the Transfer Project, a multi-organizational research and learning initiative, presented by Social Policy and Humanitarian specialists Amber Peterman, Tia Palermo and Jacob de Hoop. The first presentation will…
This report from the Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) highlights the child protection needs and responses in Syria and includes objectives and targets for continued child protection interventions and strategies. The report describes the situation of children's care and protection in Syria, including the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, child marriage, child abuse and neglect, and family separation. It defines UNICEF's intervention priorities and strategies in the country, including providing psycosocial support and specialized services, strengthening the…
The report highlights the constant threat of sexual violence, exploitation, and child marriage that adolescents and girls face in Syria. It provides an analysis of the primary protection issues revealed from these assessments related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The assessments performed demonstrate all populations inside Syria face multiple ongoing protection risks because of the ongoing conflict. Of the assessed sub-districts, 85% report early marriage as a major protection concern, 71% report domestic violence, 52% report sexual violence, and 20% report kidnapping of women and…