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Empowering children and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Article
Voices & Views

The world celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Children’s Rights adopted on 20 November 1959 by the UN General Assembly. Although one in three people worldwide is a minor, most societies still undervalue the opinion of...

Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Bolivia
+17
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Children and Youth
Civil Society
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Empoderando a niños y jóvenes en América Latina y el Caribe

Article
Voices & Views

El mundo celebra el aniversario de la Declaración de los Derechos del Niño adoptada el 20 de noviembre de 1959 por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. Aunque una de cada tres personas en todo el mundo es un menor, la...

Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Bolivia
+17
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Children and Youth
Civil Society
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Girls and boys attending the EDGE workshop in Bangladesh

English and digital peer learning for girls in rural Bangladesh

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Voices & Views

Since 2012, the British Council’s EDGE programme has trained 16,000 girls from marginalised communities in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, helping them steer their own future.

Asia
Bangladesh
Children and Youth
Youth engagement and participation
Education
+2
ICT in education
Inclusive education

Resilient… but to what?

Article
Voices & Views

There was a question posed more than once at this year’s European Development Days in Brussels. Most participants agreed the concept of “resilience” has been widely embraced since a 2012 EU communication on the topic, but many...

Worldwide
Africa
Nigeria
+4
Asia
Bangladesh
Nepal
Pakistan
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Comprehensive approach
Resilience

Views from the Field: in Conversation with the EU Ambassador to Cuba

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Voices & Views

Herman Portocarero became the EU's first fully-fledged ambassador to Cuba in July 2012. In Havana he oversees development cooperation as well as political, trade and investment links. He spoke to Capacity4dev shortly before the EU...

Americas & the Caribbean
Cuba
Development Policy

Putting Reproductive Rights at the Centre of Development

Article
Voices & Views

“To end the cycle of poverty and ensure sustainable development, you have to make sure women are in control of their sexual and reproductive health and rights [SRHR],” said Mangala Namasivayam from the Asian-Pacific Resource and...

Asia
Bangladesh
Philippines
Gender
Health

Do you know where your clothes come from? – Garment Factory Conditions to be Monitored

Article
Voices & Views

Following the April 2013 disaster at a garment factory in Bangladesh, the European Commission is promoting health and safety in the global industry, as well as sustainable production, consumption and decent work.

Asia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

The Land-Drugs Nexus

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Voices & Views

"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries

Transformative Change through Social Protection?

Article
Voices & Views

A study of five social protection projects in South Asia has found they struggled to create transformative change, and were unable to tackle the persistent discrimination driving poverty and social exclusion.

Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
+2
India
Nepal
Employment & VET
Social Protection and Inclusion

Working with Opportunity and Risk: Insight to EU Operations in Myanmar

Article
Voices & Views

The government-initiated reforms in Myanmar over the past three years have provided great opportunity for increased development engagement, but the context continues to require sensitive assessments of opportunities and risks. In...

Asia
Myanmar
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
Human Rights