a-country: Jordan
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Advancing research in development partnerships
WNCB conducted research about how to stimulate evidence-based working within the WNCB alliance. The research project was conducted by Wageningen University and led by Margit van Wessel, B. Rajeshwari and Siri Lijfering.
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S’attaquer aux inégalités sociales et de genre dans les programmes sur le travail des enfants
Afin de renforcer l’approche transformatrice de genre dans le cadre du programme WNCB, une évaluation de genre a été commandée pour chacun des 6 pays.
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Addressing gender and social inequalities in child labour programming
In order to strengthen WNCB’s Gender Transformative approach within the programme, a gender assessment was commissioned for each of the 6 countries.
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WNCB Theory of Change
According to most recent estimates 152 million children are victims of child labour, with almost half of them, 73 million, working in hazardous child labour. Although child labour has declined over the past 15 years, progress has dwindled during the last 4 years. Significant efforts will need to be made in order to reach the…
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Safe spaces for (former) child labourers in Amman, Jordan
In East Amman, Save the Children and WNCB partner JOHUD are joining forces to protect and support children who are of were active in child labour. In the JOHUD center, children are welcomed in a safe space where they are taught different skills, can talk about their challenges, meet others with the same background, make…
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Case management to get children out of work and into school
UNICEF and NGO Rowad are working together to implement the ‘Work: No Child’s Business’ programme in Jordan to protect children who drop out of school, and support them return to school to complete their education. The programme also targets parents and caregivers, with raising their awareness, guiding them on how to provide a safe and…
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Life skills and education for children and youth in refugee camps
To support these children return to learning, WNCB is running education programmes within the camp. The programmes include classes on Arabic, maths and English for children aged 8-16 years. Children are welcomed in a safe space where they’re taught different skills, they can talk about their challenges, meet others, make friends, and also just have…
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Joining forces to protect and support children in East-Amman
According to the last calculations, which date from 2016, about 76.000 children are active in child labour in Jordan. But these numbers are outdated. WNCB works in East Amman, where children are amongst others working in the recycling industry. At the landfills, they employ kids to take parts out of old cars, like the iron…
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COVID-19 crisis in the Work: No Child’s Business programme
The COVID-19 pandemic has a large impact on WNCB’s target population and the way we will implement our programme. Through this initial assessment with our country teams it is now becoming clear that next to the catastrophic health crisis, the mitigating actions to the pandemic in the various contexts have hugely affected our local communities…
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Jordan: impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents in refugee camps
UNICEF carried out a research in Jordan “Listening to young people’s voices under covid-19” to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents in Jordan’s refugee camps and host communities. See here the link to the report