Cash Versus In-Kind: Households' Preferences in the Ghana School Feeding Programme
Where do caregivers of school children stand on the perennial debate on cash versus in-kind transfers for social protection and human capital development?
Where do caregivers of school children stand on the perennial debate on cash versus in-kind transfers for social protection and human capital development?
School feeding is essential for promoting education, health, peace and social cohesion. At a time when countries and their partners are evaluating strategies to reduce chronic malnutrition, malnutrition and poverty, the discussion of school feeding models becomes imperative.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) provides public primary school pupils with a free daily meal. Each meal is expected to follow set menus, providing 30% of children’s’ (6-12 years) energy requirements.
The aim of the research was to investigate the appropriateness, feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of activities to train and support facilitators to deliver comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to adolescents from the age of 10 with special needs or living in circumstances in the o
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has significant potential to contribute to the health and well-being of adolescents and young people.
The focus of this editorial is to consolidate and present adolescents’ and youth perspectives on the importance of tailoring out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes to the needs of marginalised youth, considering mitigation approaches implemented by the United Nations Pop
As an interface between health and education, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) offers a potent tool among other interventions to accelerate healthy transition of adolescents into adulthood.
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a well-established component of the package of interventions required to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The Country Cases Series are developed within UNFPA's project “Out-of-School Comprehensive sexuality education for those left furthest behind” in Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran and Malawi, with the financial support of Norway.
Out-of-school CSE holds the promise of reaching those left behind. In each of the countries, locally adapted interventions consider the needs, life experiences and vulnerabilities of left-behind groups of young people.