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Creating Pathways for Refugee Teacher Recognition and Registration
(APHRC, 2025)Recognizing refugee teachers is more than a moral obligation; it is a strategic investment in global education and social cohesion. By addressing systemic barriers through the Shirika Plan and other frameworks, refugee ... -
Inclusion of Refugee Teachers into Kenya's National Education System
(APHRC, 2025)Kenya hosts over 774,000 registered refugees, most of whom reside in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps (UNHCR, 2024). Within these camps, more than 160,000 refugee learners are enrolled in approximately 200 schools, many of which ... -
Advancing Gender-Transformative Parenting to Improve Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Kakamega County
(APHRC, 2025)Teenage parenthood continues to pose serious developmental and socioeconomic challenges in Kenya. According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022, 15% of adolescent girls aged 15 -19 have begun childbearing. ... -
Support for Learners with Learning Disabilities: A Call for Differentiated and Individualized Instruction
(APHRC, 2025)Learners with learning disabilities could benefit from differentiated and individualized instructions to achieve learning gains. This policy brief focuses on support for learners with learning disabilities and attempts to ... -
School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Kenya: Gaps and Recommendations
(APHRC, 2025)School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) takes many forms, such as corporal punishment, bullying, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, and sexual violence, many of which are a result of harmful gender norms and inequality. ... -
Tackling Early Marriage in Senegal: Understanding Drivers and the Collaborative Approaches of Senegal's Ministry of Education in Addressing Early Marriage Challenges
(APHRC, 2024)This brief highlights the drivers of, and consequences of early marriages in Senegal. -
Improving Childcare Provision in Informal Settlements in Nairobi City County
(APHRC, 2024)The early years of a child's life are crucial for their health and development. However, many children in Nairobi's informal settlements grow up in environments that do not support their optimal development. As more women ... -
From Bills to Cradles: Designing Effective Guidelines for Childcare Policy Implementation - Lessons From Kajiado County
(APHRC, 2024)Impactful stakeholder engagement can provide learnings to create guidance on effective childcare provision, especially within nomadic pastoralist settings such as the Maasai community. In such communities where cultural ... -
Empowering School Children From the Urban Poor in Uganda
(APHRC, 2024)The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in collaboration with state and non-state education actors, launched the urban education project in 2018. This transformative initiative led to the creation of the ... -
Open Education Resources Offer Many Benefits: How to Remove Obstacles
(The Conversation, 2022)This brief presents findings on the impact of Open education resources on research productivity in higher education. Our paper reviewed existing literature and found that open education resources propel research productivity ...
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