Policy, Research & Evidence

Inequalities are growing between and within countries, with children being left behind as a result of their gender, wealth, location or identity.  

We work with governments, the private sector and civil society partners to tackle the root causes of inequality and exclusion. 

We push for changes to the systems and structures that perpetuate inequalities and deny children their rights, drawing on our  world-class research and innovative and evidence-based solutions.  

We work across Save the Children’s breakthrough themes of health, education and child protection, supporting colleagues with policy and functional expertise as well as driving our own workstreams on cross-cutting issues.

• To push governments to tackle inequalities and champion intersectional feminist approaches to development
• To implement the Sustainable Development Goals Pledge to Leave No One Behind and strengthen accountability for the realisation of child rights
• To advocate for investment in the poorest and most marginalised children, and for minimum financial security for all
• To increase access to evidence for improved policy impact for children and strengthen civil society advocacy through our research, data analysis, monitoring, evaluation, and learning expertise.

Governments’ fiscal decisions about where to spend money and how to raise the resources have huge implications for the realisation of children’s rights. 

Lavinia Loperfido

PMEAL Officer 
l.loperfido@savethechildren.org.uk

Lavinia delivers planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning for advocacy across the Save the Children Movement. She also provides research support and capacity building to country offices on MEAL systems and evidence generation as well as being responsible for reporting on a multi-country Gates Foundation-funded advocacy programme. 
 

Chiara  Orlassino 

Research Adviser 
c.orlassino@savethechildren.org.uk 

Chiara delivers and supports research on inclusive development. She also curates Save the Children’s Child Inequality Tracker “GRID”, delivers research training to colleagues around the world, and represents Save the Children in international research fora. She is part of Save the Children’s UK impact squad, in which she leads on data analysis for advocacy. 

 George Sagoe-Addy

Senior PMEAL Adviser 
g.sagoe-Addy@savethechildren.org.uk
@gsaddy3

George has over 13 years' experience working in the international development space with lots of country experience. George leads on our PAC divisional planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning to embed MEAL systems and frameworks for advocacy. He oversees the support and capacity building of country teams partner civil society organisations in strengthening MEAL systems and processes for advocacy impact measurement. Provides support in the quality assurance and delivery of research pieces with country offices on grants and supports proposal development.