B2.3

describe ways in which government policies and initiatives by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the local and global levels can function as protective factors that reduce the impact of threats to human development at different stages of the lifespan (e.g., government policies supporting full-day Kindergarten, parental leave, and preventive health care; establishing green space; combating global climate change; NGO initiatives such as the Stephen Lewis Foundation's support for grand­mothers raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS or Planned Parenthood's maternal health programs)