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What happens during the very earliest years of a child's life, from birth to age 3, influences how the rest of childhood and adolescence unfolds. Yet, this critical time is usually neglected in the policies, programmes and budgets of countries. Drawing from reports the world over, The State of the World's Children 2001 details the daily lives of parents and other caregivers who are striving - in the face of war, poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic - to protect the rights and meet the needs of these young children. Country profiles, maps and statistical data for 193 countries are also presented. ... Read more

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The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in particular the attention provided to the child as an active citizen and the role of the city in promoting the participation of young people in decision-making processes at the local level. The study provides recommendations on how to further promote children's rights within local governance. ... Read more

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This publication shows how the AIDS epidemic continues to affect African children disproportionately and in many harmful ways, making them more vulnerable than other children, leaving many of them orphaned and threatening their survival. The report contains new and improved research on orphans and vulnerable children, including what governments, NGO's, the private sector and the international community can do to better respond. ... Read more

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In 2002, the Governments committed to a time-bound set of goals, strategies and actions in four areas: promoting healthy lives; providing quality education; protecting against abuse, exploitation and violence; and combating HIV/AIDS. This report provides new information and analysis on the progress the world has made in reducing child and maternal mortality and malnutrition, ensuring universal primary education, protecting children against abuse, exploitation and violence, and combating HIV/AIDS. It contains updated data and presents information from 121 country and territory reports. ... Read more

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This publication discusses the protection issues facing children globally, outlining the priority actions needed to reduce their vulnerability. The publication calls for enhanced social protection, legal protection and justice, and alternative care, underpinned by efforts to address the silence and stigma that allow discrimination, abuse and exploitation of children to continue. ... Read more

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This historical review commemorates the United Nations Children's Fund 60th anniversary and traces, decade by decade, how the cause of children has evolved since World War II. The publication explores UNICEF's contribution against a backdrop of rapid global changes in social, political and economic affairs - and looks ahead to 2015, the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals that will transform the lives of millions of children. ... Read more

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This publication provides a comprehensive framework of strategies and actions necessary to translate childrens right to education and rights within education into legislation, policies and programmes for the attainment of Education for All. The text is illustrated by case examples from a variety of countries. Several appendices are also included to provide background information and elaborate on issues raised in the framework, including standards on child participation, human rights education, and international goals and commitments. Also included is a checklist of actions necessary to achieve a rights-based approach to education and a bibliography of relevant documents, websites and initiatives. ... Read more

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Millions of girls and women continue to live in poverty, disempowered and discriminated against. They are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, less likely to attend school and often subject to physical and sexual violence. In most places, men continue to earn more pay than women for the same jobs. This years edition of UNICEFs flagship publication, examines the status of women around the world. It concludes that an end to gender discrimination produces the double dividend of benefiting women and childrenwhich, in turn, has a positive impact on the health and development of societies everywhere. ... Read more

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This Insight is intended to advance the discussion on the impact of HIV and AIDS on children in three key ways: by drawing attention to the situation of children orphaned by AIDS and the limitations of current responses for the realization of their rights; by reviewing the options for the care of these children, highlighting effective experiences and lessons learned from family and local approaches; and by identifying ways in which local, national and international actors can effectively fulfill their responsibilities to safeguard the human rights of children, with particular focus on children orphaned by AIDS. ... Read more

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The Innocenti Digest on Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities attempts to provide a global perspective on the situation of some 200 million children with disabilities. The Digest is based on reports from countries across regions and from a wide range of sources. These include accounts by persons with disabilities, their families and members of their communities, professionals, volunteers and non-governmental organizations, as well as country reports submitted by Member States to the United Nations, including to human rights treaty bodies responsible for monitoring the implementation of international human rights treaties. ... Read more

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The report marks almost two decades since the 1990 World Summit for Children set the goal of virtual elimination if iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). It has three main purposes: it reviews the global and national efforts to eliminate IDD during the past two decades; captures the lessons learned and best practices in the elimination of IDD in various countries; and proposes an agenda against IDD as a vital step towards preventing adverse effects on international development and human potential. The publication also provides information about UNICEFs activity, its current priorities and, to the extent possible, where it is headed. ... Read more

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This publication is intended to raise the profile of breastfeeding and all elements of infant and young child feeding as key interventions for improving child survival, growth and development. It also examines the bases found in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the centrality of infant and young child feeding to achieving the aims of the Millennium Agenda and the Millennium Development Goals. ... Read more

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Subtitle: Women and Children, The Double Dividend of Gender Equality ... Read more

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Pneumonia kills more children than any other disease - more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Yet lack of attention to the disease means too few children have access to currently available interventions. This publication is a call to action to raise awareness and reduce child mortality from pneumonia, which will contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goal on child mortality. ... Read more

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Since 2004, the Progress for Children has published important data and analyses on global progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goals. This edition contains data on these and other child-specific targets that were set by world leaders at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children held in 2002. It also includes comprehensive data on indicators such as birth registration, child labour, female genital mutilation/cutting, child marriage and children affected by war, which offer a snapshot of the state of child protection. ... Read more

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This report assesses some of the most important actions and changes for children affected by AIDS that occurred in the first year of the global campaign Unite for Children. Unite against AIDS. The report notes promising developments - increasing numbers of children receiving treatment, declining HIV prevalence among young people, and the integration of children and AIDS into national policy frameworks. Yet it also highlights the huge gaps in progress that remain and seeks to explore how the campaign must move forward in 2007 in order to achieve its ambitious goals. ... Read more