Caroline Castle

UNICEF.

Drawing from the fifty-four principles adopted by the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, this photo essay provides an in-depth look at fourteen of the declarations that affect a child's everyday existence.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Words and Pictures

For Every Child

Unesco

Victor M. Ordoñez

Constanza Montana

The Head of the Dragon

Los hijos de la Lluvia

On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.

Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

State of the World's Children

F. Bekele

A.G. Selassie

Evaluation of the Integrated Family Life Education Project (IFLE).

UNICEF. Division of Data, Research and Policy

This report reviews what is known about global patterns of violence against children, and compares rates of violence in countries around the world. It presents the latest statistics on physical violence, homicide, sexual violence, forced first sex, violent physical discipline, fighting and physical bullying among children, and partner violence. It also discusses social norms and community attitudes to violence against children.

A Statistical Analysis of Violence Against Children

Hidden in Plain Sight

The Impact of Apartheid, Destabilization and Warfare on Children in Southern and South Africa

Children on the Front Line

The ICEF in Operation

The past decade has seen considerable progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the fulfillment of children s rights to survival, development and protection. But with the MDG deadline only five years away, it is becoming ever clearer that reaching the poorest and most marginalized children is pivotal to the full realization of the goals. Progress for Children: Achieving the MDGs with Equity reports what has been accomplished so far, but it also reveals the glaring disparities that must be eliminated in order to achieve a more equitable world for children.

Achieving the MDGs with Equity

Progress for Children

"Provides information on nutrition strategies, progress made by programmes and current challenges, based on the most recent data available. The report profiles 24 countries where 80 per cent of the world's stunted children live"--Publisher's description.

A Survival and Development Priority

Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition

Malawi

Draft Abridged Guidelines on SPAC MTR Thematic Working Group Report

Early Marriage A Harmful Traditional Practice A Statistical Exploration 2005

Millennium Development Goal 5 is to improve maternal health, and its bold target is to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. Still, each year more than half a million women die from pregnancy-related causes that are avoidable. At the present rate of progress, the world will fall well short of the MDG 5 target. This report details progress in maternal health and highlights areas where improvements are needed.

A Report Card on Maternal Mortality

Every child has the right to a good life - one of peace, health and dignity. But have you ever thought about what this really means? You speak different languages, look different and face all manner of challenges every day but in many ways your needs and hopes are alike! You'll meet children from around the world, from Bangladesh to Colombia, each with a unique and uplifting story to tell.

A Life Like Mine

Saranya K. Reddy

J. Michael Gurney

World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

A Manual of Priorities for the Eastern Mediterranean Region : Messages for Mothers

Family Food and Nutrition

James R. Himes

Resource Mobilization in Low-Income Countries

Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child

"UNICEF's 2009 report Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition drew attention to the impact of high levels of undernutrition on child survival, growth and development and their social and economic toll on nations. It described the state of nutrition programmes worldwide and argued for improving and expanding delivery of key nutrition interventions during the critical 1,000-day window covering a woman's pregnancy and the first two years of her child's life, when rapid physical and mental development occurs. This report builds on those earlier findings by highlighting new developments and demonstrating that efforts to scale up nutrition programmes are working, benefiting children in many countries."--P. 1.

The Achievable Imperative for Global Progress

Improving Child Nutrition

AIDS is threatening children as never before. Millions of them are missing their childhood, medicines, education, information and a host of other essentials due to the disease. Yet they are often overlooked in AIDS programmes, policies and budgets. The Unite for Children. Unite against AIDS Campaign, a global effort by UNICEF, UNAIDS and a multiplicity of other partners, aims to accelerate action to help those at risk of HIV infection, and those already infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Through four focus areas - prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, providing paediatric treatment, preventing infection among adolescents and young people, and protecting and supporting children affected by AIDS, the Campaign aims to ensure that this is the last generation of children that bears the burden of AIDS.

Children, the Missing Face of AIDS

A Call to Action

UNICEF.

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