HIV and AIDS have impacted severely on Africa and its children. The infection rate has risen rapidly and the scale of prevalence is largely unabated. Moreover, the epidemic compounds existing problems that children and families face resulting from...
[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th...
Summary: This is a report of a field visit to Sudan carried out by Julia Gilkes (Early Childhood Consultant) and Rima Zaazaa (Educational Coordinator) in October 2002. The visit's main activity was an orientation workshop on the new ECD Manual (in...
Summary: This report reviews law and policy in relation to corporal punishment and deliberate humiliation of children in each state in the Middle East and North Africa. It makes recommendations for law reform and other measures which it is hoped...
Summary: The UN Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children has been a global effort to paint a detailed picture of the nature, extent and causes of violence against children, and to propose clear recommendations for action to prevent and...
Summary: The State of the World’s Children 2007 examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives – and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls. It looks at the status...
This issue contains:* AMWCY: meeting on early exodus and child trafficking in Niamey* AMWCY/Plan: training in assessment through life accounts (MSC)* Regional launching of the United Nations study report on Violence against Children* Burkina Faso:...
Summary: The forum for North Africa and the Middle East wasattended by delegates from 10 countries in the region. It addressed selected themes affecting street children in the region through group and plenary discussions, namely: street children’s...
Summary: 'The Merits and Demerits of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child' first appeared in 'The International Journal of Children's Rights' Volume 10, Number 2, 2002, pp. 157-177, ISSN 0927-5568. The International Journal of...
Summary: It documents the human rights situation in 155 countries and territories in 2003, and summarises regional trends. It reports on areas of work being prioritized and developed by AI, such as violence against women; economic, social and...