[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 report was prepared by University of Antioquia, School of Public Health, Columbia; Dalhousie University, Maritime School of Social Work Halifax, NS, Canada; and the Colombian Health Association.The full title of this report is: Early...
Summary: World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.[CAPE TOWN, 9 November 2006] - Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases...
Summary: This global report was launched during the week of the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York on 12 October. The report is part of a submission to the Violence Study.As the UN Secretary-General’s Study...
Summary: El Portal de Juventud para América Latina y el Caribe ofrece acceso a veintinueve manuales en diversas temáticas juveniles. Entre los temas se encuentran: • Manual para la Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Derechos...
This paper studies the effects of Familias en Accion, a conditional cash transfer programme implemented in rural areas in Colombia in 2002, on school enrolment and child labour.The authors find that: the programme increased school participation of...
Summary: This manual is a practical, hands-on guide to the procedures and substantive case law of the inter-American human rights system.The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at the Yale Law School and the Center for...
Summary: The 2004 Annual Report contains chapters on the following: legal bases and activities of the Commission, petition and case system, human rights development in the region, follow-up of recommendations formulated by the Commission in the...
Summary: On Friday 26th May, the Commitee examined Colombia's Third Periodic report. This summary highlights the main issues discussed by the government delegation and members of the Committee; it is produced by the NGO Group for the Convention on...
Summary: Hace tres años, estaba mirando en los diarios colombianos la fotografía de los orgullosos ganadores del Premio Nacional de la Paz, que entrega un conglomerado de medios y organizaciones sociales. La idea de este premio es destacar aquellas...
