[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it...
[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: 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: The ADG is a completely free, knowledge sharing website for people working in aid and development in the Asia Pacific region. It now receives over 25,000 visitors/month and has over 800 subscribed organisations and individuals. ...
Summary: This report does refer to the role of national governments, NGOs, donor governments, UN agencies and mechanisms of international law, community leaders and parents in offering protection to children from violence. Its particular focus is on...
ICCYS is a specialised unit for training, research and policy analysis which focuses on the needs of children and youth in developing, transitional and developed societies. It seeks to promote the holistic development of children and youth, and...
Summary: The report examines three of the most
widespread and devastating factors
threatening childhood today: HIV/AIDS,
conflict, and poverty.
Owner: UNICEFpdf: www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/sowc05.pdf
Summary: International law prohibits the use of the
death penalty for crimes committed by people
younger than 18, yet some countries continue
to execute child offenders or sentence them to
death.
Summary: This report looks at the four areas of
major concern in East Asia and the
Pacific - maternal mortality, child
malnutrition, HIV/AIDS and the
trafficking and commercial
exploitation of children. It puts
forward detailed strategies on...
