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Ann M Veneman: With universal standards, we can stop children suffering
London :: United Kingdom | about 10 hours ago
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A historic decision was made on 20 November 1989, when world leaders adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UN General Assembly. Since its inception 20 years ago, the Convention has become the most-ratified human rights treaty in history....
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child sexual abuse, Child labour, Sex crimes, UNICEF UK, UNICEF, Human rights, Children's rights
India urged to ban child marriages
Shanghai :: China | about 11 hours ago
Credibility India�s representative Dr Karin Hulshof said India must not accept child labour or tolerate child marriages and must allow children, especially girls, to go to school. She said each year, about one million babies die in the first month of their life,...
Tags: child marriages, India, China, Shanghai, Child labour, Malaysia, Sungkai, Child marriage, UNICEF, Childhood, Malaysia Nanban, Makkal Osai, Social Issues, Labor
Fight Intolerance And Develop Social Inclusiveness
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 12 hours ago
Credibility More that 150 entries from 36 countries around the world were received. International Migrants Day - at an awards gala attended by senior UN representatives at the Paley Center for Media in New York.
Tags: New York City, International Migrants Day, Cinema of Iran, UNICEF, Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian people, Persian people, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues
Child abuse rife in Afghanistan: UN
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Eight years after the US-led overthrow of the Taliban, children in Afghanistan are suffering disastrous levels of abuse, deprivation and mortality, officials say. Seventy per cent of the population has no access to safe drinking water.
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, Child abuse, Infant mortality, Politics, UNICEF, Demography, War in Afghanistan, Social Issues, Taliban, War Conflict
Unicef Celebration
Ramallah :: Palestine | 1 day ago
Credibility Published: 11/22/2009 2:30 AM Last Modified: 11/22/2009 2:30 AM If you would like to bookmark this article you will need to
Tags: Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, UNICEF, Palestinian people
Ensuring Child Rights Still A Challenge
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility But realizing the rights in the Convention remains a huge challenge,” he told a special event in New York, just one of over 160 events taking place worldwide to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark treaty by the UN General...
Tags: UNICEF, New York City, Ishmael Beah, Ann Veneman, Social Issues
'1 million newborns die every yr in India'
New Delhi :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility Almost 20 years after India signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), experts are now looking at the glass as half full, on indicators related to child survival and development . While there are some reasons to cheer — under-five mortality...
Tags: UNICEF India, India, New Delhi, Child survival, Poverty, Children's rights, UNICEF, Public health, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Social Issues
Lucy lights her cause
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Yesterday, the action-star actress light the iconic Fifth Avenue Snowflake, which hangs high above the famed shopping destination...Ambassador, said the Snowflake “reminds me that every day, there are 24,000 children worldwide dying from preventable causes.”...
Tags: UNICEF Ambassador, Los Angeles, Snow, UNICEF, Lucy Liu, Snowflake
One Indian among three women married as child in the world : UNICEF
The United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) have released a Report in September 2009 based on study of 96 countries representing 61% of the world population. The report mentions that more than half of all the world’s women...
Tags: Chield marriages, UNICEF, child marriage, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Arranged marriage, child development
5000 under-5 children die in India daily: UNICEF
New Delhi :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility The report says malnutrition rates in India continue to be very high. Though the percentage of malnourished children below the age of three has decreased from 52 per cent to 46 per cent, it is still way below the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Forty...
Tags: India, UNICEF, attendance rate, school attendance, mortality rate, child mortality, New Delhi
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