Full Coverage: Children
November 2009
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» OneWorld Perspectives: Learning the Future
More children than ever are getting the opportunity to go to school, but are they getting the education they need to thrive in todayÂ’s globalized world? OneWorld looks at what governments can be doing, what civil society groups are doing, and what you can do to help children "learn the future.".
» The OneWorld Child Labour Topic Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a broad introduction to the subject of Child Labour, in the context of human rights and sustainable development
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20.11.2009
The annual number of deaths of children under five has fallen from around 12.5 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, says a new UN Children's Fund report.
more...From: United Nations Children's Fund Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Infant mortality] Image: Child survival (UNICEF)
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16.11.2009
More than 40 million people in 32 countries, most of them children, can now access vital health and education services after being traced and issued with birth certificates, campaigners announced today.
more...From: Plan UK Related topics/regions: [Health] [Education] Image: Mother and child at a registration session in Sudan (Photo: Plan/Alf Berg)
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12.11.2009
About 200 million under-fives in developing countries suffer from stunted growth, says a UN report.
more...From: United Nations Children's Fund Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Asia and the Pacific] [Africa] [Nutrition/malnutrition] |
02.11.2009
Today is the first global day marking the fight against "the world's leading killer of young children."
more...Related topics/regions: [Infant mortality] [Disease] Image: Safer care
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