Child Rights, Child Poverty and Gender Equity in Development

Reproductive Health Strategies for Out of School Youth in Senegal Over the summer of 2009, GPIA student Amy Sommer and Ouleye Niang Fall worked in Senegal, in the field of adolescent reproductive health rights, as part of a project for UNFPA. Their study presents an analysis of the Adolescent Counseling Centers (CCA’s) strategies, designed to raise awareness and change behaviors of out-of-school youth in Mbour, Tambacounda, and Kolda. It also offers a logistical framework to better reach this population. read more		The 20th Anniversary of the CRC November 20th, 2009 marked 20 years of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. UNICEF and others worldwide organized a series of global events, including an International Child Rights Documentary Film Series with several screenings in New York City. On the 20th, UNICEF also released the 2009 State of the World's Children report, with a special focus on children's rights. Learn More

The Everyday Environments of Children’s Poverty The Children, Youth and the Environment journal, Vol. 19, No.2 (2009) published by the University of Colorado, Boulder is now available online. This special issue contains results form the 2008 GPIA-UNICEF conference, Rethinking Poverty: Making Policies That Work for Children. It includes articles on the identification and measurement of child poverty, the impact of environments of poverty on children, and the implications for policy and practice.		NGO Spotlight: East African Center The East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children (EAC) is a non-profit organization that helps communities achieve empowerment by increasing literacy for women and children, improving health status, and eradicating poverty. It was founded in September 2000 by Suzanne Wilson to provide shelter and clothing to orphans living on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. The organization has since grown to promote a proactive strategy of poverty eradication, aimed at supporting women and children, and keeping families intact. read more

Dec. 5, 2009: An Exhibition of Youth Photography from Ghana
Friday, December 5th 6-9 pm Global Kids Headquarters 137 East 25th St., 2nd Fl. Learn More

Nov. 26-27, 2009: UNICEF Conference, A New Approach to Child Poverty in Viet Nam
It is now widely recognised at the global level that child poverty is qualitatively different from adult poverty or household...

Child Poverty

	Child poverty is a problem experienced by children and young people globally. It differs from adult poverty in terms of...read more

Why is Equity Important for Children?

	Children represent more than one third of the world’s total population and nearly half of the population in the least...read more

Art and Culture

	Children’s creativity and imagination produce a critical point of view that is frequently ignored and under developed. Children and young...read more