Orphanage and Dance Company Unite for AIDS awareness
This article describes a strategy for drawing on children’s participation in the performing arts to communicate AIDS messages. Author Alexia Lewnes illustrates what she characterises as "the transforming power of... read more Posted on 09-06-2009
Comments on the State of the World's Children 2007
Ben Amick’s comments on the paper: UNICEF (2007), The State of the World’s Children 2007, Chapters 1 & 2, UNICEF, New York.
In the State of the World’s Children 2007, the... read more Posted on 01-07-2009
Review & Discussion
One aspect of our mission is to have an open forum for ideas to be exchanged amongst academics, professionals, students, or anyone who is interested in the issues. This dialogue... read more Posted on 11-19-2007
Incidence, Depth and Severity of Children in Poverty
Recently, the first ever estimate of the number of children living poverty in developing countries was undertaken. The incidence of child poverty was estimated by establishing how many children suffer... read more Posted on 10-31-2007
Social Protection Initiatives for Women and Families
Social protection programs have intensively expanded during the last decade, both in low and middle income countries. These programs take many forms, from conditional cash transfers to workfare, and from... read more Posted on 10-31-2007
Children’s Rights
In 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child came into effect to provide children - in both rich and poor countries - the right to a childhood in... read more Posted on 05-30-2009
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