Each year, UNICEF’s flagship publication, The State of the World’s Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. In 2012, The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World recognizes that more than half the world’s 7 billion people live in urban areas. This report examines the situation of children growing up in … Continue reading »
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Fighting for the rights of child soldiers
From IRIN News: “At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries to commit to end the use of child soldiers – a move seen as “encouraging” by the UN, albeit with the proviso that the situation in both countries remains volatile. All sides to the Somali conflict have reportedly been … Continue reading »
The State of the World’s Children 2010
Each year UNICEF publishes their flagship report “The State of the World’s Children.” The 2010 report focuses on Child Rights: “On 20 November 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. To commemorate this landmark, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report, The State of the World’s … Continue reading »
Afghanistan: 2.8 million children to be reached in Afghan polio immunization drive
From ReliefWeb: Kabul 14 February 2010 – 2.8 million children under five years old in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new 3-day polio eradication drive, to be launched 14 February. The immunization campaign will be kicked-off jointly by the representatives of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the World Health … Continue reading »
Canada’s G8 focus on maternal and child health will help global efforts
From UNICEF: NEW YORK, 29 January 2010 – This week’s announcement by Canada that it will make maternal and child health a priority when it hosts the G8 summit in June will further help put the global spotlight on such important issues, UNICEF said today. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement that his … Continue reading »
UNICEF says one-third of world’s child brides from India
From Reuters: MUMBAI, Oct 6 – More than a third of the world’s child brides are from India, leaving children at an increased risk of exploitation despite the Asian giant’s growing modernity and economic wealth, according to a UNICEF report. Nearly 25 million women in India were married in the year 2007 by the age of … Continue reading »
UNICEF ‘deeply concerned’ about marriage of 8-year-old
From CNN.com: “The head of the U.N. Children’s Fund has expressed concern over a Saudi judge’s refusal for a second time to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man. … The issue of child marriage has been a hot-button topic in the deeply conservative kingdom recently. While rights groups have petitioned … Continue reading »
African villages denounce female circumcision
From CNN.com on April 15: Ten villages in western Niger have publicly denounced the practice of female genital mutilation, according to a UNICEF report. Representatives from the West African nation’s Tillabery region have called for all people living there to end the practice, the report said. “We have decided to definitively put an end to … Continue reading »
The State of the World’s Children 2009
Each year UNICEF publishes their flagship report “The State of the World’s Children.” The 2009 report focuses on Maternal and Newborn Health. The executive summaries are available, or you can download the entire report (168 pages).