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  Latin American youth in transition: a policy paper on youth unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean

  2002

  This policy analysis focuses on the school-to-work transition as providing the central context in understanding youth unemployment in Latin America.Youth unemployment is not a transitory state to employment, rather it is a very lengthy process where youth move from unemployment, schooling, unpaid unemployment, and low-wage unskilled employment — all of which have low opportunity costs.
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  Borderline slavery: child trafficking in Togo

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report documents the trafficking of children in Togo, in particular the trafficking of girls into domestic and market work and the trafficking of boys into agricultural work.Hundreds of children are trafficked annually in Togo, either sent from, received in or transited through the country.
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  What works in youth media: case studies from around the world

  International Youth Foundation, 2003

  This paper profiles a diverse range of youth media projects operating internationally. They constitute a broad cross section of programs operating within diverse national contexts and employing diverse media, whether it be print, radio, television, or the Internet.
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  Convention on the Rights of the Child

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 1989

  The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the UN's General Assembly in 1989 and entered into force in 1990. This Convention applies to human beings below the age of eighteen.
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  Our common responsibility: the impact of a new war on Iraqi children

  War Child, 2003

  This report examines the physical and mental well being of the 12 million Iraqi children based on data collected in Iraq between 20 and 26 January 2003.Main conclusions include:Physical well-being: despite some recent improvements in the health and nutritional status of children from their post-1991 Gulf War state, Iraqi children are still in a significantly worse state than they were b
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  Guidelines for counselling children who are infected with HIV or affected by HIV and Aids

  South African AIDS Training Programme, 2003

  This booklet is intended for counselors working with children who are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
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  "We want to live as humans": repression of women and girls in Western Afghanistan

  Human Rights Watch, 2002

  This report argues that post-Taliban Afghanistan has failed to lift the severe restrictions and violations on women and children's human rights. This is due to the fact that in many areas Taliban officials have been replaced by warlords, police officers, and local officials with similar attitudes toward women.
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  Poverty and exclusion among urban children

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002

  This Digest assesses the human rights situation of poor and marginalised children in urban areas around the world.
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  Building blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003

  These briefing notes for working with children are organised into an overview and five sections:EducationHealth and nutritionPsychosocial supportSocial inclusionEconomic strengtheningEach briefing note provides issues and principles for guiding strategy, while drawing on best practice from programme experience.
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  Feeding the world’s children

  The Lancet, 2002

  Almost one third of children in less-developed countries have malnutrition. A report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals striking new differences in prevalence rates of malnutrition, with almost half of all children in south Asia being malnourished compared with less than one third in sub-Saharan Africa.

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