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  Economic policies - how can they contribute to child wellbeing?

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This briefing reviews the impacts of economic policies on child wellbeing.
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  Urban poverty, childhood poverty and social protection in China: critical issues

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This paper examines the problem of urban poverty in China, particularly in relation to its impact on disadvantaged children, including children of migrants and street children.
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  World Youth Report 2005

  United Nations [UN] Programme on Youth, 2005

  This report presents an overview of the global situation of young people.The report highlights the following issues: the impact of globalisation on young women and men; the use of and access to ICTs; the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people; the active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational
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  State of the world's children 2005: childhood under threat

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This year’s report analyses the violations of children’s rights, focusing on the three areas of childhood poverty; conflict; and HIV/AIDS.The report finds that millions of children are severely deprived of nutrition, water, sanitation facilities, access to basic health-care services, shelter, education and information.
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  Fear and want: obstacles to human security

  Social Watch, 2004

  Acknowledging that it is impossibe to answer many specific questions on current events, this report aims to make its own contribution to the debate by examining which grassroots organisations around the world are engaged in the frontline of the battle against poverty and discrimination.
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  Realising the rights of children growing up in child-headed households: a guide to laws, policies and social advocacy

  Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2004

  This paper presents some of the main legal and policy issues that concern child-headed households in Africa, looking at the legal rights of those households and the challenges they face. It highlights areas that advocacy can promote a better legal framework, lobby for greater access to grants for poor children, and overcome barriers that child headed households face.
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  Malaria: a major cause of child death and poverty in Africa

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This document, produced by UNICEF and Roll Back Malaria (RBM), reviews the malaria burden in Africa and examines the role for UNICEF in taking forward the RBM initiative. The document focuses particularly on the critical importance of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for malaria control and outlines UNICEF’s approach to increasing the use of ITNs.
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  Child survival 4: Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: more of the same is not enough

  The Lancet, 2003

  Gaps in child mortality between rich and poor countries are unacceptably wide and in some areas are becoming wider, as are the gaps between wealthy and poor children within most countries. They exist despite the availability of an impressive array of effective interventions and initiatives.
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  Social security for children in the context of AIDS: questioning the state's response

  Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2004

  This paper argues that the existing state security provision is not a sufficient mechanism to support poor orphans and vulnerable children.
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  Children in need of care or in need of cash? Questioning social security provisions for orphans in the context of the South African AIDS pandemic

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2003

  The South African debate on social security provision for children in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has focussed primarily on different mechanisms for giving cash grants to children who have been orphaned.

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