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Young people and HIV/AIDS: responding to the new Asian crisis
Save the Children Fund, 2001This report provides examples of a number of Save the Children projects in Asian countries where the focus has been on children affected by HIV/AIDS and/or prevention efforts focused on children and young people.The authors outline the organisation's policy and approach with regard to tackling issues such as stigma, the child sex trade and education.DocumentPoverty, isolation and ill-treatment: juvenile justice in Burundi
Amnesty International, 2002This report includes the findings of an Amnesty International visit to 11 prisons in Burundi to research the plight of child detainees in the country.DocumentBirth registration: right from the start
United Nations Children's Fund, 2002This issue of the UNICEF Innocenti Digest examines the impact of non-registration of births on the more than 50 million unregistered children born each year. It explores the value of birth registration, the obstacles to universal registration, and actions needed to achieve universal birth registration.DocumentChild trafficking in West Africa: policy responses
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002This study examines policy responses and programming trends to combat the growing spectre of child trafficking. Focus is directed towards policy trends in eight countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d ’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria and Togo.DocumentWhose poverty matters?:vulnerability, social protection and PRSPs
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002Looks at how PRSPs are tackling the issue of "social protection": public policy concerned with the livelihoods and welfare of particularly poor and vulnerable group. The report particularly focuses on weaknesses of policies aimed at childhood and youth poverty.DocumentPoverty, AIDS and children’s schooling: a targeting dilemma
World Bank, 2002This paper analyzes the relationship between orphan status, household wealth, and child school enrollment using data collected in the 1990s from 28 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, with one country in Southeast Asia.The findings point to considerable diversity—so much so that generalizations are not possible:while there are some examples of large differentiDocumentGender dimensions of child labour and street children in Brazil
World Bank, 2002This paper examines various dimensions of child labour and the situation of street children in Brazil, including participation, intensity, and type of activities; the relationship between child labor, education and future earnings; and the risks of child labor to health and well being.DocumentThe impact of conflict on children in occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
Child Rights Information Network, 2002This report is a call for immediate action to protect Palestinian and Israeli children. Children represent approximately 15 percent of all individuals killed since 2000 in the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The children are also suffering serious physical and psychosocial effects from the escalation of violent conflict.DocumentTainted harvest: child labor and obstacles to organizing on Ecuador's banana plantations
Human Rights Watch, 2002Looks at how multinationals purchasing bananas in Ecuador are able to avoid direct responsibility for the harsh conditions endured by workers (including children). They achieve this by using a large number of third-party Ecuadorian producers.