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  Future forsaken: abuses against children affected by HIV/AIDS in India

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This Human Rights Watch report documents discrimination against HIV/AIDS affected children and highlights the failure of the Indian government to protect such children from abuses. The report finds that widespread discrimination in education, health and care is increasingly pushing children affected by HIV/AIDS onto the streets and into the worst forms of child labour.
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  HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003

  This is the General Comment document from the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Committee on the Rights of the Child. Its objectives are to identify and strengthen understanding of all the human rights of children in the context of HIV/AIDS.
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  Approaches to caring for OVC: essential elements for quality service

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2001

  This study prepared for UNICEF develops policy recommendations for the care of orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa.
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  The role of stigma and discrimination in increasing vulnerability of children and youth infected with and affected with HIV/AIDS

  Save the Children Fund, 2001

  This research paper conducted by Save the Children attempts to redefine the way in which stigma and discrimination faced by children and youth affected by HIV/AIDS is approached. Focusing on South Africa, it aims to identify the nature and extent of such discrimination and the responses to it in African countries, including legal and programmatic responses.
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  Rights of children and youth infected and affected by HIV/AIDS: a trainers' handbook

  Save the Children Fund, 2001

  This trainers’ handbook from Save the Children’s South Africa Programme is designed for those who conduct training for service providers working with children and youth infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. It is intended for use by trainers from all sectors, from both Government and Non-Governmental Organisations.
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  Responses by faith-based organizations to orphans and vulnerable children: preliminary study of six countries in Africa

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This study, published by UNICEF and the World Conference of Religions for Peace, draws attention to the roles of faith-based responses to HIV/AIDS in the six African countries it surveyed (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Uganda).
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  What religious leaders can do about HIV/AIDS: action for young children and young people

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This information kit, jointly produced by UNICEF, UNAIDS and the World Conference of Religions for Peace, appeals to leaders of various faith communities to use their influence, moral leadership and resources to alter the course of the epidemic.
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  Emerging answers: research findings on programs to reduce teen pregnancy

  The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2001

  This document is a summary of a 200 page report commissioned by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, which reviews research on programmes to prevent teen pregnancy. It builds on the 1997 study No Easy Answers by the same author. The summary initially outlines why communities still need to be concerned about teen pregnancy, childbearing and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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  The role of education in promoting young people’s sexual and reproductive health

  Centre for Sexual Health Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 2002

  This document outlines discussions from the Expert meeting for the Safe Passages to Adulthood programme, where researchers, practitioners and policy makers explored the potential of education to protect against HIV/AIDS, as well as the possible changes needed to enable the education system to respond more adequately.
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  Peer educators can promote safer sex behaviors

  Population Council, USA, 2001

  This short summary describes the findings of two intervention programmes in Zambia whose objectives were to increase safer sex practices: condom distribution by peer educators and small business loans to youth aged 14 – 19.

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