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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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  Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana: a synthesis of research evidence

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2004

  This report, published by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, documents current knowledge on adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues in Ghana, with a focus on HIV prevention. Findings show that progress towards key national policy goals, such as behaviour change to reduce risk of HIV infection, cannot be adequately assessed with the available data.
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  Improving the quality of reproductive health care for young people

  Population Council, USA, 2003

  This policy brief, produced by the Population Council, advocates youth-friendly services to ensure that young people in developing countries have access to reproductive health care.
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  Human development report 2004: cultural liberty in today's diverse world

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004

  The UNDP Human Development Report 2004 focuses on policy approaches to multicultural nations and communities.
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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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  Childhood poverty in Rajasthan: a review of literature

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This paper reviews the literature on childhood poverty in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Designed to inform future primary research in the state, it examines the effects of poverty on children, analyses the relationship between livelihoods and childhood poverty and wellbeing, and identifies some of the mechanisms by which poverty is transferred across generations.
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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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  Fighting HIV/AIDS: strategies for success 2002 - 2005

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This UNICEF document establishes the organisation’s strategic plan to fight HIV/AIDS from 2002 – 2005. Fighting HIV/AIDS is one of UNICEF’s medium-term strategic priorities, along with girls’ education, early childhood, immunisation and strengthening the health systems and improved protection of children from violence, abuse, exploitation and discrimination.
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  Moving forward: a report on pioneering responses to children affected by HIV/AIDS in Andhra Pradesh, India

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2004

  The impact of HIV/AIDS has not begun to emerge fully in India, and AIDS-related orphaning is not yet occurring on a large scale. Yet, it is believed that India possibly has the largest number of AIDS orphans in the world.
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  Teacher training: essential for school-based reproductive health and HIV/AIDS education: focus on sub-saharan Africa

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004

  For teaching information and skills related to HIV/AIDS, teacher training is essential, and complex. In sub-Saharan Africa, up to half of all new HIV infections are occurring among youth under age 25. Since most youth attend school at least for primary education, school-based programmes are a logical place to reach young people.

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