school-based violence‚ child marriage and discriminatory gender norms which deem them unable and unauthorized to receive a quality education (Unicef). Many studies show that educated women are less likely to marry against their will at a young age‚ less likely to die in childbirth‚ more likely to have healthy babies‚ and are more likely to send their children to school (Unicef). In 1995‚ the Fourth World Conference on Women recognized that women’s literacy is key to authorizing women’s contribution to decision
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RA. (2007) Global health: past‚ present‚ and future. In: WH‚ Markle. MA‚ Fisher. & RA‚ Smego. (eds.) Understanding Global Health‚ New York‚ McGraw-Hill Professional. pp.1-18. UNICEF (2012) Levels and Trends in Child Mortality [online]. World Bank. Available from: http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/files/opendata/unicef-2012-child-mortality-for-web-0904.pdf [Accessed 14 October 2012]
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LITERATURE REVIEW Every child must be protected against all forms of exploitation‚ indecent or degrading treatment‚ including child labour‚ abduction and sale (UNICEF 2000). According to UNICEF‚ exploiting the labour of a child means employing a person below the age of 15 years and paying him/her less than the minimum standard wage. Olafsen‚ Corwin and Summit (1993) have argued that cycles of awareness followed by suppression have typified society’s response to child sexual abuse. Arguably‚ this
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often experience comes from bad judgment”. Often gaining wisdom or having good judgment comes from misfortune or hardship. In Ishmael Beah’s story he changes as a character because of his experiences. Ishmael gains wisdom through his experience at the UNICEF rehabilitation camp for boy soldiers after being a part of the Sierra Leone civil war. He shares his journey in his memoir A Long Way Gone. First‚ Ishmael changed a lot as a person throughout his journey. Before the civil war‚ Ishmael was a troublesome
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Child Marriage Throughout the world‚ marriage is considered to be a happy moment in everyone’s life and is a moment of celebration but sadly‚ the practice of child marriage gives no such reason for celebration. Many young boys and girls get married before they can reach the age of 18. This shocking act takes place for a number of reasons. In order to get benefitted socially‚ physically and to decrease financial burdens‚ many parents and families throughout the world‚ promote the marriage of their
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Discrimination There are many organisations which contributed their support towards the victims of gender discrimination. Examples of organisation in Malaysia which contributed the most towards helping the victims of gender discrimination are‚ UNICEF‚ United Nations‚ Women’s Aid Organisation (WOA) and Women’s Centre for Change (WCC). All these organisations has provided countless support towards promoting gender equality. The United Nations has came up with the Convention on the Elimination of
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Introduction of IKEA IKEA is a Swedish company producing home furnishing products at low prices to make them affordable to people. The company was founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad and kept growing tremendously from 2 stores in 1964 to 114 stores in 1994 to 285 stores in 2008 in 36 countries with an additional 26 stores to be opened in 2009 welcoming a total of 522 million visitors. IKEA’s success story is the result of its founders opening store in 1951 to allow customers to inspect products before
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Reducing the Burden of Illness and Infectious Diseases to Improve Human Health Introduction Madagascar is a country consisting of 18‚040‚341 people. Unfortunately‚ seventy six percent of these people live underneath the poverty line. About fifty seven percent of the people are considered extremely poor. Maternal mortality is alarmingly high‚ with thousands of unnecessary maternal deaths each year occurring as result of pregnancy related causes (“Child Survival”). Out of one thousand children
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refworld.org/docid/46d5787c 32.html [accessed 11 May 2013] Pool‚ Gabriel. "Take Action." Forwarduk.org. N.p.‚ 2012. Web. 11 May 2013. . Al-Dhayi‚ Ban. "Towards Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation/cutting in Somalia for Once‚ and for All." Unicef.org. UNICEF‚ 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 12 May 2013. . Goldberg‚ Eleanor. "Female Genital Mutilation In Somalia On Decline: UN." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com‚ 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 12 May 2013. . "Female Genital Mutilation." Who.int. World Health Organization
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Child Nutrition Child Labor Child Abuse Child Trafficking • • • • • • Causes of these issues Stakeholders who are responsible Framework design Impact on the society and economy Initiatives taken by corporations Conclusion Child Education UNICEF definition Early childhood is defined as the period from birth to eight years old. A time of remarkable brain growth‚ these years lay the foundation for subsequent learning and development. UNICEF’s framework on education Rights-based‚ child-friendly
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