America’s Shame) "There are1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty. The World Bank defines extreme poverty as not having enough income to meet the most basic human needs (food‚ water‚ shelter‚ clothing‚ sanitation‚ health care‚ or education). Unicef‚ the United Nations Children’s Fund‚ estimates that nearly 10 million children under 5 die each year from causes related to poverty. That’s 27‚000 a day -- a football stadium full of young children‚ dying every day." Impression 2 Emotion and Fact
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1) MAKING OF THE DREAM Privately held by the DeVos and Van Andel families of US‚ Amway‚ short for American Way‚ was set up in 1959. Amway and its publicly traded sister companies supported 53 affiliate operations worldwide. About 70% of Amway ’s sales were outside North America. With over 12‚000 employees around the world‚ Amway was renowned for its strong R&D centre in Michigan‚ which had 24 laboratories. Amway was present in over 80 countries and its manufacturing plants were located in US
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exploitation. Exploitation shall include‚ at a minimum‚ the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation‚ forced labor or services‚ slavery or practices similar to slavery‚ servitude‚ or the removal of organs.” (UNICEF) The traffickers use different types of strategies to exploit the “slaves”. There are two types of slavery: those who are forced to work for money and those who are kidnapped and forced to work for food (“Human Trafficking”). Trafficking primary
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1. Introduction Marriage‚ as a fundamental social and cultural institution and as the most common milieu for bearing and rearing children‚ profoundly shapes sexual behaviours and practices. It is undeniable that early marriage is a controversial yet hot topic that gets the attention of the professionals across many fields such as economy‚ psychology and sociology. The age at first marriage variegates across the globe. Being married before the age of 18 has been a social norm in third world
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they cannot catch up or are put in grades below their age‚ NRC Education Project Manager Camilla Lodi noted. This problem is not only in Azraq camp‚ In the Zaatari camp‚ they have the same problem also. A supervisor‚ said that NRC is working with UNICEF and the Education Ministry to develop pathways back to formal education for children who have been out of the system for long periods of time. According to the study‚ this programme has not been established yet‚ so the Syrian students have to learn
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" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‚ 3 June 2009. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. . Hussain‚ Zahid. Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam. New York: Columbia UP‚ 2007. Print. UNICEF. "UNICEF Condemns Attacks on Schools in Pakistan." UNICEF. UNICEF‚ 23 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. .
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negatively and leaves deep emotional scars in them. The different types include physical violence‚ verbal abuse‚ emotional and psychological torment‚ sexual molestation‚ and neglect. Child abuse is a disturbing reflection of modern society. According to UNICEF Malaysia’s research‚ based on 2008 reported figures‚ 952 child victims experienced neglect‚ 863 child victims were physically abused‚ 733 child victims were sexually abused(72% were incest) and 588 child victims were abandoned babies. The impact
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long odds and reach goals hitherto thought unattainable in a limited time-frame of just a few years. Though UNICEF has been the principal player in such mobilizing activities‚ similar efforts at involving various societal elements for development‚ albeit under different nomenclature‚ have also been advocated by various development organizations. For instance‚ WHO‚ a close partner with UNICEF in successful immunization and oral rehydration work‚ has in recent years used the term "Health Promotion"
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picking cotton in the Nile Delta‚ one in 10 Egyptian children are forced into work. On every street corner‚ out in the open fields or in gritty workshops‚ children‚ some as young as 10‚ are required to put in a day’s work. The UN children’s agency UNICEF estimates that 2.7 million children between the ages of six and 14 in Egypt work. According to official statistics‚ a third of Egypt’s 80 million population is below the age of 15. NGOs say that among those‚ 10 percent are forced to work‚ often in
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THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS OF CHILD ABUSE Child abuse happens a lot around the world. According to Yes I Can Organization (1999)‚ child abuse is the bad treatment of a child under the age of 18 by a parent‚ caretaker‚ someone living in their home or someone who works with or around children. There are four major types of child abuse include physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse and child neglect‚ which result children’s health‚ development‚ and strips away their dignity. Approximately
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