there is rapid development of the technology‚ everyday there are new mobile phones with better and higher performances‚ new computers‚ new weapons est. On the other hand‚ “at least 80% of the humanity lives on less than $10 a day”1. “According to UNICEF‚ 22‚000 children die each day due to poverty”2. “Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names”3. These are some of so many statistic information and researches that are pointing to worldwide problem- poverty
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water and sanitation related diseases in Pakistan‚ “with diarrheal diseases estimated at killing over 200‚000 under-five years’ children‚ every year” (“World Water Day: Pakistan 60 Million People No Access to Safe Drinking Water”). According to WHO-UNICEF in 2000 the mortality rate of children under five in Pakistan is 101 deaths per 1‚000 children‚ and most of the deaths are caused by water transmitted diarrheal infections. Typhoid is one of the major diseases carried by water. “Typhoid fever is
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Last year‚ India didn’t report a single new case of the disease” (Eshma Chhabra). In India they mastered to vaccinate every newborn and child under the age of five. The members of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are health programs that were able to make polio booths and they have made visits to people’s houses to vaccinate for the disease. By knowing the benefits of vaccination‚ they tried their hardest to vaccinate all the children that they could. After
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not to marry. Child marriages must be viewed within a context of force and coercion‚ involving pressure and emotional blackmail and children that lack the choice or capacity to give their full consent. Where does Child marriage occur? SOURCE: UNICEF‚ 2005 [2] The map above shows the countries in the world where child marriage is practiced and gives an indication of the percentage of girls affected by child marriage in each country. Child marriage is a worldwide phenomenon but is most prevalent
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INTRODUCTION: Childhood should be a happy time for children. This should be a time when they are allowed to be themselves‚ experiencing love and care from their family‚ community‚ and those around them. Frequently‚ children are now facing abuse and neglect from parents‚ facing assault from their siblings and intimidation from other children. Children suffer more victimisation than other age group members‚ when considering forms of victimisation as a whole. Victimisation- someone singled out for
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Nita Suchonsamran 28/04/2012 EC2‚ Section-3 Argumentative essay Women Rights in South Africa Hidden inside the veil unbroken‚ Lies my soul still unspoken‚ Countless words still unsaid‚ Many thoughts still not expressed‚ I am an incomplete story‚ an unfinished song‚ I am an actor without a role‚ While walking
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below the age of 18 years‚ before the girl is physically‚ physiologically and psychologically ready to shoulder the responsibilities of marriage and childbearing” [1]. Bangladesh has one of the world’s highest rates of early marriage. According to UNICEF figures‚ 66% of Bangladeshi girls are marriage before the age of 18 and approximately a third of women aged 20 to 24 were married by the age of 15 [2]. Root Causes The reasons behind the elevated rate of early marriage stem from traditional Bangladeshi
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According to Unicef the women literacy rate is far lower than that of Indian men: 74‚4 to 88‚4 percent (Unicef). Gupta clearly advocates that education of females‚ and males‚ is a universal human right. Human rights have been given frequent attention and are founded by universalists who claim that certain concepts
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Gender and International Relations: A Global Perspective and Issues for the Caribbean Author(s): Jessica Byron and Diana Thorburn Source: Feminist Review‚ No. 59‚ Rethinking Caribbean Difference (Summer‚ 1998)‚ pp. 211232 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1395731 . Accessed: 04/01/2011 09:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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"What can we do about children’s poverty and inequality‚ and what can be done better?" The aim of this essay is to eloquently discuss what we can do about children’s poverty and inequality and ways in which we can improve some factors. The essay will closely analyze few of the factors to give us a better understanding of ways to improve these factors. Some of these factors are as followed; Impact of social grants‚ Early childhood development(ECD)‚ National Health Insurance and the re-engineering
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