The power of education to end child marriage
Child marriage is a violation of human rights that limits girls in reaching their full potential. This harmful practice is closely associated with deprivations in education, health, access to resources
Children
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Frame schemes for appointment of para-legal volunteers for children in police stations: SC
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bachpan Bachao Andolan Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/09/2022.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/para-legal-volunteers-children-SC_Order_19-Sep-2022.pdf"
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World social protection report 2020-22: regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific
Fewer than half the population of Asia and the Pacific have access to any social protection benefits, and public spending on social protection in the region is significantly below the global average, this
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Strategies to end violence against children in a changing climate
This white paper assesses a select number of strategies in moving towards the goal of ending violence against children amid climate change. It is aimed at authorities and development practitioners – those
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Order of the High Court of Orissa regarding death of a young girl in the premises of the school due to negligence of the authorities, Odisha, 11/08/2022
<p>Judgment of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in the matter of Madhav Soren Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 11/08/2022.</p> <p>Aggrieved by the death of a young girl who was crushed to death
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Optimizing brain health across the life course
Brain health is a rapidly expanding field. WHO’s position paper on optimizing brain health across the life course is a technical complement to the recently-adopted Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy
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The global alliance to end AIDS in children
Globally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three quarters (76%) are receiving antiretrovirals, according to the data that has just been
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Guiding principles for children on the move in the context of climate change
<p>This new UN-backed guidelines aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking the first-ever global effort to address this increasingly major concern.</p>
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Progress and challenges with achieving universal immunization coverage
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published by WHO and UNICEF. The percentage of children who received three doses of
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Recovering learning: are children and youth on track in skills development?
Nearly three quarters of young people aged 15 to 24 in 92 countries with available data are off-track to acquire the skills needed for employment, according to this new report by the Education Commission