State of the World's Children

State of the World's Children
Author: UNICEF.
Publisher: UNICEF
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9280644424

On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.

By the Sweat and Toil of Children

By the Sweat and Toil of Children
Author: Maureen E. Jaffe
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 217
Release: 1997-08
Genre: Child labor
ISBN: 0788145754

Reviews commonly practiced, & often egregious, forms of child labor: the exploitation of children in commercial agriculture & fishing industries producing primarily for export & forced or bonded child labor. Discusses educational, economic, familial, governmental, & societal factors contributing to the use of child labor. Looks at working conditions, health & safety, & terms of employment of children. Examines the situations of forced child labor including debt bondage & the trafficking, sale & fraudulent recruitment of children. The study provides regional & specific industrial profiles. Country & product indexes.

Contemporary Problems Of Pakistan

Contemporary Problems Of Pakistan
Author: J. Henry Korson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429723288

This book considers the range of social, political, and economic problems of Pakistan. It analyzes the country's attempts to control explosive population growth and cope with a flood of Afghan refugees as well as to deal with the demands for education, women's rights, and greater democracy.

The Oxfam Education Report

The Oxfam Education Report
Author: Kevin Watkins
Publisher: Oxfam
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780855984281

This comprehensive report focuses on the fact that millions of people in poor countries remain uneducated and illiterate - which prevents them from developing the skills they need to escape poverty. The book looks at the underlying causes of the problem and sets out a clear agenda for reform.

By the Sweat and Toil of Children

By the Sweat and Toil of Children
Author: Sonia Rosen
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1997-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780788145773

Attempts to answer the questions of where in the world child labor is used in industry & mining, the forms of child labor, why children work, & why children are sometimes preferred to adult workers. Country-by-country profiles provide specific information about the use of child labor in the manufacturing & mining of products exported to the U.S. Contains an executive summary of the study & overview of the regions & questions examined in the report. Appendixes discuss the background & methodology of the study & list the commissioned studies & countries visited.