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.

Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems

Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems
Author: Jill Duerr Berrick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1017
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0197503543

"cross the spectrum of political ideologies there is, in principle, widespread agreement that the state has a legitimate role in protecting children from harm. Even the Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman (1962), among the most ardent liberal supporters of the laissez faire philosophy, recognized this "paternalistic" function of government. At the same time, the traditional view of children, that they are the property of the father (pater) or the parents, is under pressure (Zelizer, 1994; James & Prout, 1997; Archard 2004). Societies are at an intersection when it comes to how children are treated and how their rights are respected, which creates tensions in the traditional relationship between the family and the state. Children are a focus of government responsibility under certain state-defined norms relating to harm and need. And parents are sometimes constrained by the state from exercising their (familial or property) rights under state-defined criteria of harm and need"--

The Early Care and Education of Deaf Children in Ghana

The Early Care and Education of Deaf Children in Ghana
Author: Ruth Swanwick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-07-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0192872516

This book examines how an understanding of social-cultural and resource dynamics can inform the development of context-sensitive approaches to the early education and care of young deaf children, and the support of their caregivers. The authors investigate what it takes to facilitate deaf children's progress through early childhood, focusing on language, communication, learning, and well-being in the sub-Saharan African context of Ghana. They provide a review and critical discussion of the existing knowledge base surrounding early childhood deaf education and examine traditional and contemporary perspectives on childhood deafness and caregiving that are meaningful to the African early childhood deaf education landscape. The book draws on the knowledge and understanding developed through a collaborative UK-Ghana research project that examined the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) of young deaf children in Ghana. Examples from this project bring to life the issues surrounding caregiving, childhood deafness and early support in sub-Saharan Africa and advances voices from this context. As a co-authored text and collaboration between UK and Ghana researchers the work brings a new and context sensitive contribution to the examination of early education programming for young deaf children, addresses gaps in the global ECCE research, and shifts the traditional flow of knowledge to open the potential of south-north illumination and learning.

The State of the World's Children

The State of the World's Children
Author: Unicef - Cee/cis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2009-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9789280644692

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication, The State of the World s Children, to children s rights. This Executive Summary provides an overview of the full report, examines the Convention s evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that the Convention s promise becomes a reality for all children.