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Governmental efforts aimed at rural children and youth can be more effective if the departments of education and agriculture co-ordinate their goals and policies. Several schools in Ecuador have embedded farming and rural life in the curriculum through a project that linked efforts of the education and agriculture ministries. Learning about traditional...

Published in 2011, by Torres, Irene

This report shows how much progress has been made. Perhaps most important, it shows that the Goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies, policies and programmes are supported by international development partners. At the same time, it is clear that improvements in the lives of the poor have been unacceptably slow, and some hard-won...

Published in 2010, by UN DESA

Following more than a decade of seemingly inexorable increases in the number of undernourished people, estimates for 2010 presented in this edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World show a glimmer of hope, with the first fall since 1995. But that still leaves nearly a billion people going hungry, and is it too early to know if this is the...

Published in 2010, by FAO, WFP

Ten years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed a landmark resolution calling on governments to protect women from rape during war time and to tap the power of women to keep the peace and rebuild societies once the fighting has stopped. The State of World Population 2010 shows what has been accomplished in places affected by ongoing conflicts or by...

Published in 2010, by UNFPA

Pour commémorer le 20e anniversaire de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant le 20 novembre 2009, l'UNICEF consacre un numéro spécial de La Situation des enfants dans le monde, le fleuron de ses publications, aux droits de l'enfant. Le rapport évalue l'impact de la Convention sur le bien-être des enfants et le développement humain au cours des...

Published in 2009, by UNICEF

La Declaración del Milenio fijó el 2015 como fecha límite para alcanzar la mayoría de los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio (ODM), que establecieron los parámetros cuantitativos para reducir todas las formas de extrema pobreza a la mitad. El presente informe ofrece una evaluación anual del año 2009 del progreso hacia el logro de los ODM.

Published in 2009, by UN DESA

The Millennium Development Goals report presents a yearly assessment of global progress towards achieving the MDGs.Less than six years away from the 2015 deadline to achieve the MDGs, this report warns that despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. Major advances in the fight against poverty and...

Published in 2009, by UN DESA

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 child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades,...

Published in 2009, by UNICEF

Vitamin A deficiency affects some 127 million preschool children globally, putting them at increased risk of sickness and death. But supplementation is cost-effective and has proven potential to reduce the yearly number of preventable child deaths. This report tracks the progress of supplementation programming following 10 years of global advocacy. It is a...

Published in 2007, by UNICEF

Le présent bilan – le quatrième d’une série de l’UNICEF qui surveille les progrès accomplis en faveur des enfants – mesure les résultats obtenus au plan mondial dans le domaine de la nutrition, en prenant comme indicateur principal le pourcentage d’enfants de moins de cinq ans présentant une insuffi sance pondérale. La communauté...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

El propósito de este balance –el cuarto de una serie de balances preparados por UNICEF para realizar un seguimiento sobre el progreso de la infancia hacia los ODM– es evaluar el desempeño mundial en materia de nutrición, tomando como indicador básico la prevalencia de peso inferior al normal entre los niños y niñas menores de cinco años. Aun...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

The 5th Report continues the tradition of reporting on trends in nutrition throughout the life cycle and of challenging the nutrition community. But instead of asking the question: how is nutrition affected by global changes? the 5th Report asks the question more proactively: how can a nutrition perspective accelerate the attainment of a comprehensive set of...

Published in 2004, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

The Conceptual Framework presents a clear vision of a human rights approach to poverty reduction, a vision that explicitly encompasses accountability and empowering people as actors for their own development.

Published in 2004, by OHCHR

Le présent cadre conceptuel offre une vision claire d’une stratégie de lutte contre la pauvreté fondée sur les droits de l’homme, une vision qui englobe explicitement l’obligation de rendre des comptes et la participation des acteurs à leur propre développement.

Published in 2004, by HCDH - OHCHR

El presente marco conceptual presenta una clara visión de un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos con respecto a la reducción de la pobreza, visión que abarca explícitamente la responsabilidad y habilitación de las personas como protagonistas de su propio desarrollo.

Published in 2004, by OACDH - OHCHR

This booklet shows why development efforts must focus first and foremost on freeing children from poverty. At a minimum, children need a package of basic social services of good-quality health care, education and safe water and adequate sanitation, so that they can grow to their full potential, free of disease, malnutrition, illiteracy and deprivation. It is...

Published in 2002, by UNICEF

Aujourd'hui, le développement est synonyme de réduction de la pauvreté. Et puisque les enfants sont souvent ceux qui sont le plus durement touchés par la pauvreté de la société, les programmes de développement doivent s'efforcer en premier lieu d'affranchir les enfants de la pauvreté.

Published in 2002, by UNICEF

This publication summarises the objectives and key provisions of 23 multilateral treaties related to the advancement of women's rights and the goal of gender equity, deposited with the UN Secretary-General. These include the Convention and protocol on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women; the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and...

Published in 2001, by UN

Le rapport du Secrétaire général de l'ONU Kofi Annan Nous, les enfants présente les progrès accomplis dans la réalisation des objectifs fixés lors du Sommet mondial pour les enfants de 1990. Cet ouvrage est un objet de référence essentiel pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent au développement. Il souligne à la fois les succès remportés pendant la...

Published in 2001, by UNICEF

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's We the Children is a landmark review of the progress made in meeting the commitments of the 1990 World Summit for Children. An essential reference and guide for anyone interested in development, the report assesses the decade's achievements and its setbacks, highlights best practices and lessons learned, describes the...

Published in 2001, by UNICEF

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