A-Lists Stars to Raise Awareness of Children's Rights
A host of high profile celebrities feature in an extraordinary music video, singing John Lennon's classic Imagine, to highlight the tremendous challenges children face around the world.
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Africa:
Innovation Can Drive Change for Most Disadvantaged Children - Unicef Report
Unicef, 20 November 2014
On the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The State of the World's Children report lays out an agenda for change Read more »
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Nigeria:
25 Years of Children's Rights - Setting Agenda for Kids in Nigeria
Guardian, 20 November 2014
TWENTY-FIVE years ago today, the world made a commitment to all its children: that we would do everything in our power to promote and protect their rights. The world agreed and the… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Rwanda On Right Track in Advancing Child Rights
New Times, 20 November 2014
On 20th November 1989, the world agreed that the rights of children needed to be protected in a more formal and systematic manner. The resulting Convention on the Rights of the… Read more »
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East Africa:
Twenty Children From EAC Member States Join Their Rwandan Counterparts for 10th National Children's Summit
Rwanda Govt, 18 November 2014
Activities to mark the tenth National Children's Summit kicked off today with an exhibition reflecting the efforts and achievements made in promoting and protecting child rights in… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Children Demand More Parenting Time As 10th Annual Summit Opens
New Times, 20 November 2014
More than 500 children from across the country will convene in Kigali today to discuss child rights and protection. Read more »
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Nigeria:
The Curse of the Nigerian Child
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
In our bedeviled times it seems like it is a crime to be born a Nigerian. Some may say a child has no choice as to where he/she eventually emerges, but our times have no patience… Read more »
InFocus
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The United Nations has underscored that the complications of preterm birth is the leading cause of death among young children. Read more »
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The Golden Baobab Prizes for African children's literature have revealed the 14 stories that made it onto their longlist for 2014. Read more »
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Multiple Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, Lenny Kravitz, is urging people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths through ... Read more »