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Child may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) [9] or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties."
Facts for Life. Facts for Life is a book published and distributed by UNICEF. It provides basic, clearly expressed advice about child health. According to UNICEF: [1] Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday ... It is possible to save lives and greatly reduce human ...
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."
UNICEF ( / ˈjuːniˌsɛf / YOO-nee-SEF ), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, [ a] is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. [ 3][ 4] The organization is one of the most widely ...
The first report was published in 1980, having been introduced by James P. Grant (the executive director of UNICEF at the time). Peter Adamson was the author of the report for 15 years. The publication of the 1982–1983 The State of the World's Children report marked the start of the child survival revolution.: 95
The book features entries on more than 3,000 sports and sporting games from all over the world, including Olympic and international sports, traditional and indigenous sports and games, historical and extinct sports, regional sports, extreme sports, martial arts, school and children's sports and games. The book presents action photos, as well as ...
[8] [11] According to UNICEF, the new National Education Policy requires that children must complete school until grade eight and that school must be free. [1] Many definitions of child labour state education as a right of childhood and consider barriers to education as a defining characteristic of child labour. [1] [7]
According to a recent report by the U.N. children's fund UNICEF, over 400,000 children in Yemen are in danger of starvation — a child dying of malnutrition and its effects every 10 minutes.