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    <pubDate>2009-11-26T09:58:31Z</pubDate>
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      <title>GLOBAL: Missing: Children without parental care in international development policy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[20 years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, EveryChild warns there are at least 24 million children growing up without a parent and in poor countries their number is growing rapidly. Today we are launching a new report, Missing: Children without parental care in]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-25T20:04:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>CHILD RIGHTS: Harmonising national legislation with international human rights instruments</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21341</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The website contains papers, tools, and reports developed by UNICEF and its partners, in the area of legislative reform.  <br /><br />UNICEF's Legislative Reform Initiative (LRI) supports efforts for the realisation of the rights enshrined in the CRC and in the Convention on the Elimination of Al]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-25T18:26:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>GLOBAL: Keeping Children Out of Harmful Institutions: Why we should be investing in family based care</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many people don't realise that most children in orphanages or children&rsquo;s homes are not in fact orphans. At least four out of five children in institutional care have one or both parents alive.<br /><br />In many institutions, the standard of care is poor. Many children are abused and neglec]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-25T18:20:00Z</pubDate>
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      <source>UNICEF News</source>
      <title>Philipines: Schools adapt and continue despite post-typhoon flooding</title>
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MANILA, Philippines, 25 November 2009 – Most schools in metropolitan Manila have reopened after four typhoons caused massive flooding in September and October, but teachers and students in the flood zone are still in urgent of school supplies.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-25T12:28:08Z</pubDate>
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      <source>UNICEF News</source>
      <title>Middle Eastern and North African celebrities and children celebrate child rights</title>
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AMMAN, Jordan, 25 November 2009 – It started as a wild idea: to bring stars from across the Middle East and North Africa to deliver one message on child rights – a resoundingly positive call from this region, so often in the news for the wrong reasons.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-25T11:55:56Z</pubDate>
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      <title>UNICEF Ireland's 'Dustin the Turkey' promotes early childhood care in South Africa</title>
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KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE, South Africa, 24 November 2009 – The popular Irish children's character 'Dustin the Turkey' made a surprise visit recently (in puppet form) to children in Ematimatolo, located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-24T17:13:33Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Digital Diarist Lydia, 18, discusses the challenges of education in Liberia </title>
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MONROVIA, Liberia, 23 November 2009 – When Lydia graduated from schoola fewmonths ago, her future should have been boundless. She had done well in school and was expecting good results on her university entrance exam. 
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-24T17:13:31Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia: Child Health Days reach displaced communities in Somalia's Afgoye Corridor</title>
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 24 November, 2009 – For the first time ever, a Child Health Days campaign has reached displaced children and women in Somalia's Afgoye Corridor, a 30 km stretch of road west of Mogadishu that is the world's most densely populated settlement for the displaced.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-24T13:11:02Z</pubDate>
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      <title>INDIA: Campaign to amend right to education act</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CRY (Child Rights and You), a child rights organisation in India, has launched a nation-wide campaign called &ldquo; Do what is right&rdquo;, urging all citizens to demand amendments to the recently passed Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.<br /><br />Addressing a press ]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-23T21:46:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>CRC20: Draft recommendations from Committee on the Rights of the Child event</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[These draft recommendations were submitted by the Working Groups at the conference organised by the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Dignity, Development and Dialogue.<br /><br /><strong>Further information</strong> <ul><li><a href="/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=20614" target="_self">Event]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-23T20:31:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>UNICEF and faith-based partners launch World Day of Prayer and Action for Children</title>
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 November 2009 – Well known Kazakh artist Batyrkhan Shukenov was named the country's first-ever UNICEF Ambassador during the commemoration last week of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-23T17:14:20Z</pubDate>
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      <title>'The Rights of Children' photography book marks 20 years of child rights</title>
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FLORENCE, Italy, 23 November 2009 – Last week in Rome, a magnificent new book of photographs articulating children's rights was launched on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-23T13:32:01Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Child Development Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia aims to ensure every child's right to health care</title>
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TBILISI, Georgia, 23 November 2009 – A fine mist swirled around four-year-old Mariam's face as she breathed through a clear rubber mask during her nebulizer treatment. An asthma sufferer, Mariam was being treated free of charge at the new Child Development Centre in Tbilisi. 
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-23T12:22:04Z</pubDate>
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      <source>Save the Children USA Latest News</source>
      <title>Deadline Extended to Dec. 4 for Save the Children’s Valentine’s Day Art Contest</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Save the Children announced today that it would extend the deadline for its first annual Valentine's Day art contest from December 1st to December 4th.
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      <pubDate>2009-11-23T10:29:18Z</pubDate>
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      <title>GLOBAL: Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21326</link>
      <description><![CDATA[    On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Convention, on November 20th 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution formally welcoming the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. This initiative was inspired by a call from the Committee]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-22T23:59:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>CHINA: Playtime a luxury for competitive Chinese children</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21324</link>
      <description><![CDATA[[BEIJING] - All work and little play is the norm for most children in China, where stiff competition for future jobs and ambitious parents mean long hours in the company of school books, not friends.<br /><br />China's one-child policy has contributed to putting enormous pressure on children to s]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-22T22:13:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>CRC: Somalia plans to ratify Convention</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21323</link>
      <description><![CDATA[[GENEVA] - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said on Friday.<br /><br />Somalia and the United States have long been the last hold-outs to the CRC, adopted by the United Nation]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-22T21:58:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>ECOWAS: Landmark court decision on right to education</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21322</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a dramatic and ground-breaking decision, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja has declared that all Nigerians are entitled to education as a legal and human right.<br /><br />The Court said that the right to education can be enforced before the Court and dismissed all objections brou]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-22T21:48:00Z</pubDate>
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      <source>UNICEF News</source>
      <title>From Malaysia, 'Let's Heal the World' music video sends a global message of child rights</title>
      <link>http://www.unicef.org/rsstracker/news/infobycountry/malaysia_51845.rhtml</link>
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CYBERJAYA, Malaysia, 20 November 2009 – Young peoplefrom different nationalities across theglobe are sending a message of peace and hope through music, as part of a UNICEF partnership with Limkokwing University of Creative Technology to help create a world fit for children.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-20T17:07:07Z</pubDate>
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      <title>UNICEF and partners commemorate 20 years of Convention on the Rights of the Child</title>
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NEW YORK, USA, 20 November 2009 – Today at the United Nations, UNICEF and its partners commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the ground-breaking human rights covenant that codifies rights for all children, everywhere.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-20T17:05:03Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Child-rights video contest winner focuses on the right to education</title>
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NEW YORK, USA, 20 November 2009 – A young girl in India longs to be in school. She watches through the window and the gracious teacher calls her in. But when she sits down, the boys shift over to one side to be away from her. 
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-20T10:55:42Z</pubDate>
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      <source>Save the Children USA Latest News</source>
      <title>The Protection of Children Globally Still Faltering on the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child</title>
      <link>http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2009/protection-children-rights.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A recent Save the Children study in five countries suggests that children around the world remain highly vulnerable, despite the recognition by world leaders 20 years ago that children required a special set of rights for their protection.
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      <pubDate>2009-11-20T06:59:06Z</pubDate>
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      <title>UNICEF: The State of the World's Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the CRC</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21311</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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&rsquo;s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention&rsquo;s impact on child]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-19T21:59:00Z</pubDate>
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      <source>UNICEF Photo Essays</source>
      <title>The Rights of Children</title>
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                                The photography book 'The Rights of Children' celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-19T21:00:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>At launch of flagship report, Lucy Liu and Ann M. Veneman celebrate achievements for children </title>
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NEW YORK, USA, 19 November 2009 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Liu and former child soldier Grace Akallo joined Executive Director Ann M. Veneman today to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). To mark the occasion, UNICEF has released a special edition of its flagship publication, 'The State of the World's Children', outlining progress made on children's rights over the past two decades. 
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-19T17:05:53Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Spain: 'El País Semanal' issues special photo edition on child rights </title>
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MADRID, SPAIN, 19 November 2009 – For the past six months, Spanish photographer Isabel Muñoz has been traveling around the world, taking photos of children. 
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-19T11:11:02Z</pubDate>
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      <title>EDUCATION: Portal for Human Rights Schools	 	</title>
      <link>http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=21304</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;HREA is very pleased to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) with the launch of a new web portal to promote understanding and application of a human rights-based approach to schooling.<br /> <br /> The CRC calls for all children to be treated w]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-19T02:00:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>CRC20: Establishing a communications procedure for the Convention on the Rights of the Child</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;There is much to celebrate as we mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on November 20 &ndash; but children have so far been denied one crucial tool for safeguarding their rights.  The CRC is the only core international human rights]]></description>
      <pubDate>2009-11-18T18:41:00Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Liberia's Memorandum of Understanding on respecting children's rights</title>
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MONROVIA, Liberia, 17 November 2009 – UNICEF and Liberia's Ministry of National Defense have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their cooperation in ensuring that children's rights are fully respected in interactions between the military and the population – especially those involving children living in military barracks. 
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-18T17:11:39Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Sierra Leone: Photography helps children realize their right to self-expression</title>
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KABALA, Sierra Leone, 18 November 2009 – Until a few months ago, Fatmata Shaw, 13,had never used a camera or a computer. But after training with a professional photographer, she wants to use her newfound skills to help her peers in the community.
 
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      <pubDate>2009-11-18T17:11:38Z</pubDate>
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