Child Rights

From education to nutrition to safety, advancing the rights of EVERY child.
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The good news: the number of child labourers has fallen by a third since 2000.   The bad news: 168 million boys and girls are still losing their childhoods by being forced to toil all day in adult jobs - AND, over half of them are in hazardous work.   #notochildlabour!   Video: http://youtu.be/VbkAoppuUwc Info: http://www.unicef.org/crc/index_30160.html Content Marketing, Child Labour Quotes, Child Labor, Children’s Rights, Forced Labor, Helping Others, Children's Rights, Good News, Labor
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The good news: the number of child labourers has fallen by a third since 2000. The bad news: 168 million boys and girls are still losing their childhoods by being forced to toil all day in adult jobs - AND, over half of them are in hazardous work. #notochildlabour! Video: http://youtu.be/VbkAoppuUwc Info: http://www.unicef.org/crc/index_30160.html
As this girl shows, innovation can come from anywhere - or anyone. Watch her journey here: http://uni.cf/1yTOvcX #EVERYchild. Children, Girls Show, Child Rights, Innovation, Child, Company, Uni, Concept
As this girl shows, innovation can come from anywhere - or anyone. Watch her journey here: http://uni.cf/1yTOvcX #EVERYchild.
There are 2 billion children in this world. That’s 2 billion hopes, dreams, fears and aspirations. No two children are exactly alike, but they all share one thing in common: #childrights Children Photography, Unicef Children, Unicef, New Children's Books, Child Day, Kids Poster, Childrens Rights
There are 2 billion children in this world. That’s 2 billion hopes, dreams, fears and aspirations. No two children are exactly alike, but they all share one thing in common: #childrights
Now more than ever, we know about how children are born and cared for, how they grow and learn, and how they work, connect with each other and make their way in the world. Collecting data about children is a powerful way to be informed about progress and helps us better identify what work remains to reach the world’s most vulnerable children. #EVERYchild People, Design, Education, Child Life, Childrens
Now more than ever, we know about how children are born and cared for, how they grow and learn, and how they work, connect with each other and make their way in the world. Collecting data about children is a powerful way to be informed about progress and helps us better identify what work remains to reach the world’s most vulnerable children. #EVERYchild
Helping children recruited or used by armed forces/groups does more than mend stolen childhoods - it lays foundations for their future. Since 1998, we’ve helped more than 100,000 of these children get back to school, get job training and get support. Children have the right to be #childrennotsoldiers. #EVERYchild Other People, Prison, Supportive, Change The World, Chang'e 3, Emotions, Human
Helping children recruited or used by armed forces/groups does more than mend stolen childhoods - it lays foundations for their future. Since 1998, we’ve helped more than 100,000 of these children get back to school, get job training and get support. Children have the right to be #childrennotsoldiers. #EVERYchild
Did you know using iodized salt helps protect children from brain damage? It’s true! Only a few decades ago, iodine deficiency impaired the growth and mental development of large numbers of children. Now, thanks to this simple solution, children are better protected. #EVERYchild Health, Adoption, Apps, Iodine Deficiency, Brain Damage, Child Protection, Did You Know, Helping Kids, Mental Development
Did you know using iodized salt helps protect children from brain damage? It’s true! Only a few decades ago, iodine deficiency impaired the growth and mental development of large numbers of children. Now, thanks to this simple solution, children are better protected. #EVERYchild
Giving vitamin A supplements to children who need them increases their resistance to disease and improves their chances of survival, growth and development. #EVERYchild has the right to survive and thrive! Vitamins, Disease, Growth, Development, Charity
Giving vitamin A supplements to children who need them increases their resistance to disease and improves their chances of survival, growth and development. #EVERYchild has the right to survive and thrive!
Deaths from diarrhoea – the second biggest killer of children under 5 – dropped by more than 50% in the last decade! Efforts to improve hygiene and provide safer sources of drinking water and sanitation facilities have helped prevent 700,000 child deaths. #EVERYchild has the right to health! Don T Have, True North, Helping People, World Toilet Day, Clean Puns, Shit Happens
Deaths from diarrhoea – the second biggest killer of children under 5 – dropped by more than 50% in the last decade! Efforts to improve hygiene and provide safer sources of drinking water and sanitation facilities have helped prevent 700,000 child deaths. #EVERYchild has the right to health!
148 cases of guinea worm were reported in 2013 - a huge improvement from the estimated 3.5 million cases in the mid-1980s! Better access to safe drinking water has helped slow transmission of the disease. #EVERYchild has the right to health! Van, Health And Safety, Private Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Types Of Health Insurance, Dental Plans
148 cases of guinea worm were reported in 2013 - a huge improvement from the estimated 3.5 million cases in the mid-1980s! Better access to safe drinking water has helped slow transmission of the disease. #EVERYchild has the right to health!
Children with disabilities have the same rights and needs as all children. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first international treaty to explicitly recognize the rights of #EVERYchild with disabilities. Engagements, Disabled Children, Persons With Disabilities, Disability, Social Justice
Children with disabilities have the same rights and needs as all children. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first international treaty to explicitly recognize the rights of #EVERYchild with disabilities.
Since 1990, the number of people practicing open defecation has dropped from 24% to 14% - that’s a drop of 200 million people! Open defecation poses serious health and safety risks, contaminating environments and water sources and spreading diseases. #EVERYchild has the right to sanitation. Public Health, Outreach, Welfare, Safety
Since 1990, the number of people practicing open defecation has dropped from 24% to 14% - that’s a drop of 200 million people! Open defecation poses serious health and safety risks, contaminating environments and water sources and spreading diseases. #EVERYchild has the right to sanitation.
Between 2000-2012, measles deaths dropped by 78%! That’s 13.8 million deaths prevented. Vaccines are one of the most effective health initiatives EVER, and all children should have access to them because #EVERYchild has the right to be healthy! Posters, Prevention, Vaccine, Measles, Social Awareness
Between 2000-2012, measles deaths dropped by 78%! That’s 13.8 million deaths prevented. Vaccines are one of the most effective health initiatives EVER, and all children should have access to them because #EVERYchild has the right to be healthy!
Globally, 35 million children under the age of 20 are international migrants. These children are at great risk of being exploited, marginalized or excluded from society. #EVERYchild has the right to a name, nationality and to know and be cared for by parents. Ideas, Parents, Parenting, School Activities
Globally, 35 million children under the age of 20 are international migrants. These children are at great risk of being exploited, marginalized or excluded from society. #EVERYchild has the right to a name, nationality and to know and be cared for by parents.
Since the mid-1990s, we’ve ensured that children in emergencies are able to quickly return to learning thanks to the School-in-a-Box. Each contains school supplies for up to 40 students and a teacher, and are delivered in a locked box that doubles as a blackboard. Because #EVERYchild has the right to an education - even in emergencies. Learning, Right To Education, Encouragement Quotes, Non Profit
Since the mid-1990s, we’ve ensured that children in emergencies are able to quickly return to learning thanks to the School-in-a-Box. Each contains school supplies for up to 40 students and a teacher, and are delivered in a locked box that doubles as a blackboard. Because #EVERYchild has the right to an education - even in emergencies.
Children and young people have increasingly been participating in their communities, cities and countries, particularly through advances in mobile technology and social media. They are also actively taking a role in development efforts that affect them, from local projects such as peer education and child-friendly cities, to international children’s congresses, parliaments and dialogues with world leaders at G8 Summits. #EVERYchild Volunteer Work, Sports And Politics, Peer, Participation, World Leaders
Children and young people have increasingly been participating in their communities, cities and countries, particularly through advances in mobile technology and social media. They are also actively taking a role in development efforts that affect them, from local projects such as peer education and child-friendly cities, to international children’s congresses, parliaments and dialogues with world leaders at G8 Summits. #EVERYchild