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AcknowledgementsThis report was pro
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THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN
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GLobal challenges for adolescents 1
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large cohort of unemployed youth, w
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FOCUS ONEarly and late adolescenceR
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ment and active participation. Disa
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age at which individuals are legall
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the rights of adolescents or to pro
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The Convention was sufficiently ins
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Adolescents are often consideredthe
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HALLENGES ANDRealizing the rights o
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FOCUS ONDemographic trends for adol
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country are particularly serious, g
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Gathering accurate data on adolesce
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sexes, there is still a considerabl
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PERSPECTIVEFacing the challenge:Rep
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FOCUS ONInequality in childhood and
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ADOLESCENT VOICESAct responsibly:Nu
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past decade, though not all of them
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Yet other initiatives against child
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PERSPECTIVEChernobyl 25 years later
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Adolescents are deeply concernedabo
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OPPORTUNITIESrisk of climate change
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Poverty, unemploymentand globalizat
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PERSPECTIVEThe effects of climate c
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high-level competencies that are in
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a window for possible economic deve
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ADOLESCENT VOICESReclaim Tijuana:Pu
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are exacerbating those risks, inclu
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sentencing wherever possible, inclu
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e stranded in poverty by conflict o
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HALLENGES ANDOver the course of the
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gated by age, disability, sex, ethn
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FOCUS ONPreparing adolescents for a
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the Ministry of Education, in colla
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exactly ‘youth participation’ l
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spaces as part of Aprendiz, the ‘
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PERSPECTIVEAdolescent girls:The bes
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ADOLESCENT VOICESFrom victims to ac
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ReferencesCHAPTER 11United Nations,
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STATISTICAL TABLESEconomic and soci
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Under-five deaths (millions)Region
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STATISTICAL TABLESapproach is not t
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