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© United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)February 2011Permission to reproduce any part of this publication is required.Please contact:Division of Communication, UNICEF3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USATel: (+1-212) 326-7434Email: nyhqdoc.permit@unicef.orgUnited Nations Children’s Fund3 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017, USAEmail: pubdoc@unicef.orgWebsite: www.unicef.orgCover photo© UNICEF/NYHQ2006-1326/VersianiPermission will be freely granted to educational ornon-profit organizations. Others will be requestedto pay a small fee.Commentaries represent the personal viewsof the authors and do not necessarily reflectpositions of the United Nations Children’s Fund.The essays presented here are a selection of thosereceived in mid-2010; the full series is available onthe UNICEF website at For any corrigenda found subsequent to printing, please visitour website at For any data updates subsequent to printing, please visitISBN: 978-92-806-4555-2Sales no.: E.11.XX.1
THE STATE OF THEWORLD’S CHILDREN2011
Page 4 and 5: AcknowledgementsThis report was pro
Page 7 and 8: THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN
Page 9: GLobal challenges for adolescents 1
Page 12 and 13: large cohort of unemployed youth, w
Page 14 and 15: FOCUS ONEarly and late adolescenceR
Page 16 and 17: ment and active participation. Disa
Page 18 and 19: age at which individuals are legall
Page 20 and 21: the rights of adolescents or to pro
Page 22 and 23: The Convention was sufficiently ins
Page 24 and 25: Adolescents are often consideredthe
Page 26 and 27: HALLENGES ANDRealizing the rights o
Page 28 and 29: FOCUS ONDemographic trends for adol
Page 30 and 31: country are particularly serious, g
Page 32 and 33: Gathering accurate data on adolesce
Page 34 and 35: sexes, there is still a considerabl
Page 36 and 37: PERSPECTIVEFacing the challenge:Rep
Page 38 and 39: FOCUS ONInequality in childhood and
Page 40 and 41: ADOLESCENT VOICESAct responsibly:Nu
Page 42 and 43: past decade, though not all of them
Page 44 and 45: Yet other initiatives against child
Page 46 and 47: PERSPECTIVEChernobyl 25 years later
Page 48: Adolescents are deeply concernedabo
Page 51 and 52: 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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19United Nations Children’s Fund,
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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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TABLE 1. BASIC INDICATORSCountries
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TABLE 1. BASIC INDICATORSUnder-5mor
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TABLE 2. NUTRITIONCountries and ter
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TABLE 2. NUTRITIONCountries and ter
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TABLE 3. HEALTHCountries and territ
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TABLE 3. HEALTH% of populationusing
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TABLE 4. HIV/AIDSCountries and terr
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TABLE 4. HIV/AIDSEstimatedadult HIV
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TABLE 5. EDUCATIONCountries and ter
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TABLE 5. EDUCATIONPrimary schoolNum
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TABLE 6. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORSCoun
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TABLE 6. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORSPopu
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TABLE 7. ECONOMIC INDICATORSCountri
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TABLE 7. ECONOMIC INDICATORSCountri
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TABLE 8. WOMENCountries andterritor
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TABLE 8. WOMENCountries andterritor
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TABLE 9. CHILD PROTECTIONChild labo
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TABLE 9. CHILD PROTECTIONChild labo
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Summary indicatorsAverages presente
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TABLE 10. THE RATE OF PROGRESSCount
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TABLE 10. THE RATE OF PROGRESSUnder
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TABLE 11. ADOLESCENTSCountries and
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TABLE 11. ADOLESCENTSAdolescents po
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TABLE 12. EQUITYCountries andterrit
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TABLE 12. EQUITYBirth registration
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AcronymsAIDSCEDAWDHSFGM/CGDPHIVIUCW
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