Adolescence
Adolescence Adolescence
A keener focus on the developmentand human rights of adolescentswould both enhance and acceleratethe fight against poverty, inequalityand gender discrimination. Hawa, 12(second from left), recently re-enrolledin school following the interventionof the National Network of Mothers’Associations for Girls, which advocatesfor girls’ education, Cameroon.CHAPTER 1The EmergingGenerationTHE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2011
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- Page 38 and 39: FOCUS ONInequality in childhood and
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- Page 42 and 43: past decade, though not all of them
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A keener focus on the developmentand human rights of adolescentswould both enhance and acceleratethe fight against poverty, inequalityand gender discrimination. Hawa, 12(second from left), recently re-enrolledin school following the interventionof the National Network of Mothers’Associations for Girls, which advocatesfor girls’ education, Cameroon.CHAPTER 1The EmergingGenerationTHE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2011
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