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The NGO Committee on UNICEF brings together over 100 NGOs that are working for children.
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The Mandate of this Special Representative of the Secretary-General is to promote the protection, rights and wellbeing of children at every phase of conflict: preventively before conflict erupts, in the midst of conflict, and in post-conflict situations.
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UNICEF helps children get the care and stimulation they need in the early years of life and encourages families to educate girls as well as boys. It strives to reduce childhood death and illness and to protect children in the midst of war and natural disaster.
 
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Recommended NGOs
The Children's Rights Centre is committed to establishing a sustainable children's rights culture in the context of human rights principles. South Africa.
Organization dedicated to work with underprivileged children in Mumbai. India.
The Society offers a wide range of services to abused, abandoned and neglected children. It is involved in various projects in the community such as early childhood development programmes and a Life Skills programme for girls. South Africa.
The society was initiated by a group of concerned citizens to "promote the well being of children and protect them from cruelty, neglect or suffering. Zimbabwe.


NEWS
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Statement on child labour in GAP
Mon Nov 05 2007 - Source: Maquila Solidarity Network
Brand buyers have a responsibility to ensure that their sourcing and purchasing practices don’t encourage sweatshop abuses and child labour.
Gender bias increases poverty
Mon Dec 11 2006 - Source: BBC
Inequality at home between men and women leads to poorer health for the children and greater poverty for the family. Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report.
A road to hell, paved with good intentions?
Wed Mar 30 2005 - Source: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Walking in the eerie darkness engulfing Noah's Ark, a centre that children in northern Uganda escape to for fear of being kidnapped by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, it is easy to see why so many in the region are eager for peace.


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