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In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...

This publication is the fourth issue prepared by the Executive Secretariat of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations regional commission covering the Middle...

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...

This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The...

The World Social Report 2021 points to new directions in which rural development strategies need to be reconsidered. It offers certain strategic principles, programmes of action, and a set of concrete...

The performance of Arab countries in 2007 was uneven. Some sectors increased their share in the world economy while others saw their share decline. This issue of the Annual Review assesses, through an...

This annual publication reviews the progress made by Arab countries towards regional integration and their integration into the world economy. It provides an analysis of economic indicators which...

This is the third annual review of key trends and developments regarding regional integration of the countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region into the global...

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...

The sixth Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2007, addresses efforts made by the Arab countries to keep up with the pace of globalization on...

This sixth edition of the Annual Review addresses comprehensively the significant developments in globalization and regional integration in the Arab countries. It covers the progress made by Arab...

The report takes a lifecycle approach to the ageing process. The report looks at the situation of older persons while addressing links between population ageing and selected Sustainable Development...

This Innocenti Insight examines the social dynamics of the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in five countries - Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan - and seeks to...