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UNICEF Report Says 211 Million Children Worldwide Work Full-Time

In February, UNICEF UK released a report on the current status of child labor across the globe. According to the UNICEF report, worldwide about 211 million children ages 5-14 work full-time. UNICEF estimates that 1 in 12 children work in … Continue reading

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State of the World’s Children 2005

UNICEF released the 2005 edition of its annual The State of the World’s Children in which it noted that about one billion children worldwide are deprived of any semblance of a normal childhood, facing instead the effects, of poverty, war, … Continue reading

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India Blames UNICEF for Vitamin A Overdose Deaths

An Indian court ruled in September that the United Nations International Children’s Fund and the United Nations were jointly responsible for the deaths of more than 30 children in November 2001 and ordered the two agencies to pay compensation to … Continue reading

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UNICEF Appeals for Aid for North Korea

Mehr Khan, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Director, has issued an appeal for international aid to provide help to millions of women and children in North Korea. Kahn noted that conditions in North Korea had improved somewhat thanks to … Continue reading

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