<<2001>>
Foreword by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations = 4
Our promise to the world’s children by Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel = 6
The State of the World’s Children 2001 : Early childhood
Choices to be made = 8
A necessary choice = 28
The only responsible choice = 44
ECD Boxes
1. DEFINITION = 17
2. SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMES = 17
3. NO SINGLE FORMULA = 52
4. THE FIRST STEP = 56
Panels
1. EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT: A FIRESTORM OF CREATIVITY = 14
2. FAMILIES, CHILD RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN NEPAL = 18
3. HEALTHY PREGNANCIES: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF BOTH WOMEN AND CHILDREN = 20
4. INICIATIVA PAPA: IMPROVING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, ONE FATHER AT A TIME = 22
5. PATERNITY LEAVE, BATHS AND EVIL SPIRITS = 26
6. GUEST VOICE -THE VORTEX WHERE VALUES ARE WORTHLESS BY ERNESTO SABATO = 40
7. RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIAN CHILD = 48
8. GUEST VOICE - CHILD SURVIVAL AND THE AGENCY OF WOMEN BY AMARTYA SEN = 58
Country profiles
1. IN THE RURAL PARISHES OF JAMAICA = 25
2. THE YOUNGEST REFUGEES IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA = 33
3. CHILDCARE PRACTICES IN MALAWI = 34
4. EFFECTIVE PARENTING IN TURKEY = 39
5. WAWA WASI FOR WORKING PARENTS IN PERU = 54
6. CONVERGING SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES = 57
7. A MEDIA CULTURE IN MALDIVES - FOR AND ABOUT CHILDREN = 59
8. THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION � THE CASE OF JORDAN = 60
Maps
Three maps illustrating quality of life indicators for early childhood; the link between the status of women and the well-being of children; and the challenges to children’s growth and development = 67
Statistical tables = 75
References = 64
Index = 112
Glossary = 116
<<2002>>
Foreword by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations = 6
The State of the World ’s Children 2002 : Leadership
I. Birth and broken promises = 9
II. “To change the world with children:” = 33
III. Actions that can change the world = 51
Statistical panels
1. GOAL 1: Reduce infant and under-5 mortality rate = 10
2. GOAL 2: Reduce maternal mortality ratio = 12
3. GOAL 3: Reduce severe and moderate under-5 malnutrition = 16
4. GOALS 4&5:Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitary means of excreta disposal = 18
5. GOAL 6: Universal access to basic education = 22
6. GOAL 7: Improved protection of children = 24
Voices of Young People
1. ON CHANGING THE WORLD WITH CHILDREN = 30
2. ON HIV/AIDS = 40
3. ON CONFLICT = 42
4. ON DISCRIMINATION = 52
5. ON POVERTY AND EDUCATION = 72
Panels
1. IMMUNIZATION PLUS = 14
2. TOSTAN: A BREAKTHROUGH MOVEMENT = 20
3. CHILDREN OF LIBERIA: DETERMINED TO CHANGE DESTINY = 28
4. EDUCATE EVERY CHILD: THE DREAMS OF NAGALAND = 34
5. PYALARA: YOUNG PALESTINIAN LEADERS = 36
6. CHILDREN'S OPINION POLLS = 38
7. GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR CHILDREN: A ROLE FOR EVERYONE = 44
8. GIVING CHILDREN THE BEST POSSIBLE START: BETTER PARENTING IN JORDAN = 54
9. IN MALAWI: FIGHTING HIV/AIDS FROM THE CLASSROOM = 56
10. TEXTBOOKS BY DONKEY: EDUCATING GIRLS IN BADAKHSHAN = 58
11. THE ANONYMOUS TEACHER = 60
12. THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT : OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THECHILD = 62
13. THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY : OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THECHILD = 64
14. CHRONICLE OF A DISASTER FORETOLD = 66
15. IN EAST TIMOR: LEADERSHIP TO BUILD AN INDEPENDENT NATION = 68
Text figures
1. UNDER-INVESTMENT IN BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES = 53
2. OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF DONOR NATION GNP, 2000 = 65
Maps = 77
Balance Sheets = 85
Regional Consultations = 91
References = 74
Index = 99
Glossary = 103
<<2003>>
Chapter 1. CHILDREN MUST BE HEARD = 1
Chapte r2. WHY PARTICIPATION, WHY NOW? = 9
Chapter 3. ENGAGING LIFE = 19
Chapter 4. ACTIVE LEARNING = 27
Chapter 5. THE SHARPEST EDGE = 35
Chapter 6. LISTENING TO CHILDREN = 43
Chapter 7. SPACES FOR PARTICIPATION = 53
Chapter 8. AT THE UN SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN = 61
Chapter 9. MOVING FORWARD = 69
Panels
1. What children see, they show = 6
2. Child participation: Myth and reality = 16
3. A child’s ‘right’ to participate = 24
4. Girls win big! = 32
5. Building nations = 40
6. We asked them to speak = 50
7. Children and the media = 58
8. We are the world’s children = 66
Text figures
1. Children’s participation = 3
2. The world is becoming more democratic = 10
3. Decline in voter turnout in G7 countries = 12
References = 70
Maps
1. What the children think = 74
2. What the children want: Health, education, healthy environment = 76
3. What the children want: Protection = 78
General notes = 80
Tables
1. Basic in = 84
2. Nutrition = 88
3. Health = 92
4. Education = 96
5. Demographic indicators = 100
6. Economic indicators = 104
7. Women = 108
8. HIV/AIDS and malaria = 112
9. The rate of progress = 116
Index = 120
Glossary = 123
Foreword by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations = 4
Our promise to the world’s children by Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel = 6
The State of the World’s Children 2001 : Early childhood
Choices to be made = 8
A necessary choice = 28
The only responsible choice = 44
ECD Boxes
1. DEFINITION = 17
2. SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMES = 17
3. NO SINGLE FORMULA = 52
4. THE FIRST STEP = 56
Panels
1. EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT: A FIRESTORM OF CREATIVITY = 14
2. FAMILIES, CHILD RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN NEPAL = 18
3. HEALTHY PREGNANCIES: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF BOTH WOMEN AND CHILDREN = 20
4. INICIATIVA PAPA: IMPROVING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, ONE FATHER AT A TIME = 22
5. PATERNITY LEAVE, BATHS AND EVIL SPIRITS = 26
6. GUEST VOICE -THE VORTEX WHERE VALUES ARE WORTHLESS BY ERNESTO SABATO = 40
7. RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIAN CHILD = 48
8. GUEST VOICE - CHILD SURVIVAL AND THE AGENCY OF WOMEN BY AMARTYA SEN = 58
Country profiles
1. IN THE RURAL PARISHES OF JAMAICA = 25
2. THE YOUNGEST REFUGEES IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA = 33
3. CHILDCARE PRACTICES IN MALAWI = 34
4. EFFECTIVE PARENTING IN TURKEY = 39
5. WAWA WASI FOR WORKING PARENTS IN PERU = 54
6. CONVERGING SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES = 57
7. A MEDIA CULTURE IN MALDIVES - FOR AND ABOUT CHILDREN = 59
8. THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION � THE CASE OF JORDAN = 60
Maps
Three maps illustrating quality of life indicators for early childhood; the link between the status of women and the well-being of children; and the challenges to children’s growth and development = 67
Statistical tables = 75
References = 64
Index = 112
Glossary = 116
<<2002>>
Foreword by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations = 6
The State of the World ’s Children 2002 : Leadership
I. Birth and broken promises = 9
II. “To change the world with children:” = 33
III. Actions that can change the world = 51
Statistical panels
1. GOAL 1: Reduce infant and under-5 mortality rate = 10
2. GOAL 2: Reduce maternal mortality ratio = 12
3. GOAL 3: Reduce severe and moderate under-5 malnutrition = 16
4. GOALS 4&5:Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitary means of excreta disposal = 18
5. GOAL 6: Universal access to basic education = 22
6. GOAL 7: Improved protection of children = 24
Voices of Young People
1. ON CHANGING THE WORLD WITH CHILDREN = 30
2. ON HIV/AIDS = 40
3. ON CONFLICT = 42
4. ON DISCRIMINATION = 52
5. ON POVERTY AND EDUCATION = 72
Panels
1. IMMUNIZATION PLUS = 14
2. TOSTAN: A BREAKTHROUGH MOVEMENT = 20
3. CHILDREN OF LIBERIA: DETERMINED TO CHANGE DESTINY = 28
4. EDUCATE EVERY CHILD: THE DREAMS OF NAGALAND = 34
5. PYALARA: YOUNG PALESTINIAN LEADERS = 36
6. CHILDREN'S OPINION POLLS = 38
7. GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR CHILDREN: A ROLE FOR EVERYONE = 44
8. GIVING CHILDREN THE BEST POSSIBLE START: BETTER PARENTING IN JORDAN = 54
9. IN MALAWI: FIGHTING HIV/AIDS FROM THE CLASSROOM = 56
10. TEXTBOOKS BY DONKEY: EDUCATING GIRLS IN BADAKHSHAN = 58
11. THE ANONYMOUS TEACHER = 60
12. THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT : OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THECHILD = 62
13. THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY : OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THECHILD = 64
14. CHRONICLE OF A DISASTER FORETOLD = 66
15. IN EAST TIMOR: LEADERSHIP TO BUILD AN INDEPENDENT NATION = 68
Text figures
1. UNDER-INVESTMENT IN BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES = 53
2. OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF DONOR NATION GNP, 2000 = 65
Maps = 77
Balance Sheets = 85
Regional Consultations = 91
References = 74
Index = 99
Glossary = 103
<<2003>>
Chapter 1. CHILDREN MUST BE HEARD = 1
Chapte r2. WHY PARTICIPATION, WHY NOW? = 9
Chapter 3. ENGAGING LIFE = 19
Chapter 4. ACTIVE LEARNING = 27
Chapter 5. THE SHARPEST EDGE = 35
Chapter 6. LISTENING TO CHILDREN = 43
Chapter 7. SPACES FOR PARTICIPATION = 53
Chapter 8. AT THE UN SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN = 61
Chapter 9. MOVING FORWARD = 69
Panels
1. What children see, they show = 6
2. Child participation: Myth and reality = 16
3. A child’s ‘right’ to participate = 24
4. Girls win big! = 32
5. Building nations = 40
6. We asked them to speak = 50
7. Children and the media = 58
8. We are the world’s children = 66
Text figures
1. Children’s participation = 3
2. The world is becoming more democratic = 10
3. Decline in voter turnout in G7 countries = 12
References = 70
Maps
1. What the children think = 74
2. What the children want: Health, education, healthy environment = 76
3. What the children want: Protection = 78
General notes = 80
Tables
1. Basic in = 84
2. Nutrition = 88
3. Health = 92
4. Education = 96
5. Demographic indicators = 100
6. Economic indicators = 104
7. Women = 108
8. HIV/AIDS and malaria = 112
9. The rate of progress = 116
Index = 120
Glossary = 123