<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="3" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">The State of the World’s Children 2011</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Adolescence: An Age of Opportunity</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">February 2011</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Available online PDF [148p.]
at<b><span style="font-weight:bold">: </span></b><span><a href="http://bit.ly/fhOKRW" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/fhOKRW</span></font></a></span><b><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic">“………..Adolescence is an age of
opportunity for children, and a pivotal time for us to build on their
development in the first decade of life, to help them navigate risks </span></font></i><i><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic">and vulnerabilities, and to set them on the path to
fulfilling their potential.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Today,
1.2 billion adolescents stand at the challenging crossroads between childhood
and the adult world. Nine out of ten of these young people live in the
developing world and face especially profound challenges, from obtaining an
education to simply staying alive – challenges that are even more
magnified for girls and young women.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">In the global effort to save children’s lives, we hear too
little about adolescence. Given the magnitude of the threats to children under
the age of five, it makes sense to focus investment there – and that
attention has produced stunning success. …………..”</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Content</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">1 The Emerging Generation</span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The complexities of defining adolescence</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Adolescents and adolescence in the international arena</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">2 Realizing the Rights of Adolescents</span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Health in adolescence</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Survival and general health risks</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Nutritional status</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sexual and reproductive health matters</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">HIV and AIDS</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Adolescent-friendly health services</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Education in adolescence</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Gender and protection in adolescence</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Violence and abuse</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Adolescent marriage</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Female genital mutilation/cutting</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Child labour</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Initiatives on gender and protection</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">3 Global Challenges for Adolescents</span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Climate change and the environment</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Poverty, unemployment and globalization</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Juvenile crime and violence</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Conflict and emergency settings</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">4 Investing in Adolescents</span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Improve data collection and analysis</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Invest in education and training</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Institutionalize mechanisms for youth participation</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">A supportive environment</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Addressing poverty and inequity</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Working together for adolescents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Panels</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Country</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Haiti</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Building
back better together with young people</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Jordan</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Ensuring
productive work for youth</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">India</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Risks and
opportunities for the world’s largest national cohort of adolescents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Ethiopia</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Gender,
poverty and the challenge for adolescents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Mexico</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Protecting
unaccompanied migrant adolescents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Ukraine</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Establishing
a protective environment for vulnerable children</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">The Philippines: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Strengthening the participation rights of adolescents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">United
States</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The
Campus Initiative – Advocating for children’s rights at colleges
and universities</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Côte
d’Ivoire</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">: </span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Violent
conflict and the vulnerability of adolescents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Technology</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic">Digital natives and the three divides to bridge,</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic">Young people, mobile phones and the rights of
adolescents,</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic">Digital safety for young people: Gathering
information, creating new models and understanding existing efforts</span></font></i><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Focus</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"> ON</span></font></b><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Early and late adolescence</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Demographic trends for adolescents: Ten key facts</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Adolescent mental health: An urgent challenge for investigation and
investment</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><br>
Inequality in childhood and adolescence in rich countries –</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic">Innocenti Report Card 9: <b><span style="font-weight:bold">The children left behind</span></b> </span></font></i><span><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><a href="http://bit.ly/fJaywk" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/fJaywk</span></font></a></span></font></span><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Migration and children: A cause for urgent attention</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Preparing adolescents for adulthood and citizenship</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Working together for adolescent girls: The United Nations</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Adolescent Girls Task Force<br>
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