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If Africa is to keep pace with an unprecedented demographic transition – Africa’s under-18 population will reach 750 million by 2030 – scaled up investment in health, education and women’s protection and empowerment will be needed or the continent will face a “bleak” future, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says.
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Victor Aguayo Our Children Our Future New research shows that an investment of just $4,70 per newborn over the next 10 years would be enough to increase the rate of children under six months who are exclusively breastfed to at least 50 percent, the global target.
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Gabrielle Berman Our Children, Our Future In a matter of years, the recording of a child or young person’s activities within the public sphere has gone from being consequent to an act of God (or heroics) to relatively ubiquitous phenomena, slowly conquering continents, and reflected in the statistical estimate that one in three internet users […]
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Walter Vengesai Our Children, Our Future Padare refuses to dignify the practice of sexually abusing children as “marriage”. All the characteristics of a marriage are not in existence in these unions as their roots are formed in an unequal union where one or both parties are a child, not capable of making such a big […]
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Jacquline Magwenzi Our Children, Our Future When defining child poverty, conventional definitions based on household income for example, do not adequately convey the level of deprivation that children suffer.
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Sam Muradzikwa Our Children, Our Future On Monday June 12, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour, and in a world where the rights of children are often neglected or ignored, Zimbabwe has reason to be proud, but also reason to be concerned.
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Amy Wickham Our Children Our Future In a Climate Change and Children study (2014), Sihle Motseti (not her real name), a 14-year-old girl from Hwange remarked, “When there is no food at home you cannot even talk to parents easily. Sometimes you cannot tell them that you have been sent away from school for non-payment of […]
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Sifiso Chikandi Our Children, Our Future Over the last three weeks, The Herald has carried articles on child poverty in Zimbabwe (Muradzikwa on April 7, Tizora on April 12 and Nyamadzawo on April 19, 2017).
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