ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 45 (10 November 2004)
CENTRAL ASIA: High child poverty despite economic growth - UNICEF The number of children living below nationalpoverty levels remains very high across Central Asia, despite economicprogress in the region, according to a United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) report.
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PAKISTAN: Child labour still widespread in NWFP [Report] Usman is just 11 years old. Dressed in ragged, greasy clothes, he holds heavy engine parts as he awaits orders from his employer, who is busy fitting a head gasket to an ancient Toyota taxi. For a 10-...
BANGLADESH: Legal Reform Needed to Protect Children [report] Bangladesh needs legal reforms to deter the commercial sexual exploitation ofchildren (including prostitution, trafficking for sexual purposes, child pornographyand child marriages). According to a ne...