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The Girl Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that "States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or status".

Fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): "The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child"
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place from 26 February to 9 March 2007. In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2007-2009, the Commission considered "The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child" as its priority theme.
Early Marriage: A Harmful Traditional Practice (UNICEF, April 2005)
[ www.unicef.org ] Languages: English
Using data from the Demographic and Household Surveys, this publication estimates the prevalence of child marriage and seeks to identify and understand the factors associated with child marriage and cohabitation.
Online Discussion: Education and Training of Women and the Girl-child
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
From October 2004 to January 2005, WomenWatch hosted a series of online discussions on the Platform's critical areas of concern and other important issues to provide input into the review and appraisal of the Bejing Declaration and Platform for Action. All postings and background notes are available for reading as archived online discussion.
Changing a Harmful Social Convention: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
[ www.unicef-icdc.org ] Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic
UNICEF's Innocenti Digest examines the prevalence of FGM/C and its social dynamics. It provides an explanation as to why the practice persists and of the elements necessary for its abandonment. (UNICEF, 2005)
UNICEF: Girls' education
[ www.unicef.org ] Languages: English
'Beyond School Books': Gender equality (Podcast)
[ www.unicef.org ] Languages: English
Segment #6 of ‘Beyond School Books’, a UNICEF podcast series on education in emergencies, focuses on education as a key to the advancement of women in countries emerging from conflict. UNICEF, 2008
UNFPA: A Time Between - Empower Girls to Delay Pregnancy until Physical and Emotional Maturity
[ www.unfpa.org ] Languages: English
Article
UNESCO: When girls go missing from the classroom
[ www.unesco.org ] Languages: English
Journal about gender gap in African schools, 2001
Child Labour Statistics (ILO SIMPOC)
[ www.ilo.org ] Languages: English
Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Laybour: Global child labour with surveys and statistics
A special website dedicated to the truth that all girls everywhere have the right to develop to their full potential.
[ www.girlsrights.org ] Languages: English
Working groups on Girls

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