New Challenges for UNICEF: Children, Women and Human Rights

by Yves Beigbeder

Book Overview

UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, is renowned for its efficiency in both rich and poor countries. Created as a humanitarian agency, it is now one of the international development institutions concerned with children and mothers. The book relates the creation of UNICEF, the evolution of its programmes, its structure and finances, its work in health, nutrition, education and sanitation and in emergencies. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333800478
• ISBN13: 9780333800478
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"