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t. e. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. [ 4] The convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of ...
Der Giftpilz (German for "The Poisonous Mushroom" or "The Poisonous Toadstool") is a piece of antisemitic Nazi propaganda published as a children's book by Julius Streicher in 1938. [1]
Lucy Muthoni was born in 1936. Her parents were Rev. John Kagai, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and Rose Nyachomba, in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, (formerly Nyeri District in Central Province), Kenya. [2]
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."
Book of Knowledge. The Book of Knowledge was an encyclopedia aimed at juveniles first published in 1912, by the Grolier Society . Originally largely a reprint of the British Children's Encyclopaedia with revisions related to the United States by Holland Thompson, over time the encyclopedia evolved into a new entity entirely.
The International Children's Digital Library was initially launched in November 2002 under the direction of University of Maryland Computer Science professor Dr. Allison Druin and in collaboration with researchers from other fields, such as information studies, art, psychology, and education, in order to better understand children's online habits and to encourage a love of reading and ...
The PROTECT Act of 2003 ( Pub. L. 108–21 (text) (PDF), 117 Stat. 650, S. 151, enacted April 30, 2003) is a United States law with the stated intent of preventing child abuse as well as investigating and prosecuting violent crimes against children. [ 1][ 2] "PROTECT" is a backronym which stands for "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to ...
Website. www .cry .org. Child Rights and You ( CRY) is an Indian non-governmental organization ( NGO) that works towards ensuring children's rights . The organization was started in 1979 by Rippan Kapur, an Air India purser. CRY works with 99 grassroot projects across 19 states in India and has impacted the lives of over three million children.