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On the subject of children: Children are the best people to tell us what is wrong with child welfare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Abstract

Family planning is still a problem for some countries and organizations. In other countries, where there is a general decline infertility and families become smaller, childhood is changing. Where families are wealthy enough, childhood and education lengthen. The WorldForum’98: Justice for Children, held in Manila in November, gave Filipino children the opportunity to say what needs to change. The agenda produced by them is a model that other agencies in other countries could usefully follow.

Type
Not the last word: point and counterpoint
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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