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In this academic publication, authors Sonia Livingstone and Brian O'Neill investigate the implications of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on technology governance and policy. 2.1 Positioning Children’s Rights Within Debates over Internet Governance Although it is widely held that a more...

In this academic piece, author Shannon Sorensen explores what the expansion of digital technologies means for the future of children's rights and parental relationships with their children. I. INTRODUCTION Parents who post about their children online are hard pressed to view themselves as a threat...

Abstract This study consists of case studies of maternal mortality in Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Although maternal mortality is recognized as a global problem, there is still a lack of governmental response. This study seeks to answer a couple essential questions: "to what...

Background: Maternal mortality has for long been a serious problem that is engulfing the lives of many childbearing (pregnant) women mostly in the developing countries as a result of many contributory factors. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 focuses on improving maternal health, with target 6...

Summary To improve maternal health requires action to ensure quality maternal health care for all women and girls, and to guarantee access to care for those outside the system. In this paper, we highlight some of the most pressing issues in maternal health and ask: what steps can be taken in the...

Cereal import has played a crucial role in compensating local water deficit. A quantitative account of water deficit and cereal import relations therefore is of significance for predicting future food import demand and formulating corresponding national and international policies. On the basis of...

With the long-heralded advent of the information age, the upheaval caused by the proliferation of visual technologies in a society dominated by the media is forcing the entire spectrum of what used to be called " the press " to redefine itself, to reassess its professional code of ethics and to...

Evolution in approaches to improve access to education for children living in urban slums ABSTRACT: Poverty is urbanizing. After 2008, more people live in urban than rural areas of the world. While the global number of poor is on the decline, an increasing number of people live in urban slums...