The State of the World's Children 2003

The focus of the 2003 UNICEF report, The State of the World's Children, is child participation, which is intended to remind adults of their obligation to elicit & consider the views of children & young people when decisions are being made that affect their lives. Chapters: Children Must Be Heard; Why Participation, Why Now?; Engaging Life; Active Learning; The Sharpest Edge; Listening to Children; Spaces for Participation; At the U.N. Special Session on Children; & Moving Forward. Panels: What children see, they show; Child participation: myth & reality; A child's Ôright' to participate; Girls win big!; Building nations; We asked them to speak; Children & the Media; & We are the world's children. Maps, photos, charts, tables & graphs.Carol Bellamy is the author of 'The State of the World's Children 2003' with ISBN 9780756729523 and ISBN 0756729521.