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Juvenile Justice in Different Countries: Age of Criminal Responsibility and Treatment of Juvenile Offenders
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
In the world, there are three models that inspire administration of juvenile justice: • The Welfare Model • The Justice Model or Control model - Retributive • The Restorative Model The age of criminal responsibility and treatment of juveniles thus varies under the different...
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The New Age of Food Marketing: How Companies are Targeting and Luring our Kids — and What Advocates can do About it
BMSG, Berkeley Media Studies Group - eSocialSciences - 2012
Why should health advocates be concerned about the new marketing paradigm? Because young people's choices about what to eat and when are largely shaped by food and beverage marketing -- and these industries are now reaching our kids through a multitude of interactive devices and platforms,...
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State of Literacy among Adolescents and Youth Population
Samal, A.K. - eSocialSciences - 2014
Gives an overall view about the literacy rates of youth and adolescents in India. …
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Schooling and Adolescent Reproductive Behaviour in Developing Countries
Lloyd, Cynthia B. - eSocialSciences - 2008
Recent DHS data is used to document trends in schooling and adolescent reproductive behaviors among adolescents and … contribution of school girl pregnancy to overall pregnancy rates and non-enrolled among adolescents. [Paper presented at the Forum …
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Report of the Sub-Groups on Child Rights for 12th Five Year Plan
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2012
, Child Rights and Protection, the Girl and Adolescents. [WCD Report]. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
Lately there has been a surge in the variety of approaches to assist the adolescents, specially the girls, in building … social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
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Workbook on Life Skills
eSocialSciences; Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of … - 2009
RGNIYD planned to develop a workbook on Life Skills which would help adolescents to both understand the concepts of the … ten core Life Skills and practice them. The workbook has been carefully designed so that adolescents learn and internalise … enable adolescents to identify the skill in themselves. …
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Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing: Targeting Children and Youth in the Digital Age
Chester, Jeff; Montgomery, Kathryn - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for deteriorating health are identified as reduction in cost of food products, lack of physical education and junk-food marketing. The paper also brings out the importance of having a healthy...
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Forgotten Youth: Disability and Development in India
Singal, Nidhi - eSocialSciences - 2008
In 2001, it is estimated that 270 million Indians belonged in the 12-24 years age group. While attention is being focused on these young people’s potential for social transformation, some of them – such as those with disabilities – remain alienated from mainstream debates on...
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The State of the World’s Children 2011 Adolescence – An Age of Opportunity
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2011
The State of the World's Children 2011 examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in … highlights the singular opportunities that adolescence offers, both for adolescents themselves and for the societies they live in …. The accumulated evidence demonstrates that investing in adolescents' second decade is our best hope of breaking the …
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