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	Children Worse Off Despite Legislation

shancypants

11-14-2007 8:55 AM

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west africa, africa, children, convention on the rights of the child, mdgs, human rights

shancypants says:

By 2015 the MDGs are supposed to be accomplished- these include improving the basic rights of the child. I think we are so far away from that as a reality, and it does not need to be this way.

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