Invisible children
- Author: United Nations Children's Fund
- Main Title: The State of the World's Children 2006 , pp 34-57
- Publication Date: December 2006
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/1fc474c3-en
- Language: English French, Spanish
The root causes of exclusion – extreme poverty, poor governance, armed conflict, HIV/AIDS, inequalities and discrimination – have pernicious consequences beyond excluding children from essential services. They also foster conditions that heighten the risk of children being exploited, neglected, trafficked or abused. The breakdown in the rule of law that often accompanies armed conflict, for example, can leave children exposed to sexual violence or exploitation. Children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS are not only at greater risk of missing out on an education, they may also face stigmatization and neglect in their communities. Those who traffic children look not in the rich suburbs but in the slums and among the most destitute for their victims.
© United Nations
ISBN (PDF):
9789210597524
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/198d96de-en
Related Subject(s):
Children and Youth
Sustainable Development Goals:
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