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India – The Global Movement for Children
The Global Movement for Children was launched by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on April 26, 2002 with a rallying call to the world’s inhabitants to “Say Yes” for children. The aim was to mobilize support for young people in the run-up to the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children (originally scheduled to take place in September, now being held May 8-10.) . People were asked to pledge support for ten principles that protect the rights and well being of children, and vote on the three they considered most urgent.
During 2002, more than 57 million people have signed on to the Global Movement. At least 4.5 million are from India. The three priorities they have identified are “Education for every child,” “Care for every child” and “leave no child out.” This special web report is an attempt to turn these vague ideas into every day lives, and see what they mean for ordinary people in one city of India. It is loosely organized around the three priorities that have been identified by Indians, but makes no attempt to be comprehensive.
The report was commissioned by the GMC secretariat from the Advocacy Project early in January. The material was written by ANAGA DALAL during a trip to Delhi in January, and this website has been designed by RUBY SINREICH, an associate of AP. Unless otherwise indicated, all of the photos were taken by Anaga Dalal. Photos provided by the UNICEF India country office are specified as "UNICEF."
Anaga Dalal is a freelance journalist based in New York. She was an editor at Ms. magazine for five years and is the founder and editor of Womenswire.net, a website that covers the global women's movement. She has done several assignments for UNICEF.
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