Persistent socioeconomic and political dilemmas to the implementation of the 1989 United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child in sub-Saharan Africa

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Mulinge, Munyae M ^a  

^a UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Child rights; Civil war; Corruption; HIV AIDS; Implementation; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD REARING; CHILD RIGHTS; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUNGER; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEISURE; PLAY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 75349100106     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.10.001     Document Type: Note

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