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Sood, Suruchi; Kostizak, Kelli; Stevens, Sarah; Cronin, Carmen; Ramaiya, Astha; Paddidam, Priyanka – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Despite multiple global commitments to protect the rights of people with disabilities, discriminatory attitudes and social norms continue to disadvantage children with disabilities (CWD) in various ways. This manuscript examines the conceptualisation and measurement of discriminatory attitudes and social norms towards to CWD. A systematic review…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, Children
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Adinkrah, Mensah – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: The persecution of children as witches has received widespread reportage in the international mass media. In recent years, hundreds of children have been killed, maimed and abandoned across Africa based on individual and village-level accusations of witchcraft. Despite the media focus, to date, very little systematic study has…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Violence
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Nelson, Carla – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2008
This essay acknowledges that the HIV/AIDS pandemic has created entire communities for whom loss has become a common and a shared experience. As a result of this impact of HIV/AIDS, several questions surface. However, the one question upon which this essay focuses is, "What type of environment is required for children infected and affected by…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Communicable Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Ennew, Judith, Ed. – 1995
Harmonized with UNICEF's efforts to reduce hazardous and exploitative forms of child labor, this compilation of key texts examines the area of child labor and basic education. The articles are organized into four main areas covering ideas, debates, evidence, and case studies. The first part provides some definitions of childhood, work,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Children