State of the World's Children 2001 Early Childhood

What happens during the very earliest years of a child's life, from birth to age 3, influences how childhood & adolescence unfolds. This report details the daily lives of parents & other caregivers who are striving -- in the face of war, poverty & the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- to protect the rights & meet the needs of young children. Chapters: early brain develop.; families, child rights & participatory research in Nepal; healthy pregnancies; improving the lives of children, one father at a time; paternity leave, baths & evil spirits; respecting the rights of the Indian child; child survival & the agency of women; country profiles of Jamaica, Malawi, Macedonia, Turkey, Peru, the Philippines, Maldives, & Jordan.Bellamy, Carol is the author of 'State of the World's Children 2001 Early Childhood', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756709839 and ISBN 0756709830.