CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Naomi Klein, World Health Organization, Structural Adjustment
Document Summary
There are global differences in understandings and experiences of young people. Global inequality contributes to such differences and directly affects young people"s lives. Children"s lives are shaped by local and global political and economic decisions. I/ global diversity and inequality: religion and culture. In africa we carry our children so they feel loved (the guardian. These figures are from ortiz and cummins (2011). Beyond the bottom billion for unicef. http://www. unicef. org/socialpolicy/files/global_inequality. pdf: global income distribution: From the hungry planet (2005) by peter menzel and faith d"aluisio. Immigration and refugees http://www. guardian. co. uk/world/interactive/2012/jan/28/long-walk-europe- afghanistan-children http://www. guardian. co. uk/world/2012/jan/29/out-afghanistan-boys-stories- europehttp://static. guim. co. uk/sys- images/guardian/pix/pixies/2012/1/26/1327584761342/afghan-child-refugees-001. jpg. Ii/ child work in a global context: general differences between industrialized nations and the global south. The african charter on the rights of the child. Children"s say, eg bolivia"s child workers unite to end exploitation (the guardian weekly, 2012) Support for parents: internationalization of capital and children"s work. Poverty of some linked to wealth of others. Iii/ maternal and child health: maternal health.