A Children’s Observatory for Canada: November 2015 Update
A Children’s Observatory for Canada: November 2015 Update
A Children’s Observatory for Canada: November 2015 Update
UNICEF is the United Nations Children's Fund. Active in over 190 countries, it promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child in 190 countries and territories, with a special focus on reaching those in greatest need.
A Children’s Observatory for Canada: January 2016 Update
Every child deserves the opportunity to play, laugh and learn; to explore and grow in a world that nurtures them. Tragically, UNICEF estimates that tens of thousands of boys and girls under the age of 18 are used in conflicts worldwide. We recognize February 12 as International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers - to ensure a better, safer future for every child.
Zahra was born in 1970 in Kampala, Uganda. After being forced to leave as a refugee with her whole family and just seven dollars that her father hid in his shoes, they landed in Yemen. Zahra was married at 17, and after surviving the Yemen civil war, she immigrated to Canada in 1996, the mother of three young children and without any formal education to help her navigate her newly adopted country.
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Some children in Canada are not fully vaccinated and understanding how well Canada’s children are vaccinated is challenging for health providers, because Canada lacks a system to accurately track vaccination rates and flag which segments of our population are left out. But that is soon to change, and rightly so.
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