¡Bienvenidos!Con entusiasmo iniciamos la publicación del boletín Desafíos, convencidos de la necesidad de disponer de una ventana abierta a un público amplio y diverso con quien compartir nuestras reflexiones y conocimientos sobre el avance de los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio para la pobla...
Los derechos de la infancia y adolescencia con discapacidadHasta hace poco, los niños y niñas con discapacidad eran escondidos, objeto de burlas y, en muchos casos, víctimas de violencia. Esta situación ha mejorado gracias a algunos cambios en la concepción de la discapacidad y a la ratificación ...
Infant mortality has unquestionably declined throughout Latin America over the last
decade, even under conditions of low and unstable economic growth and a meagre overall
reduction of poverty in the region. The declines in infant mortality vary from one country
to another. The persistence of high...
Welcome! It is with great enthusiasm that we publish this first issue of Challenges bulletin, in the conviction that we need to reach out to a broad and diverse readership and share what we know and think about progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for children and adolescents in Lati...
Rights of children and adolescents with disabilities Until not long ago, children with disabilities were made fun of, hidden away and, all too often, the victims of violence. Fortunately, this state of affairs has improved thanks to changes in the way disability is viewed and to the ratification,...
Los niños y niñas de la ciudad en América Latina y el Caribe La precariedad en que vive un alto porcentaje de niños, niñas y adolescentes de zonas urbanas en la región merece especial atención, por lo que en este número de Desafíos se abordan los contrastes en sus condiciones de vida. Luego, se m...
Urban children in Latin AmericaThis issue of Challenges addresses a topic deserving of special attention: the high proportion of children and adolescents in the region's urban areas who live in precarious conditions. Their disparate living conditions are examined with a look at the moderate depri...
While children in general are overrepresented among those living in poverty, a long history of discrimination and exclusion has ensured that indigenous children in Latin America and the Caribbean are in an even worse position. In the general population 63% of children aged under 18 years live in ...
Child abuse violates the most basic rights of children and adolescents. As documented in the main article of this issue of Challenges, child abuse is a massive, daily and underreported problem that affects the population of Latin America and the Caribbean. It manifests itself in dif...
Child migration in the region has many contradictory aspects, as reported in the feature article of this bulletin. On the positive side, there are better educational opportunities in countries of destination and, in countries of origin, greater well-being thanks to remittances; greater protection...
