Resources

Media Trend: A representation of women and children in the Guyana media during the period 2008 2009

The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Full Report:   In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World’s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades, addresses the critical challenges for the next 20 years and outlines an agenda for action to ensure the Convention’s promise becomes a reality for every child.

The Executive Summary: provides an overview of the full report, examines the Convention’s evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that the Convention’s promise becomes a reality for all children.

Retrospective Analysis of Neonates and Stillbirths:  The study determines the causes of neonatal deaths in regional hospitals and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the attributing factors to this adverse effect. Conducted in five hospitals that offer basic and comprehensive obstetric care to mothers, the study provides data that informs the Maternal and Child Health Department on the issues related to the causative factors on neotal deaths and the implications of service recommendations for the health sector.

The State of the World's Children (SOWC) 2009 Executive Summary and SOWC 2009 Main Report

The publication examines critical issues in maternal and newborn health, underscoring the need to establish comprehensive continua of care for mothers, newborns and children.  The report also outlines key paradigms in health programming and policies for  mothers and newborns, and examines partnerships and collaborative initiatives aimed at improving maternal and neonatal health. 

Guyana MICS Summary Report 2006 and Guyana MICS Technical Report 2006

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a household survey developed by UNICEF in response to the World Summit for Children, held in 1990, to measure progress towards an internationally agreed set of goals for children. The third Guyana MICS as conducted in 2006 by the Bureau of Statistics to monitor the situation of children and women at the national and sub-national level.

MICS Materials PowerPoint Presentation

Children and the Media - A Handbook for Journalists  

 Children and the Media -A hand book for Journalists aims to provide guidance through a set of ethical issues that require consideration when dealing with young people.  It is a  methodological handbook describing approaches to working with children and adolescents.  It also provides  a summary of thearticles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Minimum Operational Standards and Regulations for Children's Homes in Guyana

The standards are a committtment to adhere  to an approved and published baseline for providing quality care, made to the children and the community by Govenment and the children's homes.

A Report - Voices of Children: Experiences with Violence
Voices of Children: Experiences with Violence is a component of the Children and Violence project which aims to ensure that all children grow up without violence.  The child participatory study reports on children’s experiences with different forms of violence in the home, school, community and institutions.  It is the first step towards understanding the magnitude, causes and impact of violence on children in Guyana.

Policy Framework for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Guyana
This policy framework provides a guide to all actors interested or already working in the area of OVC. The implementation of the strategies outlined seeks to make more effective delivery of the available services for children in especially difficult circumstances.

As Assessment: The Situation of Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Guyana
This assessment was carried out in all ten administrative regions of Guyana to ascertain what is happening to children who fall in the category of OVC, regardless of the cause of orphaning or vulnerability.  It identifies how children are being affected within their families and looks at the gaps and priority areas for intervention.   The assessment also outlines an integrated and collaborated approach to dealing with issues affecting OVC.