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Digest No 6.
Violence against Children

Violence against children is a fast-emerging issue across the CEE/CIS Region. Children are harmed at home, at school and on the streets. Corporal punishment is common. A youth opinion poll found that about 60% of children in the region-56 million children-are exposed to violence at home. But, child maltreatment-violence, abuse and exploitation in their many forms-has not been perceived as a significant public issue, until recently. Social reform is underway in many CEE/CIS countries, including Tajikistan, and serious efforts are being made to meet international commitments on children and child rights. In 2005, for example, Tajikistan provided input for the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children.

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Digest No 4.
Infant mortality in Tajikistan

The infant mortality rate in a country is so elemental that it is often used as an instant snapshot of the development status of a nation. If a society is unable to meet the fundamental right of a child to survive, it is unlikely to adequately meet the child’s right to thrive in the future. This indicator is so important that reducing child mortality is one of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals.

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Digest No 3.

The status and rights of children with disabilities have become high-profile issues on the global stage and, interestingly, in the CEE/CIS Region in particular in the past decade. In 2006, the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted. In 2005, UNICEF published a benchmark study¹ on children and disability in the Region in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union. At the same time, in 2003, a situational analysis of children with disabilities in Tajikistan was carried out by the National Commission on Child Rights.

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¹ “Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and Baltic States,” UNICEF, Innocenti Research Centre, 2005.

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Digest No 2.
Qualitative survey on issues in Girls Education in TajikistanAn in-depth analysis of the reasons girls drop out of school.

Access to education is the right of every child and, as highlighted in the UN Millennium Development Goals, girls’ education is most in need of investment around the world and most likely to return substantial benefits. The education of girls has been repeatedly identified in international research as a key factor in the development of communities and countries—not to mention the lives of the girls themselves in terms of individual, family, employment and social accomplishments. In this context, the low school enrolment among girls in Tajikistan demanded in-depth analysis.

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Digest No 1.
Early Childhood Development in TajikistanFindings and implications of the 2004 National survey.

Each and every child deserves the best start in life: a good start not only offers current benefits but good longer-term outcomes. A strong beginning is, therefore, the natural wish of parents and, as spelled out in the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, of societies worldwide. In Tajikistan, a National Survey on Early Childhood Development was conducted in 2004 to see how well these dreams and responsibilities were being realized in the country.