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Girl takes a bath in a plastic bathtub

Sanitation and Open Defecation

Every child has a right to adequate hygiene and sanitation.

Baby happy with her birth certificate

Birth Registration

Every child has a right to be registered.

In 2007 in Niger, a girl smiles in the city of Agadez, capital of Agadez Region. She is a member of the Fulani ethnic group.

Child Marriage

Every child has a right to be protected from early marriage.

Boy in a UNICEF-supported reintegration centre for children associated with armed groups

Violence and Exploitation

Every child has a right to be protected from harm.

Girl looks up from writing during a class

Quality Learning

Every child has a right to access to quality learning

Girl revises her lessons at night using a head lamp

Acess to Education

Every child has a right to access to education

Hajara Abdul Rahman being weighed at a clinic in Tamale

Stunting and Malnutrition

Every child has a right to adequate nutrition

Baby being vaccinated in the town of Nassian, in the Northeast of Côte d'Ivoire.

Immunization

Every child has a right to be immunized

Water splashes as children fill jerrycans at an outdoor tap

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Every child has a right to water, sanitation and a safe and clean community.

Dr. Elvis Badianga Kumbu holds a young girl in his arms after she underwent treatment at the Presbyterian Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasaï region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday 28 January 2018.

Child Survival and Development

Every child has a right to survive