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	<title>Future of Child Rights in Brazil</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Introduction to Children&#8217;s Rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/31/introduction-to-childrens-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of the 18th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was formally adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 20, 1989; and Brazil’s own Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) which was implemented as National Law in July of the following year, this [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Introduction to Children&#8217;s Rights", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/31/introduction-to-childrens-rights/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to Government Accountability</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/25/introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Within Brazil&#8217;s Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA), and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on which it is based, many of the articles place responsibility for ensuring the rights of children with the government. For this reason, the actions taken by government to ensure the safety and security of children [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Introduction to Government Accountability", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/25/introduction/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/25/education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
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ABOVE: Children studying at Spectaculu, an NGO that offers Media courses to young people here in Rio. 
The Rights to a &#8220;free and compulsory&#8221; education aimed at &#8220;the development of the child&#8217;s personality, talents and mental and physical abilities&#8221; (CRC Articles 28, 29) are clearly stated in both the Convention on the Rights of [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Education", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/25/education/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to Children&#8217;s Health</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/24/an-introduction-to-childrens-health/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/24/an-introduction-to-childrens-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neesha</dc:creator>
		
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According to The Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA), children and adolescents have the right to protection of life and health through effective implementation of public social policies These public policies make possible birth and healthy and harmonious development in dignified conditions of existence. The path to achieving what the ECA set forth in [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An Introduction to Children&#8217;s Health", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/24/an-introduction-to-childrens-health/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Current Reality</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/23/the-current-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) are both now 18 years old, the discrepancies between the agreed upon rights for children and adolescents and the current situation in Brazil is striking.
As Amnesty International has pointed out, there remains a large gap between [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Current Reality", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/23/the-current-reality/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Rights to Recreational and Cultural Activities&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/22/rights-to-recreational-and-cultural-activities/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/22/rights-to-recreational-and-cultural-activities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Rights]]></category>

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ABOVE: Children playing soccer at the Crianca Esperanca center in Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro. 
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was a landmark achievement for the United Nations in that it was able to not only guarantee children their most basic of human rights; (Shelter, Food, Security, etc.) but also extended these, by [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rights to Recreational and Cultural Activities&#8230;", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/22/rights-to-recreational-and-cultural-activities/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Enforcement of the ECA through Community Councils</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/20/enforcement-of-the-eca-through-community-councils/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/20/enforcement-of-the-eca-through-community-councils/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government Accountability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/29/enforcement-of-the-eca-through-community-councils/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to ensure that the children&#8217;s rights contained within the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) are enforced, the ECA specifies that councils will be created in order to ensure that children&#8217;s rights are observed in practice.
Article 88 of the ECA establishes parameters for the creation &#8220;municipal, state, and national councils &#8230; which [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Enforcement of the ECA through Community Councils", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/20/enforcement-of-the-eca-through-community-councils/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Right to Protection of Life and Health</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/20/the-right-to-protection-of-life-and-health/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/20/the-right-to-protection-of-life-and-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neesha</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children and Health]]></category>

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One organization that has stepped up in its efforts in health care is the Chapéu Mangueira Community Health Care Center…  
In Chapéu Mangueira, a favela located in Leme and bordering another favela Babolonia, the government has little to do with its Community Health Center. The health center would welcome government funding but realize that until [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Right to Protection of Life and Health", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/20/the-right-to-protection-of-life-and-health/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>A Different Type of Development</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/18/a-different-type-of-development/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/18/a-different-type-of-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neesha</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children and Health]]></category>

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Development of a child comes in many forms. There are the basic development needs such as food, water, shelter and then there are social development needs such as interaction with other children in the community, education and leisure. Casa da Árvore is an organization that believes that development takes form through interaction with ones peers. [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Different Type of Development", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/18/a-different-type-of-development/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>PRONASCI: A Step Forward?</title>
		<link>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/18/pronasci-a-step-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/18/pronasci-a-step-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although affronts to the rights of children persist, the government has recently enacted new legislation that promises to specifically promote violence prevention, public security, and social programs while paying special attention to issues affecting children and adolescents. This National Plan for Public Security and Citizenship (PRONASCI) was enacted August 20, 2007 and represented a hopeful [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "PRONASCI: A Step Forward?", url: "http://blog.comunidadesegura.org/focrib/2008/07/18/pronasci-a-step-forward/" });</script>]]></description>
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