The right to an identity: birth registration in Latin America and the Caribbean

A disturbing token of child and adolescent vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean is that so many are deprived of any legal identity by failure to report their birth. This bars them from exercising basic citizen rights and can hinder their access to productive employment, social benefits and the justice system and deny them recognition as full citizens and the right to well-being, capacity development and political participation.

The girl child and boys in the Caribbean: progress and challenges

This issue of Gender Dialogue focuses attention on the status of the girl child in the Caribbean and examines the ongoing progress and challenges in fulfilment of international mandates such as the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Millennium Development Goals and other relevant commitments.

ECLAC Notes Nº 12

Regional perspective Opinion: Latin America's enormous vulnerability Perception of threat and vulnerability increase Jobs more precarious The challenges of an ageing population Opportunities for child and adolescent welfare New social stratification in Latin America The drug problem Statistical appendix Recent titles Calendar

Human rights and the child

Includes bibliography

Paternidad responsable en el Istmo Centroamericano

Incluye Bibliografía