Status Of Children In Developing Countries

Contents: Preface. 1. Status of children. 2. Children in India: a profile. 3. The state of the world\'s children: the year 1996. 4. Rights of the child. 5. Role of NGO in child welfare. 6. Welfare programmes for child development. 7. Status of children in Nepal. 8. Street children in urban Gujarat. 9. Situation of street children in Nepal. 10. Sexually exploited children. 11. The female child. 12. Girl child in India. 13. Child prostitutes: Victims of discrimination. 14. The early prison of prostitution. 15. Girl child in prostitution of Mumbai. 16. The child and the Paedophile tourist. 17. Child prostitution: the ultimate denial of the rights of the child. 18. Child and the law. 19. Bibliography.

"The future of any nation depends upon the sound development of children. For construction of civilized, cultural and happy society, we have to educate and train our children properly because tomorrow they would take the nation towards prosperity.

The present volume deals with the study of child development in the developing countries." (jacket)