UNICEF's head in Ziguinchor, Christina de Bruin, says systems for child protection need to be improved, along with encouraging social change in how people deal with this violence, and reinforcing partnerships and protection systems to deal with emergency cases.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

For example,husbands and wives in some ethnic groups are tested for the possibility of having a child with Tay-Sachs.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

For example,a child might offer something sweet to her little brother and then take it away when he reaches for it.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

She takes a job as a babysitter for a woman and her husband who have adopted a child of mixed race.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

Each year on that day the National Education Association calls for every child and every community in America to celebrate reading.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

"Well, all through his studies, I stood by him, with the feeling a mother has for a disabled child.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Meryl Streep is also nominated for best actress, for her role as the famous cooking expert Julia Child in "Julie and Julia."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Well,all through his studies, I stood by him, with the feeling a mother has for a disabled child.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

In any case, parents should make clear what,if anything, the child is expectedto pay for with the money.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

It called for an increase in global efforts in order to reach the goals for ending the worst forms of child labor.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

For example, a small child will experience health problems or die much quicker than an adult will.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

In "Maternal Caress," a few simple lines express the deep love of a mother for her child.

VOA: special.2009.07.12