UNFPA/WHO/UNICEF. (July, 2003). <i>Adolescents: Profiles in Empowerment</i>. New York: UNICEF [2 Copies] | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children

PHOTO: NIGERIA: In 1997 in Nigeria, three boys who used to live on the streets sit together holding mugs at a remand home for young offenders or abandoned children in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital. Some 10,000 children live on the city’s streets. From broken homes or extremely poor families, they often cannot find steady jobs and are at high risk of turning to drugs or becoming involved in crimes or other violence. (UNICEF/ HQ97-1159/Giacomo Pirozzi)

UNFPA/WHO/UNICEF. (July, 2003). Adolescents: Profiles in Empowerment. New York: UNICEF [2 Copies]

Report on a groundbreaking pilot initiative funded by the UN Foundation (UNF) with the help of UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, the Population Council, the Commonwealth Youth Programme, the International Centre for Research on Women and Family Care International. Now in its 3rd year this project is under way in 12 countries and territories.