... ) 1999 Human Development Report one fifth of children are malnourished, one fifth of children do not attend school past grade five, and child mortality is high, and fourteen percent of children make up the labor force. These numbers are surprisingly high since ten years ago the Convention on the Rights of a Child came into the international stage. This is the world's most ratified treaty; the only two countries that have ... not ratified it are the United States and Somalia. The convention includes the ... ...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... a young woman with a career facing similar circumstances, hopefully, would take a more responsible approach by practicing safe sex, following through the full-term pregnancy, or giving the child up for adoption. Taking responsibility should be an important expectation for either age group, but especially for those young adult career women ... sex to prevent a fertilized egg from developing. But, 65% of the respondents said they would be likely to consider them a form of birth control rather than abortion. Less than one-fifth said they would consider use of the morning-after pills to be a ...

• Word Count: 1232
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate