Comprendre... le droit à la famille

L’UNICEF agit pour défendre les droits de l’enfant en France et partout dans le monde.

Grâce à cette fiche thématique, découvre les droits de l’enfant et les thèmes sur lesquels travaille l’UNICEF, ce qu’en pensent les enfants, et le vocabulaire dont tu as besoin pour tout comprendre en…15 minutes !

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La mission de l’UNICEF est d’agir dans 7 domaines essentiels au bon développement de l’enfant : la santé, le VIH–SIDA, l’eau/l’assainissement et l’hygiène, la nutrition, la protection, l’éducation et l’inclusion sociale.

L’objectif est de permettre à chaque enfant de commencer sa vie avec un maximum de chances pour se développer et s’épanouir.

Zoom 2013. A family in a Roma community in the town of Shumen, Northern Bulgaria. The family receives support through social and health workers from the UNICEF assisted Family Centre. Photos received from Bulgaria CO 2013.

Zoom [RELEASE OBTAINED]; Elango Ramachandar and his wife Asha Ramaiah, who are both HIV-positive, play with their two-year-old son Yathin in their home in Bangalore, capital of the state of Karnataka. Yathin has tested negative for HIV. In May 2004 in India, an estimated five million people are living with HIV/AIDS. The country faces one of the fastest growing AIDS epidemics in the world with young people, aged 15 to 24, accounting for more than 50 per cent of all new infections. This is the story of one couple who are HIV-positive and agreed to share their experience. Elango Ramachandar, 38, and his wife Asha Ramaiah live in Bangalore, capital of the southern state of Karnataka. Mr. Ramachandar discovered he is HIV-positive in 1988 when he went to donate blood. He spent much of the next six years struggling to manage his infection and the associated stigma. He felt isolated and fearful until he met others who are HIV-positive. He became involved in community outreach programmes and in 1997, helped found the Indian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, a UNICEF-assisted support and advocacy network. Shortly afterwards, he began working for the Karnataka Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, where, in 1999, he met Ms. Ramaiah. She discovered her HIV-positive status following the death of her first husband in 1995. In November 2001, Ms. Ramaiah gave birth to their son Yathin. She received anti-retroviral (ARV) medications during her pregnancy and Yathin was given ARV therapy following his birth. To further reduce his risk of acquiring the virus, his parents also decided not to breastfeed him. But his father was fearful of learning Yathin’s status. On his second birthday, Ms. Ramaiah surprised her husband: « [She] gave me the greatest of life’s gifts, » he said. « She reported my son’s negative HIV status. I cried with joy and happiness for my son…and for modern science and the community that made it possible. » Mr. Ramachandar is currently receiving ARV therapy and M