Beyond figures and graphs
What can a child growing up in a less developed country expect from life? A joint government and UNICEF report released this week aims to find an answer. Fatemah Farag

The report in focus
The Situation of Egyptian Children and Women: A Rights- Based Approach is a UNICEF report that explains in detail the situation of many of the children we see every day: the kids who rub their grimy faces against your car window trying to sell you a box of tissues, the others who run mechanic shops and the children who toil in the fields.