THE ST   THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2007
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                                                                                         TE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 
                                                                                                                                                          Women and
                                                                                                                                                          Children
                                                                                                                                                          The Double Dividend
                                                                                                                                                          of Gender Equality
                                                                                         2007
                                                                                         THE DOUBLE
                                                                                         DIVIDEND
                                                                                         OF
                                                                                         GENDER
                                                                                         EQUALITY
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     © The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
     December 2006
      THE STATE OF THE
      WORLD’S CHILDREN
      2007
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                ISBN-13: 978-92-806-3998-8
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