Unequal Childhoods

An expert in her field, Helen Penn discusses the inequalities between and within countries of childhood poverty and how this poverty is recognized and defined through the following case-studies:

• Kazakhstan - once part of the Soviet Union
• Swaziland - a country in Southern Africa devastated by HIV and AIDS
• Himalayan India
• Brazil - one of the world''s most unequal countries.

These four case studies i...