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The united nations commission on human rights, with eleanor roosevelt as chair, created the uns universal declaration of human rights 1948, which reasserted the concept of human rights after the horrors of world war ii. Sen argues that human freedom should be both the means and the end of development, rather than a casualty of it, as is often. This lifttheflap book aims to challenge rigid gender norms around childhood play. Its purpose, scope and rationale are reflected in the threepart structure of the manuscript.
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