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26.06.2008 ‘Tikwere’ in Malawi is becoming hugely popular among students and teachers alike who are greatly benefiting from this innovative approach to learning through radio. Broadcast daily for half-an-hour, it has lessons on literacy, English language and life skills.

19.06.2008 Hundreds of children, including 240 orphans, will be affected by the Israeli military's recent decision to shut down schools and orphanages belonging to the Islamic Charitable Society.

18.06.2008 Abducted from her Cambodian village and nearly forced into slavery at 15, Chivv Ya now teaches other young girls practical skills to protect themselves against human trafficking.

17.06.2008 The aftermath of a recent immigration raid in Iowa demonstrates the human cost of removing migrant workers from their families and community, writes journalist Lynda Waddington.

17.06.2008 WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld) - The greatest effect of China's Wenchuan Earthquake may not be on Sichuan Province's buildings, but rather, its children. Local and international groups have launched several initiatives to help meet the needs of many of the estimated 3 million children affected by the earthquake.

15.06.2008 Today's fathers have gained -- and are still gaining -- a lot from the women's liberation movement, writes reproductive rights advocate and author Cristina Page, as she reflects on Father's Day.

13.06.2008 Education is critical to breaking the cycle of child labor and poverty as well as eradicating child labor in its worst forms by 2016, the International Labour Organization said today, the World Day Against Child Labor.
From: International Labour Organization

11.06.2008 The Egyptian Parliament passed a new children's rights bill last week that makes female genital mutilation a crime punishable by fine or jail time and raises the legal age of marriage to 18.

09.06.2008 Saw Leh Ler Shee is just one of the million children displaced by the Myanmar cyclone but he and many others have found refuge in child-friendly spaces run by caregivers and relief groups.

06.06.2008 Thousands of school children in Benin are learning about HIV/AIDS -- a subject rarely broached in the Beninese classroom or home -- through a new initiative that raises awareness by working more closely with parents and teachers.

03.06.2008 UNICEF”s publication titled It’s About Ability - An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a learning guide for children, with or without disabilities, towards fighting exclusion and discrimination in society and promoting the Convention's principles.

02.06.2008 The international community must revise short-term solutions to the displacement crisis in the eastern DR Congo as an additional 60,000 people recently fled their homes due to ceasefire violations by local armed groups.
From: Refugees International