Full coverage: Children

30.11.2004 Sutra, 1. decembra, počinje akcija ''Jedan slatkiš jedno dijete'' koju po peti put organizuje Omladinski komunikativni centar iz Banje Luke. . Cilj akcije jeste prikupljanje slatkiša za paketiće koji će za Novu godinu i Božić biti podjeljeni djeci...

29.11.2004 In post-Taliban Afghanistan efforts are underway to brace up the education system despite fears of attack from local warlords and militia, which adds to the strain on teaching resources and poor infrastructure.

29.11.2004 The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will mark international Human Rights Day on 10 December with a series of events in Una Sana Canton, which are already underway.

26.11.2004 Denovive vo prostorot na Skopski saem se slucuvaat manifestaciite "Denovi na megjunarodnoto obrazovanie" i "Denovi na karierata", kade osnovcite i srednoskolcite imaat moznost da se zapoznaat so ponudite na del od strucnite ucilista, univerzitetot "Sveti Kiril i Metodi" od Skopje, i na obrazovnite institucii od stranstvo.

26.11.2004 A survey of secondary schools in New Zealand has revealed that barrier to access to computers is still a major deterrent for ICT-based learning for students. Lack of confidence prevents the school teachers to use applications integrating ICTs into learning modules in those schools, shows the survey.

26.11.2004 Creative education centres in the east Indian state of Jharkhand, which also provide health facilities, have changed the life of carpet-working children who had never ever been to school.

25.11.2004 Indian state West Bengal has signed a pact with Microsoft to implement the Project Shiksha initiative, a programme to be rolled out in 10 states to make teachers IT literate. Microsoft is planning to train 12,000 teachers and one million students in the state over the next five years.

25.11.2004 The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to provide cooked mid-day meal to primary school students by January 2005.

24.11.2004 It's been 15 years since members of the House of Commons unanimously voted to end child poverty in Canada, but today, one in six children still endure life in poverty. That's a million children too many. It's time for our government to live up to its promise. Send a message to our elected leaders.

24.11.2004 Over 200,000 schoolchildren, siblings, and parents are benefitting from a school feeding program in Vietnam that has improved children's nutritional state and attitude towards school. Not only do the children receive nutritious snacks, but teachers have been trained to teach proper hygiene practices and parents have been increasingly involved in their children's schooling too.

24.11.2004 Child mortality rates in Iraq were serious before the war, says Unicef. With aid agencies now unable to work inside the country, escalation of the conflict has fatal consequences far beyond the battlefields.

23.11.2004 Fifteen years ago, the United Nations General Assembly ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This convention recognizes that, in all countries of the world, there are children living in exceptionally difficult conditions and that such children need special consideration. To date, 192 countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

23.11.2004 Dia 20 de novembro, a Convenção Sobre os Direitos da Criança completa 15 anos de existência. Apesar de todos os países da América Latina terem assinado o tratado internacional – de garantia de direitos a essa população –, a situação dos meninos e meninas da região ainda é de risco social. “Na América Latina 58% das crianças menores de 5 anos são pobres e 190 mil crianças morrem ao ano vítimas de enfermidades ligadas à pobreza”, revelou Bernardo Kliksberg, coordenador geral da Iniciativa Interamericana de Capital Social, Ética e Desenvolvimento do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID). A afirmação foi feita recentemente durante a conferência Porque a ética é importante para o desenvolvimento, organizada pela Banco Central da Venezuela.

22.11.2004 Canadians are demanding nothing less than a universal, not-for-profit program that's publicly funded with principles that can be enforced. This will only happen with major pressure. Federal social development minister Ken Dryden is on record as saying that the time for action on child care is now. We couldn't agree more. Please take two minutes to complete our online action.

22.11.2004 Povodom godišnjice usvajanja Konvencije o dečjim pravima, kancelarija Unicefa za SCG dodeljuje godišnju novinarsku nagradu za najbolje izveštavanje o deci i dečjim pravima. Na konkursu je učestvovalo ukupno 37 novinara sa 45 priloga. Dodeljuju se dve nagrade - jedna za štampane i jedna za elektronske medije

22.11.2004 Some days ago, I found a leaflet, courtesy of HEP (Croatian Electric Power Supply company) in my mailbox. There was a photo of a boy on the cover, munching on his pencil, with the words “Where does the current flow?” floating around his head as a line of thought. HEP’s leaflet was a nice surprise, actually. But only on the outside. Inside, there was another story inside...

22.11.2004

Blogging from Rio's favelas © Advocacy Project

"I can't help but think how much circumstance matters when I read about cases like this," writes Alex Goldmark in his first dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, where he will be blogging his experiences with a project to save street children from systematic violence over the next six months. "I wonder how successful I would have been if I was born into other circumstances."

22.11.2004 More than 18 million children in Bangladesh have been given vitamin capsules to fight malnutrition after floods destroyed crops and left large parts of the country without food.

22.11.2004 Orpojen määrä on laskussa Aasiassa ja Latinalaisessa Amerikassa. Saharan eteläpuolisessa Afrikassa sen sijaan heidän määränsä kasvaa aids-epidemian myötä, todetaan Unicefin, YK:n aidsohjelman ja Yhdysvaltain kehitysyhteistyövirasto USAID:n julkistamassa raportissa. Tuore raportti selvittää orpojen määrää ja toimia heidän asemansa parantamiseksi.

22.11.2004 Joensuussa viikonloppuna kokoontunut Pelastakaa Lasten liittokokous vaati lasten äänen kuulemista heitä koskevissa asioissa YK:n lapsen oikeuksien yleissopimuksen mukaisesti. Järjestön mukaan suomalaista edunvalvontajärjestelmää ja lainsäädäntöä tulisi kehittää niin, että ne edistäisivät lapsen oikeutta tulla kuulluksi.