Full coverage: Children

30.06.2004 Forumi për të drejtat e fëmijëve të Kosovës ka organizuar sot një takim me përfaqësues të 18 Komunave të Kosovës, të cilët njoftuan për aktivitetet që kanë zhvilluar asambletë komunale të fëmijëve në ngritjen e aftësive të punonjësve mbi të drejtat e fëmijëve.

30.06.2004 On June 28, the cultural event “Days of European Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina” was opened. The whole festival will end on July 22. The festival is a project of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports, and was officially opened by Minister Gavrilo Grahovac. Grahovac also opened the first event of the whole festival, the exhibition of works by elementary and secondary school students on two subjects: “Youth and Heritage” and “Old Bridges in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

30.06.2004 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are waging a campaign in eastern Sri Lanka to abduct former child soldiers for their forces, Human Rights Watch has said. Over the last three weeks, the armed opposition group has intensified efforts to re-recruit child combatants released by Colonel Karuna, a renegade rebel commander defeated by its forces in April.

30.06.2004 Conservative Islamists are continuing their drive against women's education by physically targeting a number of girls’ schools across the country.

30.06.2004 A Marvin Daniel Ortiz, de 16 años, le cortaron las manos. Su amigo, Juan Manuel Aguilar, de 19, mostraba indicios de haber sido golpeado. A ambos los ejecutaron, luego de largos minutos de torturas. Los sospechosos son miembros de la policía hondureña.

29.06.2004 Ekoloska udruga Zelena akcija objavila je rezultate nagradnog natječaja "Postani likovni majstor Dunava". Na natječaju na temu rijeka Dunav, učestvovali su učenici osnovnih škola iz Republike Hrvatske. Dodjela nagrada predvidjena je za 03.07.2004 godine, u sklopu proslave Dana Dunava, u Zlatnoj Gredi kod Osijeka.

29.06.2004 They may not have access to drugs like heroin and marijuana, but that doesn't stop thousands of street children in Pakistan from getting high -- with easily available glue that often destroys addicts' health.

29.06.2004 On Tuesday 29 June, the Council of Europe has an opportunity to provide victims of trafficking with such vital protection as reflection periods and short-term residency permits with the discussion of a European Convention on human trafficking.

28.06.2004 On June 15-16, under the sponsorship of UNICEF, the Fourth NGO Conference “Exchange of Experience Between Governmental and Non-Governmental Sectors in children rights protection and promotion.”

28.06.2004 Twelve girls returned to Nepal Sunday after a harrowing stint with a circus in India, and the nongovernmental organization that rescued them says hundreds of such children are sexually abused and made to perform risky acts in Indian circuses.

26.06.2004 Euronet, la rete europea delle organizzazioni che si occupano di infanzia, "accoglie con molto favore l'inclusione dei diritti dei bambini nella nuova Costituzione Europea adottata il 18 giugno scorso. La tutela dei diritti dei minori è ora parte degli obiettivi interni ed internazionali dell'Unione" - afferma il comunicato del network.

26.06.2004 Azioni per ridurre l'inquinamento, abbattere lo smog da traffico, fermare i cambiamenti climatici e per adottare il principio precauzionale di fronte alle migliaia di sostanze chimiche dai potenziali effetti negativi. "Il ventaglio di proposte messe in campo dall'Oms e accolte dai 52 Paesi europei per migliorare la qualità sanitaria e ambientale dei paesi europei è davvero positivo" - commenta Legambiente a chiusura della Quarta conferenza interministeriale dell'Oms su ambiente, salute e infanzia conclusa ieri a Budapest. Tocca ora ai governi europei adottare politiche per abbattere i gas serra e l'inquinamento.

25.06.2004 Friends of the Earth, the European Environmental Bureau and Greenpeace have criticised the European Union for failing to set measurable targets for protecting the environment and human - particularly child - health. A recent report in the Lancet has revealed that one in three child deaths in Europe is due to environmental factors.

24.06.2004 The partnership of the Red Cross of Bavaria and the Centre for Social Work from Smederevska Palanka, 24 children between the ages of 10 and 14 left for Bavaria on June 20, 2004. They will stay there for 20 days, in Munich and its surroundings.

24.06.2004 Seminari mbi programin për eliminimin e punës së fëmijeve (IPEK), i Organizatës Ndërkombëtare të Punës, sot në ditën e dytë të punimeve për aftësimin e trajnerëve të inspektorëve që do të monitorojnë punën e fëmijëve, u përqëndrua në metodat e përballjes me fëmijët gjatë intervistimit.

23.06.2004 We used the opportunity presented by the fourth Conference on Child Protection held on June 15-16, 2004 in Teslic, to talk to Jovanka Vukovic, Coordinator of the Analytical and Research Office of the RS Child Protection Fund. The conference was organized by the Youth Centre “Lighthouse” from Prijedor, under the patronage of UNICEF.

23.06.2004 Globalis is a highly interactive and easy-to-use online database of statistics culled from the Human Development Report 2003 and aimed at helping students in their learning of human development issues. This tool helps one analyse the progress of nations in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

22.06.2004 Fifteen years ago, there was an outcry about the fact that half of the world's population was not adequately consulted and involved in decisions that affected them - gender equality were the words on everyone's lips. But a different half of the world's population still continues to be ignored in decisions about development - children under 18 years of age. Feyi Rodway of Plan UK challenges the NGO sector to "follow where children lead".

22.06.2004 In mid-December 2003, the Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues (IBHI B&H) started the “Improved Mechanisms of Child Protection” Project. The Project is financed by UNICEF B&H, and is implemented in cooperation with the competent entity Ministries in charge of child protection.

22.06.2004 Sredinom decembra 2003. godine Nezavisni biro za humanitarna pitanja (IBHI BiH) je pokrenuo projekat pod nazivom ''Unaprijeđani mehanizmi dječije zaštite''. Projekat finansira UNICEF BiH, a ostvaruje se u saradnji sa oba entitetska ministarstva nadležna za pitanje dječije zaštite. Potpuna realizacija je planirana do 15. januara 2005. godine.