Full coverage: Children

27.01.2005 Additional funding for B.C. transition houses is a step forward, but the union that represents transition house workers and government employees who provide programs for victims of abuse says the Gordon Campbell government can and must do more to improve services for women across the province, especially to deal with the root causes of violence against women and children.

26.01.2005 In the U.S., an estimated 1.3 million young children have mothers in prison, and few public resources are devoted to their needs. Find out more about what is being done from a lawyer who's helping inmate mothers, their children, and other family members to maintain critical family ties during the mother's incarceration.

26.01.2005 Unicef on esittänyt 763 miljoonan dollarin vetoomuksen auttaakseen miljoonia lapsia, jotka kamppailevat selviytyäkseen hätätilanteista kriisipesäkkeissä ympäri maailman. Vuotuinen vetoomus kriisialueiden lasten hyväksi antaa yleiskatsauksen järjestön hätäapuohjelmista 33 maassa. Vakaviksi lapsia koskettaviksi kriiseiksi mainitaan mm. Kongon ja Ugandan unohdetut konfliktit.

24.01.2005 Rehabilitation of children who have been victims of trafficking is recognised as a vital and demanding task. Unicef is lobbying MPs to establish adequate funding resources.

22.01.2005 PARIS, Jan 21 (IPS) - Parents across Europe are being warned against adopting children orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami.

20.01.2005 Besides being driving force behind various conventions civil society in India is also engaged in filling the gap and furthering the protection and education and health rights to the children in need.

20.01.2005 When a woman school teacher in the Indian state of Maharashtra started training other women to teach children at primary and pre primary level, it was just a beginning of a major social change in the area.

19.01.2005 Records show that despite several efforts in Afghanistan the nation has failed to provide proper healthcare to women and children simply because the UN development indicators overlooked the non-availability of health centres and medical experts at the grassroots.

19.01.2005 Maoist rebels in Nepal are recruiting children forcibly to serve as insurgents in their battle against the government and monarchy.

19.01.2005 In order to give ECOSOC a better insight into the situation with economic, social and cultural rights in Serbia and Montenegro, the Centre for Children Rights from Belgrade (CRD) gathered several NGOs, for the purpose of preparation of the alternative report to be presented to the ECOSOC.

19.01.2005 Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Watchin mukaan Sri Lankan kapinallisryhmä LTTE on ryhtynyt värväämään tsunamialueiden lapsia joukkoihinsa korvatakseen luonnonkatastrofin aiheuttamat menetykset. Järjestön mukaan suurimmassa vaarassa ovat orvoiksi jääneet ja perheestään erilleen joutuneet lapset.

18.01.2005 Sri Lankan rebel group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is recruiting children to make up for the loss of its cadre caused by the tsunami.

18.01.2005 Reading "Children at War," you can't help thinking of the tsunami orphans. Already at risk of disease, malnutrition, and prostitution, adolescents who survived the wall of water that destroyed their families and villages may be swept up by militias who have already stolen thousands of other orphans to fill their ranks. Michael B. Farrell reviews the book written by P.W. Singer in the context.
Author : P.W. Singer
Publisher: Pantheon
Pp: 269
Price: $25

17.01.2005 PRONI Centar za socijalno podučavanje u suradnji s Filozofskim fakultetom i Visokom učiteljskom školom u Osijeku poziva Vas na promociju knjige PROBLEMI MLADIH SLAVONIJE I BARANJE.

17.01.2005 Employing child soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE) has taken up pace in the post tsunami period as the rebel group tries to make up the loss of the force in the wake of tsunami disaster.

16.01.2005 Il sindacato delle zone franche dello Sri Lanka, partner della Clean Clothes Campaign, lancia un appello per sostenere un progetto per la ricostruzione delle case dei lavoratori delle zone franche colpiti dallo tsunami. Human Right Watch (HRW) chiede al Governo indiano di non discriminare i "fuori casta" Dalit dagli aiuti. E sempre HRW denuncia che i separatisti del "Liberation Tigers" del Tamil in Sri Lanka stanno reclutando bambini colpiti dallo tsunami per farne dei soldati.

15.01.2005 Each day, 30,000 children under five die, and most don't have to. "The good news is that we know what to do," says David Oot, Chairman of the U.S. Coalition for Child Survival, calling on U.S. citizens to get involved and raise awareness to refocus global attention on the pressing needs of world's children in 2005.

13.01.2005 British scientists fear that electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell phones could lead to health problems in children below 14 years of age.

13.01.2005 AS part of its IT@School project, the State Government has introduced a mobile computer laboratory to provide support to schools that do not have full-fledged computer laboratories of their own.

13.01.2005 In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the "Auton" case, the focus has shifted to the political arena to help get children with autism the medical care they require. To this end a national autism petition campaign has been started which needs support. Check here and find out how to download the petition in either official language.