Full coverage: Children

30.09.2005 New country-by-country data reveal inadequate progress on protecting children and women from vaccine-preventable diseases, despite the availability of low-cost vaccines, according to a new UNICEF study.

29.09.2005 Coinciding with the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year in Kosovo, the Children’s Rights Team (CRT) within the Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo announces the re-launch of a Kosovo-wide “Children’s Rights Awareness Campaign”.

29.09.2005 Duke përkuar me fillimin e vitit të ri shkollor 2005/2006 në Kosovë, Grupi për të Drejtat e Fëmijëve (GDF) në Institucionin e Ombudspersonit në Kosovë shpall rifillimin mbarë kosovar të "Fushatës për vetëdijesimin e të drejtave të fëmijëve.

28.09.2005 Intiassa on yli 35 miljoonaa katulasta, jotka elävät ja tekevät töitä kadulla. Suurin osa lapsista on 11–15-vuotiaita poikia. Intialaisen katulapsijärjestön I-Indian perustajat, Prabhakar ja Abha Goswami kertoivat katulapsen elämästä Intiassa ja omasta toiminnastaan lasten olojen parantamiseksi.

28.09.2005 On September 20, 2005 has taken place a round table “Safety of children on the Internet”, organised by the UNESCO Information for All Programme National Committee of Russia and Microsoft Corp. branch in Russia and CIS at support of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the International organisation of a criminal police (Interpol).

27.09.2005 Islamic States account for the world's highest child mortality rates, where 60 per cent of children who die from disease and malnutrition never make it to their first birthday, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

27.09.2005 The leaders of a group of 28 Bushmen, which included seven children, have been arrested by Botswana police as they tried to enter their ancestral homeland, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

22.09.2005 inadequate rainfall and a poor harvest mean that 34 per cent of Malawians - including 1 million children and pregnant women - will be unable to get enough to eat until the next harvest in March 2006.

22.09.2005 Mercy Corps and Bright Horizons Family Solutions are rolling out a program to comfort and provide emotional security for young children severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina--just in time for kids heading back to school.

19.09.2005 Poznata Austrijska kompanija Bayer donirala je 208 000 Eura SOS dječjem selu u Prištini namijenjenih za pomoć tamošnjoj napuštenoj djeci. Predstavnik ove kompanije obećao je kako će nastaviti pomagati u budućnosti te doprinositi projektu koji pomaže napuštenoj djeci kako bi imala bolje živote.

16.09.2005 Ministria e Arsimit Shkencës dhe Teknologjisë ka hapur sot zyrtarisht fushatën kundër braktisjes së shkollës me moton “Të gjithë në Shkollë”. Ky projekt është nismë e përbashkët e MASHT-it dhe Shoqatës Prindër-Arsimtarë, ndërkaq është financuar nga Shërbimi Katolik për Ndihmë.

15.09.2005 A well known Austrian Company "Bayer" donated two hundred and eight thousand EUR to SOS Children's Village in Prishtina, intended as assistance for abandoned children there. Representatives of this company made a promise at this ocassion that they will continue to provide support in the future, contributing to projects that help abandoned children have opportune lives.

15.09.2005 Kompania e njohur austriake "Bajer" i dhuroi sot fshatit për fëmijë në Prishtinë afër 208 mijë euro ndihmë për fëmijët e braktisur. Përfaqësuesit e kësaj kompanie premtuan njëherësh se edhe në të ardhmen do të vazhdojnë të ndihmojnë me projektet që kanë të bëjnë me fëmijët e këtij fshati.

14.09.2005 Kehitysyhteistyöjärjestö Planin tuoreessa Our future; our say -julkaisussa lapset kertovat näkemyksiään YK:n vuosituhattavoitteista. Jokaisella lapsella on oikeus tulla kuulluksi häntä koskevassa päätöksenteossa, mutta käytännössä tämä oikeus ei toteudu. Köyhyys koskettaa eniten juuri lapsia. Jos lapsiköyhyyden vähentämistä ei nyt nosteta prioriteettilistan kärkeen, köyhistä lapsista tulee köyhiä aikuisia, Plan Suomi Säätiö muistuttaa.

14.09.2005 Speakers at the award ceremony for Indian NGO, CPR Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC), stressed the need to understand the environment and enjoy the biodiversity it bestowed. Noted scientist MS Swaminathan said that India has a number of environmental hotspots which need to be protected.

14.09.2005 A new $4 billion fund supported by the U.K., France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden will support and scale up the work of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization over the next ten years and is expected to save 10 million lives in the developing world.

14.09.2005 Medici Senza Frontiere (Msf) ha lanciato un nuovo appello per una rapida mobilitazione degli operatori umanitari in Niger: sono urgenti distribuzioni di cibo mirate nelle aree colpite da malnutrizione grave. Accertamenti sulla situazione nutrizionale nella regione di Zinder rivelano infatti un peggioramento della situazione, e nulla fa pensare che le condizioni allarmanti miglioreranno nei prossimi mesi. Nei giorni scorsi Medici Senza Frontiere aveva denunciato la complice disattenzione dei Tg italiani che nell'estate hanno dedicato alla crisi appena lo 0,1% delle notizie (cioè 19 minuti).

13.09.2005 The Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES) runs an educational program in India (Anoopshahar) for the rural girl child from economically and socially subordinate classes. The education practices provide girls with an employment opportunity and confidence to pursue other careers.

13.09.2005 Unemployed Palestinians staged a sit-in last week after their children were expelled from school because they couldn't pay school fees. A workers' rights group is calling on the Palestinian Authority to return the children to the classroom and ensure the fair distribution of jobs.

13.09.2005 Millions of children, particularly girls, face systematic obstacles to education that block progress towards reaching universal primary education, a new report reveals.