Full coverage: Children

31.10.2006 ”Cartoons for Children’s Rights” on sarja animaatioita, joissa kerrotaan lasten oikeuksista. Alun alkaen animaatiot tehtiin vuonna 2004 juhlistamaan Lapsen oikeuksien sopimuksen 15-vuotista taivalta. Suomen Unicef on julkaissut niistä parhaat uudelleen YouTube-videopalvelussa.

31.10.2006 Qendra për Mbrojtjen e të Drejtave të Fëmijëve në Shqipëri – CRCA dhe Shoqata e Personave që Jetojnë me HIV/AIDS në Shqipëri - PLWHAA, dolën dje me 30 Tetor me një deklaratë për shtyp ku kërkonin të shprehin shqetësimin e tyre të thellë për shkeljen e të drejtës bazë për arsimim të fëmijëve që jetojnë me HIV/AIDS, nga ana e intitucioneve të arsimit publik në Shqipëri.

30.10.2006 U organizaciji udruženja žena Medice iz Zenice i UNICEF-a, u Sarajevu se danas održava nacionalna konferencija "Multidisciplinarni pristup suzbijanju domaćeg nasilja i drugih oblika nasilja nad djecom i ženama u BiH".

30.10.2006 The Education for All goals focus on the need to provide learning opportunities at every stage in life, from infancy to adulthood. With only nine years remaining before 2015 – the target year for achieving these goals, progress is being made in reducing the number of primary school-age children who are not enrolled in school still distant dream for many children especially from socially disadvantaged households reveals the recent report published by UNESCO “Education for All: Global Monitoring Report 2007

27.10.2006 Crnogorskiot T-Com soopsti deka ke ovozmozi besplatno koristenje na ADSL internet vo site osnovni i sredni ucilista vo Crna Gora vo narednite 5 godini. So toa ovaa kompanija saka da dade svoj pridones vo unapreduvanjeto na informatickata pismenost kaj crnogorskata ucilisna populacija.

27.10.2006 Suvaitsevaisuuteen kasvaminen on elinikäinen prosessi. Arvojen ja asenteiden muovautuminen alkaa jo varhaislapsuudessa. Suomen YK-liiton ”Matkalla suvaitsevaisuuteen – Kansainvälisyyskasvatuksen menetelmäopas 5–8 -vuotiaiden lasten ohjaajille” on julkaistu. Kirjan ovat toimittaneet Riitta Kemppainen-Koivisto ja Tiina Salmio.

27.10.2006 LIFE for the Sahariya tribal people in Madhya Pradesh (India) is an unending struggle against hunger, malnutrition, disease and, above all, neglect. In tribal villages, children continue to slide into the dark folds of hunger, and disappear, reflects Annie Zaidi.

26.10.2006 The Ministry of Education has taken steps to set up teacher villages (Guru Gammane) in 25 selected areas in the country next year, as a solution to the teacher shortage in schools in areas with less infrastructure facilities. The Ministry has allocated a total of Rs. 125 million for the project, with each fully equipped village costing over five million rupees, Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha told the media.

26.10.2006 Several major national Albanian children rights organisations promoted, on October 24, 2006, the establishment of a new Coalition against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Albania. The Coalition which will be known under the acronym ACTSEC has been accepted as an associate group of ECPAT International.

25.10.2006 Crnogorski T-Com saopštio je će omogućiti svim osnovnim i srednjim školama u Crnoj Gori besplatno korišćenje ADSL interneta u narednih pet godina. Time ova kompanija želi da da svoj doprinos unapređenju informatičke pismenosti crnogorske školske populacije.

25.10.2006 Yli 400 miljoonaa lasta kärsii syntymästä lähtien aliravitsemuksesta. Varhaislapsuuden aliravitsemuksesta on vakavia seurauksia lapsen terveydelle ja menestykselle myöhemmässä iässä. Ruokailu on sisällytettävä osaksi kehitysyhteistyöhankkeiden koulutusta, sillä oikea ravinto on edellytys aivojen kehitykselle ja oppimiskyvylle, painottaa James Morris Maailman elintarvikeohjelmasta (WFP).

25.10.2006 Suomen World Visionin järjestämässä näyttelyssä on esillä afrikkalaisten lasten itse ottamia valokuvia. Lapset Keniasta, Ugandasta, Zimbabwesta ja Tansaniasta kertovat kuvien ja kuvatekstien välityksellä elämästään, sen iloista ja suruista, aidsin varjossa.

24.10.2006 Intiassa on hiljattain astunut voimaan kielto palkata lapsia töihin ravintoloihin, tienvarsiruokaloihin, teehuoneisiin, hotelleihin tai kotiapulaisiksi. Kiellon rikkomisesta rangaistaan sakoilla tai korkeintaan kahden vuoden vankeusrangaistuksella. Toisen uutisen mukaan Intiassa on maailman valtioista eniten lapsityöläisiä.

24.10.2006 Zdruzenieto VESTA od Tuzla pocna so realizacija na proektot "Kampanja za pocituvanje na pravata na decata i zenite vo BiH preku mrezata K.R.I.K (Koordinatori za Razvoj i Implementacija na Kampanji)". Cel na proektot e obezbeduvanje na platformi za zagovaranje na pravata na cuvstvitenite grupi na gradjani i podiganje na svesta na javnosta za nivnite potrebi vo Bosna i Hercegovina.

24.10.2006 In recent years, the use and impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on teaching and learning has increased tremendously. They provide new perspectives and opportunities for expanding traditional educational processes and systems. Increasingly, ICT enhanced Non-Formal Educational (NFE) modules are being channelled through community access centres, such as community radio, telecentres, Community Multi-media Centres (CMCs).

24.10.2006 University Grants Commission (UGC) member and Director of the Chennai-based Indian Centre for Research and Development of Community Education (ICRDCE) Xavier Alphonse has said the UGC would soon bring out a document on `Indian Community College System' to address the issues of poverty and of the rural population

24.10.2006 The first comprehensive global study by the United Nations on "Violence Against Children" says around 275 million children worldwide face domestic violence within the "safe" confines of their homes. The study, which look at the the South Asia regional context — finds that India as the country with the “largest number of working children in the world.”

23.10.2006 The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) will open a office by the end of this year, having in mind Serbia’s problems with age structure of the population and the “brain-drain” issue.

23.10.2006 Even though local authorities have been asked to prepare to accommodate thousands of Indian children expected to be freed from their jobs by raids conducted on homes and restaurants, activists say scant attention has been paid to how they will be rehabilitated.

23.10.2006 As many as child labourers have been identified in the district since the District Child Labour Project Society started functioning in 2001. Of them, 89 have been rehabilitated, according to U. Chandravathi, Director of the District Child Labour Project Society.