Full coverage: Children

28.02.2005 The first way to analyze a federal budget is to look at what's been called for and what was delivered. Last fall, CPJ called for a limited, realistic mix of measures that would make a serious difference in the level and depth of child and family poverty in Canada. The government came through on its childcare commitment but offered nothing new on housing, child benefits or the Canada Social Transfer.

28.02.2005 In December Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski were featured on OneWorld for their film Born into Brothels. Sunday night millions watched as Briski and Kauffman were given the movie industry's highest award for the film, which portrays the fimmakers' work teaching the children of Calcutta's red light district to express themselves through photography.

28.02.2005 Prava djece u Crnoj Gori ugrozena su po svim osnovama, a prosjacenje je rasirena pojava protiv koje se ne preduzima skoro nista - ocijenjeno je u izvjestaju o stanju prava djece u Crnoj Gori. Izvjestaj je uradio Centar za prava djeteta, u saradnji sa nevladinim organizacijama, nadleznim drzavnim sluzbama i institucijama i profesionalcima u relevantnim oblastima, a cilj mu je informisanje javnosti o postovanju medjunarodne Konvencije o pravima djeteta u Crnoj Gori.

28.02.2005 The RODA-Parents in Action association initiated a Petition to be submitted to the Government of the Republic of Croatia, demanding an urgent start of the Sabor (Parliament) procedure on the Draft_Law on Medically Assisted Fertilization, already reviewed at Government meeting of September 30, 2004. The Petition also demands from the Sabor to pass the proposed Law in an urgent procedure.

28.02.2005 In spite of the adoption of a mission to universalise elementary education, the dropout rate in India' elementary and primary schools continues to be as high as 52 per cent.

28.02.2005 While India ostensibly nears the achievement of universal education, high enrolment figures of 92% mask a worrying dropout rate from primary and elementary levels. The responsibility lies with state governments.

25.02.2005 The second phase of a mass polio eradication effort kicked off across Africa Thursday with added impetus after a report from the previously polio-free country of Ethiopia indicated that a child there had contracted the virus. Global health officials are especially anxious to reach children in regions of unrest in order to halt the advance of the disease which saw a fierce resurgence last year.

25.02.2005 UNICEF reports that, even with a ceasefire in place, progress in restoring school enrolment in the conflict region is inhibited by parental uncertainty and by continued child soldier recruitment.

24.02.2005 Delegacija BH Vlade će učestvovati na glavnoj sjednici o stanju djece u BiH, koja je planirana da se organizuje u maju ove godine pri UN – ovom Komitetu u Ženevi. Save the Children Norway, regionalni ured za JI Evropu, je takodje pozvan da učestvuje na glavnoj sjednici.

24.02.2005 Il Movimento Africano dei Bambini e Giovani Lavoratori si incontra in Senegal, a Thiès dal 21 febbraio al 5 marzo, per fare il bilancio delle attività del Movimento, discutere sugli incontri locali di formazione e rafforzare relazioni tra i diversi continenti. Il Movimento é stato creato da bambini e giovani africani che lavorano nelle case, nei mercati e sulle strade e che si sono organizzati, creando delle Associazioni nelle città dove abitano e/o dove lavorano. Il Movimento ha identificato 12 diritti prioritari per lottare contro lo sfruttamento e le terribili condizioni di lavoro dei bambini e per promuovere azioni concrete in favore del rispetto dei propri diritti.

23.02.2005 A WaterAid project in a south Indian state has managed an achievement in that children who are being taught about hygiene and sanitation have spread the information in the village with visible success.

23.02.2005 Universal Primary Education (UPE) is the goal for all 53 of Africa's countries by 2015. It does sound like the right direction. But what is the long-term approach that will enable every child to learn from the beginning of the first day in a classroom to be a useful, creative citizen in a diverse and culturally vibrant Africa?

23.02.2005 Vuosittain 48 miljoonaa lasta maailmassa jää rekisteröimättä syntymänsä jälkeen. Ilman syntymätodistusta lasta ei ole virallisesti olemassa, koska hänen ikäänsä tai kansallisuuttaan ei voida todistaa. Plan vaatii valtioilta toimia, jotta maailman lapsilla olisi yhtäläinen oikeus ja mahdollisuus syntymärekisteröintiin. Kansainvälisen kampanjan avasi tiistaina arkkipiispa Desmond Tutu.

22.02.2005 Nakon poslednjeg napada Skinhedsa na mladića i devojku romske nacionalnosti, Romi u Nišu ne osećaju se bezbedno. Niška policija podnela je krivične prijave protiv trojice Nišlija zbog krivičnog dela izazivanje nacionalne, rasne i verske mržnje, razdora ili netrpeljivosti. U Nišu i okolini prema nezvaničnim podacima živi oko 25.000 Roma

21.02.2005 Teachers in B.C. are celebrating a landmark Court ruling. The B.C. Court of Appeal has affirmed that teachers can grieve violations of the class size numbers in the School Act. The government had previously stripped class size limits from the teachers' collective agreement, resulting in larger classes and less individual attention for students.

21.02.2005 Child-care advocates monitoring federal/provincial talks encouraged the federal government to hold strong and insist on conditions for its child care funding. At the same time, they want the provinces to quit stonewalling and come to the table with plans to turn their substandard services into quality child care. Watch the coverage:

21.02.2005 Poikkeuksellisen ankara talvi koettelee Afganistanin lapsia. Erityisen hankala tilanne on vuoristossa ja maan koillisosissa. Tähän mennessä yli sadan lapsen on raportoitu menehtyneen kylmyyteen. Unicef on aloittanut maassa lasten tuhkarokko- ja hinkuyskärokotukset ja ryhtynyt toimittamaan lämpimiä vaatteita ja huopia pahimmin kärsiville alueille.

20.02.2005 Tesko da se moze zamisliti tema koja izaziva vise mucnine nego sto je incest. Po definiciji, incest je seksualni odnos izmedju srodnika. Prva pomisao vecine ljudi je da se tako nesto ne moze desiti normalnim osobama. Praksa govori drugacije. Prema rijecima Aide Petrovic, koordinatorke Crnogorskog zenskog lobija, organizacije koja se bavi i ovom vrstom zlostavljanja, u Crnoj Gori se niko ne bavi zvanicnom statistikom o incestu, jer drustvo ocigledno ne priznaje da taj problem postoji.

18.02.2005 The government of Zambia is dragging its feet towards the enactment of a national gender law that will protect women and children against violence despite its promises to have one by 2005.

16.02.2005 Neljättä kertaa järjestettävä YLEn ja yhdeksän avustusjärjestön yhteinen Ylen Hyvä –kampanja kerää jälleen varoja Itä-Afrikan ja Etelä-Aasian lasten auttamiseksi. Kampanjan teema vuosina 2005-2007 on "Lapsi on lapsi kehitysmaassakin" ja sen tuotto käytetään mm. lasten koulutus - ja elinolosuhteiden kehittämiseen sekä terveydenhuollon edistämiseen.