Full coverage: Children

31.03.2008 The UN must take urgent steps to road deaths crisis - now the No 1 killer of young people aged 10-24 worldwide, Nobel Prize winners and leading international figures warned today.

29.03.2008 Thousands of children in Pakistan succumb to measles every year. All these deaths can be easily prevented with effective immunisation. The government has launched a comprehensive campaign against the disease, which will help protect 63 million children in the country.

28.03.2008 Young students in Afghanistan unable to afford rentals and other expenses are forced to work on illicit poppy fields to earn some money. Not only do their studies suffer due to grueling work, but they also get exposed to the dangerous addiction of drugs.

27.03.2008 Burma on jälleen kiihdyttänyt lasten pakkovärväystä armeijaansa, Kansainvälinen työjärjestö ILO ja ihmisoikeusjärjestöt raportoivat.

25.03.2008 Under its World Ahead Programme, Intel Corporation will supply a thousand personal computers to schools across 64 districts in Bangladesh. Ensuring cost-effective Internet connectivity with the help of other agencies is also one of the objectives of the programme.

20.03.2008 Eniten katulapsia on Afrikassa, Aasiassa sekä Latinalaisen Amerikan ja Lähi-idän köyhissä maissa, arvioi YK:n lastenjärjestö Unicef.

19.03.2008 Kansainvälisen Pelastakaa lapset -järjestön laskelman mukaan jokainen koulussa vietetty vuosi vähentää 20 prosentilla lapsen riskiä joutua mukaan sotaan myöhemmällä iällä.

19.03.2008 Irakin lapset ovat joutuneet kärsimään eniten sodasta ja miehityksestä, joka alkoi Yhdysvaltain hyökkäyksestä 20. maaliskuuta vuonna 2003. IPS haastatteli irakilaislapsia Baqubassa.

18.03.2008 A new report by International Labour Organisation says that cases of underage recruitment by the Burmese army are increasing, maintaining that the problem is far more serious than the figures suggest. Human rights groups term military juntaÂ’s claim of trying to end the scourge of forced conscription a blatant lie.

17.03.2008 Un preoccupante calo delle notizie delle principali edizioni dei telegiornali RAI e Mediaset sulle crisi umanitarie che passano dal 10% del totale delle notizie del 2006 all’8% del 2007 e nessuna traccia della Repubblica Centrafricana dove la popolazione è intrappolata nella morsa degli scontri tra gruppi armati. E' quanto segnala il recente rapporto di Medici Senza Frontiere sulle "Crisi umanitarie dimenticate dai media", un'analisi elaborata con l'Osservatorio di Pavia. Alla malnutrizione che ogni anno uccide 5 milioni di bambini sono state dedicate dai TG solo 18 notizie, in buona parte per appelli del Papa, mentre la crisi del Darfur ha avuto una maggiore copertura mediatica soprattutto per la visita nella regione dell'attore George Clooney e di altri divi di Hollywood.

17.03.2008 In southern India, Kanavu is a dream school for WayanadÂ’s tribal children. Started by a writer-turned activist 15 years ago with an idea of tapping the hidden genius of the community, it is now run by the first batch of its students.

17.03.2008 UNICEF is inviting entries from broadcasters for the 2008 International ChildrenÂ’s Day of Broadcasting Awards. Radio and television broadcasters from around the world, whose programming best reflects the last yearÂ’s theme, The World We Want, and who demonstrate an overall dedication to youth participation in media will be awarded.

14.03.2008 Punjab province in Pakistan has very high mortality rates for newborns, as a very small percentage of births take place under the supervision of trained attendants. UNICEF is now training midwives to prevent such deaths.

13.03.2008 WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (OneWorld) - Activists working to improve lives and livelihoods around the world gathered in the United States capital Wednesday to launch a new initiative to bring water and sanitation facilities to schools that currently lack them.

13.03.2008 The Borderless World Foundation, a Pune-based NGO, has a mission to provide shelter for young girls orphaned by violence in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In these baseras or homes, they find much-needed affection and care, which they have been bereft of.

11.03.2008 Neljän miljoonan asukkaan Libanonissa arvioidaan olevan 100 000 lapsityöläistä. Libanon elää poliittisesti levotonta ja taloudellisesti vaikeaa aikaa, ja työnantajat säästävät kuluissa pestaamalla alaikäisiä.

11.03.2008 Espanjasta tuli maaliskuussa 24. maa, joka on kieltänyt lasten ruumiillisen kurituksen kaikki muodot. YK on asettanut tavoitteeksi lasten ruumiillisen kurituksen universaalin kiellon vuoteen 2009 mennessä.

10.03.2008 Anti-pesticide activists are asking for support in their efforts to secure a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ban on lindane, a toxic, bioaccumulative pesticide still allowed in shampoos and lotions used on children.

10.03.2008 UNICEF's 2008 Humanitarian Action Report emphasises on greater accountability and leadership action by humanitarian agencies for 39 emergencies across the world. Apart from strengthening coordination between actors to ensure timely response, the report also claims it is important to train women and children to cope with disasters.

07.03.2008 Development agencies lack funds for successful reintegration, says UN Under-Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy. Rehabilitation of child soldiers goes beyond the act of demobilisation from armies. Faith organisations and education can help communities receive these children back into their fold, says she.