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- KENYA: 'We Matter': Kenyan young people analyze their current status and look to future
Saturday, March 13, 2010 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Money No Bar to Applying New Child Justice Act
Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
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- NAMIBIA: Baby Dumping a Growing Social Problem in Country
Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
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- RWANDA: Kagame Addresses Royal Commonwealth Society
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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- RWANDA: Over 200 Adopted Children Comfortable
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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- UGANDA: Police Want Consent Age Raised to 22 Years
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
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- SOMALIA: Poverty pushes Bosasso children on to streets
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Every Child Has Right to Birth Registration
Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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- NAMIBIA: Registration of 'Struggle Children' Nearing End
Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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- UGANDA: Court Protects Children
Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: United On Whip Not Child
Sunday, March 07, 2010 |
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- ANGOLA: Attorney General Concerned About Rise in Young Penal Population
Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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- LIBERIA: Liberia launches its situational analysis report on human trafficking
Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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- AFRICA: Africa united in fight against polio outbreak
Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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- GHANA: Child Labour Laws Must Be Implemented
Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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- TUNISIA: 'Youth in Cyberspace' Conference Issues Tunis Declaration
Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
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- ETHIOPIA: High Level Group meeting urges governments to redouble efforts to achieve Education for All
Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: Tackling Corporal Punishment Through Art
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
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- EGYPT: Child poverty on the rise - UNICEF
Monday, March 01, 2010 |
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- SOUTHERN AFRICA: Children That Slip Across Borders
Monday, March 01, 2010 |
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- KENYA: Education of Children at Risk from Current Political Impasse and Corruption
Monday, March 01, 2010 |
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- CAMEROON: Minister Bakang Mbock Prepares Home For Street Children
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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- AFRICA: African Officials at UN-Backed Meeting Seek to Protect Migrating Children
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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- MOZAMBIQUE: Over Five Million Children Registered
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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- ZIMBABWE: No to Child Labour - Government
Monday, February 22, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: House Reject Bill to Repeal Child Rights Act
Monday, February 22, 2010 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: A Further R9,4 Billion for State Social Grants
Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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- AFRICA: Abolishing Fees Boosts African Schooling
Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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- NAMIBIA: Avert Orphans Catastrophe
Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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- UGANDA: Minister Wants Regional Special Needs Schools Built
Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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- TUNISIA: Country Observes Maghribi Child Day
Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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- MADAGASCAR: Government Cuts Hit Education Hard
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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- NAMIBIA: Orphans Falling Through the Cracks
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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- CHAD: Hameed’s story: Former child soldiers are finding new lives in Chad
Monday, February 15, 2010 |
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- CONGO-KINSHASA: Girls Less Likely Than Boys to Be Freed from Ranks of Child Soldiers - UN
Monday, February 15, 2010 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Youngsters Debate 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: CAW Takes Child Welfare Program to the East
Friday, February 12, 2010 |
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- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Parents keep children at home amid security fears in Dongo
Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
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- ZAMBIA: Government Reviews Child Law
Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: 2009 UNICEF report not favourable
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: Child Rights Act - Unicef Urges Media to Step Up Advocacy
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
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- KENYA: Rapist Teachers Face Permanent Ban
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
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- LIBERIA: Cash transfers to the most vulnerable households in Liberia
Monday, February 08, 2010 |
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- BOTSWANA: Parental Child Abuse a Silent Crime
Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Phone Counseling Service for Children
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
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- LIBERIA: Beating of Student Leaders Unacceptable
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
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- GENEVA: Committee on Rights of the Child Concludes Fifty-Third Session
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 |
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- BURKINA FASO: Dying from discrimination
Monday, February 01, 2010 |
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- SWAZILAND: Free Primary Education, at Last
Monday, February 01, 2010 |
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- NAMIBIA: Street Children Exposed to Many Dangers
Monday, February 01, 2010 |
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- EUROPEAN UNION: EU politician tapped for UN post against sexual violence
Monday, February 01, 2010 |
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- SUDAN: Vulnerable girls risk sexual exploitation on Juba's streets
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: Number of Orphans, Vulnerable Children Hits 17.5 Million
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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- KENYA: 4-Year-Old Bride for Price of Beaded Necklace
Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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- RWANDA: Child Labour Cases to Go Down - Migeprof
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
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- HAITI: Preventing further trauma in Haiti!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
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- AFRICA: Nominations of Members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Monday, January 25, 2010 |
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- UNICEF: Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo visits child mothers in Tanzania
Friday, January 22, 2010 |
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- KENYA: Death Rate of Children Down
Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: Tackling Taboo Topic of Reproductive Health Among Youths
Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: 2010 - What Hope for Orphans, Vulnerable Kids?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
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- TUNISIA: Adoption of the "Tunis Declaration for a Better Future for Youth"
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: In Search of Viable Content for Children Literature
Monday, January 18, 2010 |
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- RWANDA: Gov't Should Follow Up On Orphanages-Activists
Monday, January 18, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: Police detain children over Bauchi violence
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
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- TOGO: Youth media activists unite to broadcast the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Togo
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
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- RWANDA: Gov't, NGO Discuss Children's Rights
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
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- LIBERIA: Liberian youths report on injustices of education system in Liberia
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
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- TUNISIA: Country Observes National Children's Day
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
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- ANGOLA: Protecting children during the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola
Monday, January 11, 2010 |
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- CAMEROON: Juvenile Justice - Judges Judge their Acts
Friday, January 08, 2010 |
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- UGANDA: Cops Exhume Three Bodies in Mysterious Cult Probe
Friday, January 08, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: Domesticating Child Rights Act in South South
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 |
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- CAMEROON: British Government to Assist Vulnerable Children
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 |
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- NIGERIA: For the Love of Orphans
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
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- LIBERIA: A child’s right to freedom of religion is expressed in Liberia
Monday, January 04, 2010 |
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- UNITED NATIONS: UN proclaims International Year of Youth in 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010 |
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- COTE D'IVOIRE: Child exploitation rises with poverty
Monday, January 04, 2010 |
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- UGANDA: KCC Rounds Up 100 Street Children
Monday, January 04, 2010 |
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- KENYA: The role of culture in child nutrition
Monday, December 21, 2009 |
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- KENYA: Child Sex Trade 'Rife At Coast'
Monday, December 21, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Unskilled Medics Cause Disabilities
Monday, December 21, 2009 |
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- RWANDA: Schools to Introduce 'One Tree Per Child' Policy
Monday, December 21, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: Children Movement Established
Monday, December 21, 2009 |
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- BOTSWANA: Faith-based organizations focus on children’s rights in Botswana
Friday, December 18, 2009 |
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- MOROCCO: ‘Child-Friendly Cities’ initiative launched in Morocco
Friday, December 18, 2009 |
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- TUNISIA: Country Celebrates First SOS Children's Villages
Friday, December 18, 2009 |
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- TANZANIA: Men Can Help to Stop School Pregnancies
Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Uganda bans female circumcision
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Youth Minister Opposes Jailing Juveniles
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
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- KENYA: Lobby Opposes Dumpsite Move
Monday, December 14, 2009 |
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- DENMARK: At Copenhagen conference, using music to combat climate change
Monday, December 14, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Work Together to Fight Abuse - Zuma
Friday, December 11, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Allow Children to Work, Says Bishop
Friday, December 11, 2009 |
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- ACPF Press Release: ACPF’s Founding Executive Director, Assefa Bequele, resigns; Board appoints his deputy David Mugawe as new head of agency
Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Parents to Be Charged for Neglecting Children
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 |
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- COTE D'IVOIRE: Give them shelter
Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: Copenhagen Children’s Climate Forum declares: the time to fight climate change is now
Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: Convention on the Rights of the Child’s 20th anniversary is commemorated with events around the world
Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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- EAST AFRICA: MPs Want Aids Orphans Protected
Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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- MADAGASCAR: Psychosocial support helps children Madagascar heal from the effects of conflict
Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
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- LIBERIA: Liberia enshrines the Convention on the Rights of the Child in military code
Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Uganda Fairly Child-Friendly - Report
Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: ECOWAS Court says Nigerians have a legal right to education
Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: School a refuge from xenophobia
Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: MPs Want Irresponsible Parents Jailed
Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Minister Calls for Stiff Sentences for Women, Child Abusers
Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: UN, Government data shows women and children on decline in Zimbabwe
Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: Children’s rights not yet a reality
Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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- INDIA: A Braille version of the CRC spells out rights for the visually impaired in India
Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: UNICEF and partners commemorate 20 years of Convention on the Rights of the Child
Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: 3,000 Child Labourers in Mbale District
Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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- LESOTHO: Lesotho cash-grants pilot programme aims to ensure vulnerable children’s rights
Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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- GHANA: Children in Ghana meet with parliamentarians about children’s rights
Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Child-to-child learning in rural South Africa safeguards the right to play
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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- ZAMBIA: Orphans grow up without cultural identity
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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- RWANDA: Kagame Wants Participation of Children in National Issues
Monday, November 16, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: R76 Million to Improve Conditions of Child-Headed Households
Monday, November 16, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: In Togo, International Children’s Day of Broadcasting encourages child participation
Friday, November 13, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: Alarm at Zimbabwe's growing child sex abuse
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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- NIGER: UNICEF and local partners fight child trafficking and exploitation in Niger
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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- RWANDA: Investing in Child Health Vital for Development - Experts
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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- EAST AFRICA: EAC, Refugee Children to Grace National Summit
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe children’s parliament speaks out on rights issues
Monday, November 09, 2009 |
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- TANZANIA: Tanzania passes landmark Law of the Child
Monday, November 09, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: Birth registration effort aims to protect child rights in Namibia
Friday, November 06, 2009 |
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- SUDAN: UN lauds first ever rescue of abducted children in southern Sudan
Friday, November 06, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: 1.7 Million Children in Forced Labour
Friday, November 06, 2009 |
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- CAMEROON: Dumping a Child is Equal to 5-10 Years In Prison
Friday, November 06, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Child Pornography Increasing in Country
Friday, November 06, 2009 |
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- ZAMBIA: UNICEF and Zambia say 'just stop it' to gender-based violence
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: Castrate Child Rapists, Say MPs
Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: UNICEF hosts discussion on governance fit for children
Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: 70-Year-Old Woman Gets Award for Kids
Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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- CONGO-KINSHASA: Child Disability, the Forgotten Crisis
Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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- U.S.A: UN investigator urges protection of detainees
Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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- ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian children celebrate Global Handwashing Day with running star Shaleka Haile Gebrselassie
Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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- KENYA: We Must Confront Problem of Child Labour Head On
Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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- LESOTHO: A gift from the sky
Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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- GHANA: Juvenile Offenders Share Cell With Adult Prisoners
Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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- GAMBIA: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights should not remain in the Gambia
Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Country has Two Million Orphans
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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- AFRICA: Children's Rights and Judicial Independence in the Dock
Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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- UNITED NATIONS: Plight of conflict-displaced children deserves greater attention, says top UN official
Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: Young people speak out at event focused on Child Participation
Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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- EAST AFRICA: Nearly Five Million Children in Horn of Africa Now Hungry, UNICEF Says
Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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- GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Global summit turns to children's rights
Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Sensitise Our Communities on the Rights of Children
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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- LESOTHO: Child line offers hope and help
Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: Children's Parliament Opens
Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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- CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: UN Mission Launches Child Protection Campaign in Strife-Ridden Province
Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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- TANZANIA: Minister says Effective Child Protection Law on the Cards
Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: Local Children Face Murder, Rape and Abuse On a Daily Basis
Monday, October 05, 2009 |
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- KENYA: Report Raises Alarm Over Rising Child Sexual Abuse
Monday, October 05, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: Aid group in child mortality plea
Monday, October 05, 2009 |
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- UNITED NATIONS: Ten new countries endorse the ‘Paris Commitments' to stop the use of child soldiers
Friday, October 02, 2009 |
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- NIGER: Educating disabled children
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
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- LIBERIA: Plan Liberia trains Over 150 Children
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
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- AFRICA: Why family is best for orphans
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: New human rights complaints procedure soon available
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
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- LESOTHO: A little money goes a long way
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: Cross River to Establish Child Rights Court
Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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- AFRICA: Great Leap Forward on Free Healthcare
Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: Killing of women, child "witches" on rise, U.N. told
Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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- UN Expert: Child Porn on Internet Increases
Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Ban Urges Immediate Release of Children Associated with Rebels
Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: Young people appeal to world leaders at UN Summit on Climate Change
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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- BURUNDI: Tackling Impunity for Violators of Child Rights Next Step for Burundi, Says Ban
Monday, September 21, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: 17 Children on Death Row
Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: Worldwide deaths of children under five decline, continuing positive trend
Monday, September 14, 2009 |
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- SOMALIA: Street children "becoming the new gangsters"
Monday, September 14, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: MP's Act on Children's Rights
Monday, September 07, 2009 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Whether to Criminalize Child Labour
Monday, September 07, 2009 |
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- RWANDA: Regional Meet to Focus On Children's Rights
Friday, August 28, 2009 |
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- MALAWI: Controversy over child marriage bill continues
Friday, August 28, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: Updating Child Protection
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
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- MALAWI: 50 Cigarettes a Day for 5-Year-Olds
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
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- MALI: Laws abundant, enforcement less so
Friday, August 21, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: Bringing children's rights to life in UK schools
Friday, August 21, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: 17.5 Million Orphans in Nigeria
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
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- GHANA: Government to Review Childrens Act
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: Assisting Police in Curbing Under-Aged Sexual Abuse
Monday, August 17, 2009 |
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- RWANDA: Free Legal Aid Settles 300 Juvenile Cases
Friday, August 14, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: A BIG Grant For Little People?
Friday, August 14, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: Setting minimum standards for residential child care in Namibia
Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
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- MALAWI: 'Chidyamakanda law’ oppression for Malawi girls – activists
Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Childline Applauds Decision to Name, Shame Child Offenders
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
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- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UNICEF partner helps Central African indigenous people learn their rights
Monday, August 10, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: What a Family Reunion for Street Kid!
Monday, August 10, 2009 |
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- South Africa: Children's Access to Social Benefits to Be Reviewed
Friday, August 07, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Child rape victims neglected?
Friday, August 07, 2009 |
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- GHANA: African Grantmakers Network is launched
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Sexual violence defies new law
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
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- CAMEROON: Bringing Street Children Back Home
Monday, August 03, 2009 |
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- KENYA: Ministry Plans on Census for Street Children
Monday, August 03, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: NGOs Call for More Social Security
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
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- INDIA: Reporting of child abuse to be mandatory?
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
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- SUDAN: Alfred’s story: Youth journalist reports on early marriage in Southern Sudan
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
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- CAMEROON: Children Sensitised on Their Rights
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
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- NAMIBIA: Social networking for children's rights
Monday, July 27, 2009 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Blind children learn about their stake in the Sierra Leone Child Rights Act
Friday, July 24, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Child Sacrifice Scourge Alarms North
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
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- ERITREA: ‘Children’s Forum’ asks UNICEF to help foster equality and rights in Eritrea
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Court ends minimum sentencing for teenagers
Friday, July 17, 2009 |
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- ZAMBIA: Neglect Children at Own Peril, Warns State
Friday, July 17, 2009 |
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- GHANA: NGO Rescues 39 Trafficked Children
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
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- SUDAN: Sudanese girls including Southerners get 10 lashes for “provocative dressing”
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: OVC may be at greater risk of sexual abuse
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Legislators Demand End to Child Sacrifice
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: Young people open Junior 8 Summit in Rome
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Jinja RDC Calls for Tougher Laws Against Child Abusers
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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- RWANDA: Revise Reproductive Health Bill
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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- INDIA: Now, confusion over age of consent
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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- TANZANIA: Government to launch children protection centre
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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- GHANA: National Youth Policy... Now!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: When Issues of African Child Came to Front Burner
Friday, July 03, 2009 |
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- NIGERIA: 'Why Disabled Children Stay Out of School'
Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
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- Father and Daughter Alliance (FADA): International Photo Contest
Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
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- MALAWI: No money, no services
Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
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- UNICEF contest invites youth videos on children’s rights
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Child Labour Shoots Up - Government
Sunday, June 28, 2009 |
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- CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Improving access to birth registration for children in Côte d'Ivoire
Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
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- WEST AFRICA: A watchdog for children
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
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- Launch of the African Union Commission Initiative against Trafficking (AU.COMMIT) Campaign 2009-2012
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
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- UNICEF: African Youth seek more opportunity to voice their opinion
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: HIV in South Africa 'levels off'
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: Launch of campaign against child sacrifice
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Child raped every three min - report
Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
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- GAMBIA: Street children persist despite efforts
Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
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- UNAIDS calls for a virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015
Friday, May 29, 2009 |
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- EGYPT: Fears Rise Over Spate of Missing Children
Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
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- GOVERNMENT SHOULD BECOME MORE CHILD FRIENDLY
Friday, May 15, 2009 |
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- SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARTA SANTOS PAIS OF PORTUGAL AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 |
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- Child Friendly Candidates – More than 800 contesting candidates of the National Elections will pledge support for children's rights
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
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- UGANDA: 40 per cent of children in rebel captivity suffer PTSD
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
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- SOUTHERN SUDAN: First ever Child Act launched
Monday, April 13, 2009 |
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- ZIMBABWE: Religion and poverty force girls into early marriages
Monday, April 13, 2009 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Special Court convicts rebels of child recruitment and other crimes
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
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- CHILD SOLDIERS: Girl soldiers used up, then thrown away
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
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- ANGOLA: Investigation into child abuse
Monday, April 06, 2009 |
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- MALAWI: Madonna's African adoptions part of growing trend
Monday, April 06, 2009 |
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- EGYPT: New child participation law decides custody battle
Monday, April 06, 2009 |
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- DRC: EU fails to reinstate UN rights expert on Congo
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
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- HIV and AIDS: Education slows sub-Sahara Africa AIDS
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
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- Report from the Day on the Rights of the Child: '20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Achievements and Challenges for its full Realisation'
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Child sentencing laws challenged
Friday, March 20, 2009 |
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- International Criminal Court: Updates on Sudan, DR Congo and Israel
Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
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- MAURITANIA: Force-feeding 'sends Mauritania backwards'
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
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- DISABILITY: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities meets for the first time
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
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- KENYA: Refugee family fights landmark adoption case
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
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- BENIN: Sorcery-linked infanticides persist in north
Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: UN court convicts rebels of child recruitment and other war crimes
Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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- CRC: General Comment no 11: Indigenous Children and their Rights under the Convention
Friday, February 13, 2009 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: FGM group 'kidnaps journalists'
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
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- MALI: Students left behind in race for education MDG
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
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- KENYA: Address Children’s Rights in AIDS Strategy
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
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- GLOBAL: Food aid must change to suit children
Monday, February 02, 2009 |
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- 2008 election results for the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Juvenile sentencing 'is unconstitutional'
Monday, November 10, 2008 |
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- ENDING CORPORAL AND OTHER FORMS OF HUMILIATING PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN
Monday, November 10, 2008 |
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- African child rights organisations urge governments in Africa to ban all forms of corporal punishment of children
Monday, November 10, 2008 |
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- The African Child Policy Forum Launches Book and Documentary on Child-Headed Households in Ethiopia
Monday, September 29, 2008 |
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- GUINEA: New Leader Should Address Rights Abuses
Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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- SOMALIA: Numbers of children suffering malnutrition rise sharply
Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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- DRC: UN probes India 'abuses' in Congo
Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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- eCAMPAIGN: What YOU Need to Know About Child Abuse!
Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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- TANZANIA: Govt called on to come up with law on breast-milk substitutes
Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Numbers of street children rising in Eldoret
Monday, August 11, 2008 |
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- GLOBAL: Children short-changed by AIDS response
Monday, August 11, 2008 |
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- Sustaining Growth: Ethiopessimism?
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
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- Nutritious maize boosts growth of children in rural Ethiopia
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
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- Bill Clinton: nutrition key to AIDS fight
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 |
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- Nutritious maize boosts growth of children in rural Ethiopia
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 |
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- 100 parents held for dodging UPE
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Government Should End All Corporal Punishment
Friday, July 25, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Court rules against parent's beliefs to save child's life
Friday, July 11, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Botched circumcisions kill boys
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
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- LESOTHO: Children dial 800 22 345 for help
Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
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- COTE D'IVOIRE: Child sacrifice on rise in election run-up
Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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- To mark the Day of the African Child, Dr Assefa Bequele, Executive Director of the African Child Policy Forum, gives his thoughts on the relevance of the Day, and on the battle for child rights in the region.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
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- Violence damaging Zimbabwe's children - UNICEF
Monday, June 16, 2008 |
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- ZIMBABWE: Children bearing the burden of political violence
Monday, June 16, 2008 |
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- SOMALIA: Violations against children on the increase, UN
Monday, June 16, 2008 |
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- GLOBAL: World Day Against Child Labour
Friday, June 13, 2008 |
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- COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE: Committee on the Rights of the Child endorses campaign
Friday, June 13, 2008 |
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- Let Children Make Africa a Better Place
Friday, June 13, 2008 |
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- EGYPT: FGM is criminalised
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
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- NIGERIA: Federal States shunning Child Rights Act
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
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- CRC COMMITTEE: Call for NGO involvement in elections
Monday, June 09, 2008 |
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- Leaders at UN summit pledge to ease food crisis
Friday, June 06, 2008 |
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- BURKINA FASO: New child trafficking law hard to enforce
Friday, June 06, 2008 |
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- ARMED CONFLICT: Cluster bomb ban treaty approved
Friday, May 30, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Children's rights in criminal justice system neglected
Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Ministers sued for teen incarceration
Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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- EUROPE: New Council of Europe convention on adoption
Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: 'Landmark' court ruling on water
Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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- LESOTHO: Child helpline launched
Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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- INDIA: Law ministry questions right to education Bill
Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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- UNITED KINGDOM: 'Emotions' urged in sex education
Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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- Tanzania tops in press freedom
Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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- The African Child Policy Forum is now a member of Keeping Children Safe Coalition
Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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- DR CONGO: Suspected war criminal wanted
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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- YEMEN: Eight-year-old escapes husband and gets divorce
Friday, April 18, 2008 |
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- FOOD: World Bank echoes food cost alarm
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
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- MOZAMBIQUE: Scratching the surface of child trafficking
Friday, April 04, 2008 |
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- CONGO: Arrest over abduction of indigenous family's child
Friday, March 28, 2008 |
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- GUINEA-BISSAU: Feeding school-children in the land of plenty
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
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- LIBERIA: Special court for sexual violence underway
Monday, March 24, 2008 |
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- GHANA: Profile of a child sex worker
Friday, March 21, 2008 |
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- NIGERIA: Desperate children swamp northern cities as food price hikes bite
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
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- EGYPT: New child rights laws signed
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
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- HEALTH: Junk food advert code launched
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
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- HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Review of child rights Special Rapporteur role
Monday, March 17, 2008 |
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- UGANDA: Eliminating meningitis saves 5,000 children a year, say officials
Friday, March 14, 2008 |
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- Child trafficking in Asia: NGO briefing
Friday, March 14, 2008 |
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- NGO side event: Strengthening the protection of women from torture
Friday, March 14, 2008 |
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- Female circumcision Bill in offing
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- LIBERIA: Maternal health worsened since war ended
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- LIBERIA: Problem of emergency to development aid highlighted in UN appeal
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- GUINEA-BISSAU: Eating sacred turtles
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- LIBERIA: Teaching medicine against the odds
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- President Girma calls on Women to Stand Up for their Constitutional Rights
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- CHILDREN OF PRISONERS: Informal meeting
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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- SOMALIA: Get more girls in school, activists say
Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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- UK teacher escapes Ethiopia jail
Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Displaced women “still facing threat of sexual violence”
Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: “If you are really sick you either die or go to Freetown”
Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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- IRAN: Gay teenager faces return to persecution
Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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- DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION 2008: Children's right to education in emergency situations
Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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- BENIN: More than 40,000 children trafficked each year
Friday, March 07, 2008 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Child and maternal mortality worst in the world – UNICEF
Friday, March 07, 2008 |
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- EGYPT: Drive to boost girls’ education
Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
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- CONGO: Government lifts ban on foreign adoption of children
Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
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- 14 Americans arrested in child porn sting
Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
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- Teacher faces jail in Ethiopia after helping to expose paedophiles at a children’s charity
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 |
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- SCOTLAND: Call to lift age limit on child hearings
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 |
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- ETHIOPIA: A LANDMARK DECISION INVOKING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT IN ETHIOPIAN COURT
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
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- OPT: Children especially at risk during Gaza bloodshed
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
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- SIERRA LEONE: Child and maternal mortality worst in the world – UNICEF
Monday, March 03, 2008 |
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- BURUNDI: Francine Nijimbere: "My husband cut off my arms for having a girl"
Monday, February 25, 2008 |
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- Female circumcision Bill in offing
Monday, February 25, 2008 |
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- Freedom of 13 children from Forced Beggary
Saturday, February 23, 2008 |
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- NEPAL: Children should not take part in violent political action, say UN agencies
Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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- COTE D'IVOIRE-GHANA: Efforts too small to curb child labour on cocoa farms
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
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- AFRICA: Former child soldiers at risk of HIV
Monday, February 18, 2008 |
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- CHAD: Captured rebels include children
Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
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- SUDAN: Hundreds of children missing after Darfur attack
Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
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- COTE D'IVOIRE: Former child soldiers still at risk
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Clashes, tension "routine" in troubled Molo
Monday, February 11, 2008 |
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- ETHIOPIA: Strategy to focus on malnutrition
Monday, February 11, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Rights groups slam Child Justice Bill
Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
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- VIOLENCE: International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
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- LIBERIA: Government concerned about high adoption rates
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
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- MOZAMBIQUE: Destination unknown for trafficked children
Monday, February 04, 2008 |
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- Children bear brunt of Kenyan violence
Friday, February 01, 2008 |
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- KENYA: IDP children falling through protection cracks
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
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- WEST AFRICA: Why is child development stalled?
Monday, January 28, 2008 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Government under pressure to introduce new PMTCT regimen
Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
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- NIGERIA: Poverty and poor education behind child trafficking - govt
Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Massive displacement hurting education in the Rift Valley
Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
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- ETHIOPIA AT THE CENTER OF CHILD SURVIVAL REVOLUTION: UNICEF's flagship report - The State of the World's Children 2008: Child
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
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- TRAFFICKING: Call for Applications for Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Concern over spike in sexual violence during crisis
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
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- AFGHANISTAN: Too many young children dying of preventable diseases - UNICEF
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
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- DRC: "The rapists roam the streets”
Monday, January 21, 2008 |
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- BURKINA FASO: Concern about rise in unwanted teenage pregnancies
Friday, January 18, 2008 |
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- WEST AFRICA: WHO warns meningitis outbreak has begun in region
Friday, January 18, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Florence Gundo: "How will we feed the children?"
Friday, January 18, 2008 |
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- RWANDA: 'Still teaching genocide'
Friday, January 18, 2008 |
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- PETITION: Campaign for a complaints procedure under the CRC
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
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- NIGERIA: Classroom shortages threaten primary education targets
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Health workers grappling with conflict-related sexual violence
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Genital mutilation used as a weapon of war
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
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- MOZAMBIQUE: Bracing for more flooding
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Schools open after violence
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
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- CHAD: Chronic malnutrition worse in west than in conflict zone
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Homeless in the homelands - the perils of IDP evacuation
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
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- Ethiopia: I want to be "Alive" girl gets final goodwill payment from UNICEF
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
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- NIGERIA: Child rape in Kano on the increase
Saturday, January 05, 2008 |
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- KENYA: Eighty children massacred in church
Friday, January 04, 2008 |
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- CHILE: Corporal punishment banned
Friday, January 04, 2008 |
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- MOZAMBIQUE: Orphans deprived of their inheritance
Friday, December 28, 2007 |
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- CHILD RIGHTS LAW: Launch of international network and website
Friday, December 21, 2007 |
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- World Fit for Children +5 Declaration
Monday, December 17, 2007 |
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- NIGER: Rape and beatings of women seen as “normal”
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
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- WEST AFRICA: Meeting education targets - access versus quality
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
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- New report charts progress for children
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
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- UN: Impose Burma Arms Embargo to End Child Soldier Use
Friday, December 07, 2007 |
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- NIGERIA: Govt to ratify child rights Optional Protocols
Friday, December 07, 2007 |
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- SOUTH AFRICA: No registration, no benefits
Friday, December 07, 2007 |
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- SUDAN: 16-year-old sentenced to death
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
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- UN: New Post to Combat Violence Against Children
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
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- A Global Report on the State of Children living on the Streets (as Highlighted by Charities Report)
Friday, November 23, 2007 |
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- BBA Senior Leader,Ghuran Mahto awarded National Award for Child Welfare 2006
Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
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- UNITED KINGDOM: Archbishop says young children should be kept out of prison
Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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- NIGERIA: Government sues tobacco firms for damage to children
Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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- WWSF Prize for prevention of child abuse 2007 - WWSF Women's World Summit Foundation announces the 4 winners of the Prize for prevention of child abuse 2007 to the international community
Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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- The Government of Indonesia and UNICEF will launch a campaign on “stop violence against children” on 19 November.
Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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- GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY DONATES 100 MILLION NORWEGIAN KRONER TO THE JOINT UNICEF/UNFPA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
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- CHILD SOLDIERS: Call for more States to sign pact
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
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- African Children and Youth Demand Action on Commitments Made to Children - "No more resolutions without solutions!"
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
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- UN expert voices deep concern at extreme violence in Somalia
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
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- UNICEF calls on Egypt to stop female circumcision
Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
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- Stephen Lewis* calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Monday, September 17, 2007 |
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- Uganda's civil society organizations and MPs have signed a memorandum of understanding promoting the rights of and supporting policies favorable for children
Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
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- The Children’s Peace Prize: Call for Nominations: The final date for nominating children for this year’s Prize is October 15, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
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- 8 bonded child labourers rescued from artificial jewellery workshops
Monday, August 27, 2007 |
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- EGYPT: Female circumcision outlawed [CRINMAIL]
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 |
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- 9 Children rescued from being trafficked from Jharkhand
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
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- A Research Report on Risk Factors Leading to Child Trafficking in Seven Countries of the South and Eastern Europe Region By Save the Children Norway
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
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- Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Morocco, the Philippines, Togo, and Uganda
Monday, June 18, 2007 |
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- Save the Children launches a major photo exhibition, 'A Child's Eye'
Monday, June 18, 2007 |
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- Eritrean custom is stronger than law on cutting girls
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 |
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- World Day Against Child Labour - 12 June
Monday, June 11, 2007 |
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- Refugees marry off girls for survival
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
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- ETHIOPIA: New strategy to tackle reproductive health issues
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
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- SWAZILAND: Glad to see abuse figures rise
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
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- What pupils say about politics and politicians
Friday, April 13, 2007 |
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- The African Child Policy Forum's Pledge to Stop Violence against Children adopted as a universal pledge
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
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- Current Situation of Somali Children
Friday, October 20, 2006 |
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- General Assembly Debate: Presentation of the Study to the 3rd Committee
Friday, October 13, 2006 |
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- Side events: Children and young people's participation to launch activities
Friday, October 13, 2006 |
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- CURRENT SITUATION OF SOMALI CHILDREN
Monday, October 02, 2006 |
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- TANZANIA: Early marriage puts girls at risk of HIV
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
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- HORN OF AFRICA: Polio vaccination campaign for 3 million children
Friday, September 08, 2006 |
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- ZAMBIA: Crushing stones is not child's play
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 |
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- Civil Society Organizations meet in Banjul
Monday, June 26, 2006 |
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- ANPPCAN declared winner of the award for the Children’s Champions in Africa. The Africa Union Commission announced the African Network for Prevention and Protection of Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) to be the winner from the over fifty nominees that it received for this award.
Monday, June 19, 2006 |
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- The Day of the African Child
Friday, June 16, 2006 |
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- The African Child Policy Forum organises THE ETHIOPIAN ARTS OLYMPIAD, A global initiative of the ICAF.
Sunday, January 01, 2006 |
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- ZIMBABWE: UN says child abuse getting worse
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