Full Coverage: Children

31.03.2005 The Union Cabinet today approves Protection of Child Rights Bill, 2005, thus fulfilling India’s obligation to the Convention on Child Rights.

29.03.2005 Join a worldwide chorus of teachers, students and others speaking up for every child's right to an education during the
Action Week. This year's campaign has the worldwide goal of sending 1 million "friends" to world leaders. Participants will make life-size and smaller-scale cut-outs of friends to send as petitions to the G-8 Summit, a meeting of the leaders of the eight economically advanced countries, slated to take place this July.

28.03.2005 The students of Novi Pazar (Sandjak region) secondary schools protested today, demanding greater security in their schools. The protest was organized by Urban In local NGO, under the motto “We Want Safe and Secure Schools”.

28.03.2005 The Home Ministry plans a series of measures to check trafficking of women and children following a US warning that it will impose economic sanctions on India under the US' Victims of Trafficking and Violence Act from June for its failure to do so.

24.03.2005 Centarot za detski prava Albanija- CRCS uspesno ja ugosti prvata konferencija na Evropskiot program za ilegalna trgovija so deca. ECPAT od Holandija organizirase trening pomegu 18- 19 mart 2005 godina, na koj ucestvuvaa poveke od 30 pretstavnici na nevladinite organizacii od zapadnoevropskite i istocnoevropskite zemji.

24.03.2005 Centar za dječja prava Albanija – CRCA uspješno je ugostio prvu konferenciju Europskog programa o ilegalnoj trgovini djecom. ECPAT iz Nizozemske organizirao je treninge između 18-19 Ožujka 2005. na kojem je učestvovalo više od 3o predstavnika nevladinih organizacija iz zapadnoevropskih i istočnoevropskih zemalja.

24.03.2005 The Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola, is normally lethal in 30 percent of cases, but 96 of the 107 infected in the northern Angolan province of Uige since October have died, owing primarily to the area's dilapidated and underfunded health system. International teams are en route to help stem the epidemic, but with an incubation period of 21 days, sufferers could travel and spread the virus.

24.03.2005 A British member of the European Parliament is to propose a ban on product where there is a clear link to child labour.

22.03.2005 Tiranë 21 Mars 2005- Qendra e të Drejtave të Fëmijëve në Tiranë- CRCA dhe CISP (Komiteti Ndërkombëtar për Zhvillimin e Popujve) një Organizatë e rëndësishme Italiane prezente në Shqipëri, bashkuan forcat për sensibilizimin e fëmijëve dhe familjeve në Shqipëri mbi çështjet e integrimit të fëmijëve me aftësi të kufizuara në shkolla dhe shoqëri.

22.03.2005 Tiranë 21 Mars 2005- Qendra e të Drejtave të Fëmijëve në Tiranë- CRCA mirëpriti me sukses takimin e parë të Programit Europian të Trainimit mbi Trafikimin e Femijëve, që u organizua nga ECPAT Hollandez në Shqipëri më 18-19 Mars 2005, me pjesëmarrjen e më shumë se 30 perfaësuesish të OJFve të vëndeve nga Europa Perëndimore dhe Lindore.

22.03.2005 Imagine there was no running water in your home. Imagine having to walk several kilometres to a tap, well or river to collect water, and then carry it home. This is what millions of women and children do every day in developing countries — sometimes more than once a day. They carry every drop of water they use for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing.

22.03.2005 Story of a women-headed household, which recognises the importance of education and decides to send their daughter to school despite facing hardships, in Mumbai slums.

22.03.2005 "Our failure to provide a mere two buckets of safe water a day to every child is an affront to human conscience," said UNICEF Director Carol Bellamy on World Water Day Tuesday. "Far too many are dying as a result of our inertia, and their deaths are being met with a resounding silence."

22.03.2005 As a refugee in Pakistan, Sadiqa Basiri had the advantage--rare for and Afghan girl--to attend school. Sadiqa returned to Afghanistan and opened the Omid (meaning "hope" in Pashtu) School, determined to reverse decades of neglect, illiteracy, and discrimination against her countrywomen.

22.03.2005 As a young woman in the United States, you have had opportunities many of your peers living in less developed nations miss out on, like a good education. NetAid is asking college-going women to become Global Sisters and help girls in developing countries get the chance to go to school.

21.03.2005 Trafficking in children is on the rise and is a matter of concern for all states throughout the OSCE region, said Helga Konrad, the OSCE's Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, at a conference in Vienna today.

21.03.2005 Trgovina decom u porastu je svuda u svetu, a deca čine 30 odsto ukupnog broja žrtava trgovine ljudima, rečeno je na
konferenciji Organizacije za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju (OEBS) u Beču posvećenoj borbi protiv trgovine ljudima.

21.03.2005 Pakistani children’s new found love for cookies, colas and candies is worrying as diets rich in junk food could be the culprits behind the rapid rise of asthma and allergies in children, says the experts.

21.03.2005 World Vision together with World Food Programme and the government of Sri Lanka has signed a memorandum of understanding to implement an emergency school feeding programme in 171 schools in eight districts affected by the tsunami.

21.03.2005 While much attention has been paid to several of President Bush's recent high-profile nominations, one that has been largely overlooked has been that of Ann Veneman, the former Secretary of Agriculture chosen to be the new head of UNICEF. Veneman's history has been characterized by "privileging private profit above the public good," says a global public health coalition calling for a rethinking of both the appointment and the appointment process.