Full Coverage: Children

27.03.2007 The STOP to RISKY SEX EDUCATION civic coalition organizes the “Sex Education Week” that started yesterday, March 26 and will last until Saturday, March 31.

24.03.2007 Este 05 de marzo de 2007 se inauguró la nueva sede del Hogar de Niñas Madres de Casa Alianza Nicaragua.

23.03.2007 As fighting between Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan forces escalate into open war the losers are civilians, particularly some 200,000 refugees cramped into camps set up in eastern Batticaloa district.

23.03.2007 Go to any school you consider good, enter Class II, and write these words on the blackboard in neat letters: 'When you read this, stand up'. Children will read the words aloud, but nobody will stand up. Why? Because, by the end of Grade I, reading has already been dissociated from meaning.

22.03.2007 Anyone who knows even a little bit about school education in India knows that it is largely about exclusion. Only a tiny minority of children in our country get anything resembling a decent schooling - the rest are either excluded altogether, or provided very poor quality education with weak infrastructure and inadequate pedagogic attention, which in turn encourages high rates of dropout.

22.03.2007 The Delhi High Court gave its approval of the Delhi government's suggestions to take over all municipality-run schools in a move to bring about qualitative improvement in teaching in those schools.A division bench of Chief Justice M.K. Sarma and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the government to take a formal decision in this regard and submit a plan-of-action by March 28.

21.03.2007 Kasus-kasus pelacuran yang melibatkan anak-anak kian mengkhawatirkan. Hasil monitoring yang dilakukan Yayasan KKSP (Kelompok Kerja Sosial Perkotaan) Pusat Pendidikan dan Informasi Hak Anak, diperkirakan terdapat 1.500 anak terlibat dalam bisnis pelacuran.

20.03.2007 Zdruzenieto na gragjani za deca i mladinci bez roditeli „Podobar zivot”, na denesnata pres-konferencija ja promovirase svojata programa za rabota. Stanuva zbor za novo formirano zdruzenie koe ke se zalaga da im pomogne na decata i mladite bez roditeli da dobijat adekvatno obrazovanie, zdravstvena griza i zastita, kako i polesno da dojdat do vrabotuvanje.

19.03.2007 After more than four years of sitting on the fence on the issue of pesticide residues in carbonated soft drinks, the government has finally taken a stand. But will it follow through on its promise to put in place mandatory food safety norms?

19.03.2007 It is difficult to figure out what exactly the UPA government wants. On the one hand, from the declaration of the National Common Minimum Programme onwards, the government has declared that it will make education a major thrust area, that it will increase public spending on education to at least 6 per cent of GDP and take measures to make India a ''knowledge-based'' society and economy.

16.03.2007 Koulutusta kaikille -ohjelma on lisännyt nepalilaisten tyttöjen osallistumista perusopetukseen, varsinkin vähiten kehittyneissä piirikunnissa. Alueelliset erot ovat kuitenkin suuret. Ongelmat kasaantuvat muutamiin piirikuntiin, jotka ovat koulutusindeksillä mitattuna yhtä kaukana Katmandusta kuin Nepal on Suomesta.

15.03.2007 Qendra për Mbrojtjen e të Drejtave të Fëmijëve në Shqipëri (CRCA), në kuadër të programit të saj “Të Drejtat e Fëmijëve, një e Drejtë Demokratike”, si dhe duke dashur që të sigurojë një mbrojtje dhe zhvillim më të mirë të të drejtave të fëmijëve në vendin tonë, bëhet iniciuese për organizimin dhe fillimin e punës për hartimin e Raportit Alternativ “Situata e Zbatimit të Konventës së të Drejtave të Fëmijëve në Shqipëri”.

15.03.2007 Sangath Society, a Goa-based CSO working with mental health issues, has come up with the concept of ‘resource rooms’ for children with learning disabilities, within their normal schools, where they can be given special attention. The concept is currently being pilot-tested in three schools in the state

15.03.2007 Seuraavan hallituksen tulee selvittää yksin tulleiden turvapaikanhakijalasten asema ja kohtelu Suomessa, vaatii joukko kansalaisjärjestöjä. Lapsen edun toteutuminen turvapaikanhakija- ja pakolaislapsia koskevissa päätöksissä on järjestöjen mukaan kirjattava hallitusohjelmaan.

14.03.2007 A Division Bench of Delhi High Court headed by the Hon'ble Chief Justice asked the Government of Delhi to respond to Social Jurist PIL highlighting that large number of out of school children between the age group of 6 to 14 years are denied admission by government schools on unjustified grounds, like, overcrowded classrooms, absence of drinking water, absence of functional toilet blocks, expiry of date of admission etc.

13.03.2007 Centarot za covekovi prava na decata vo Albanija – CRCA na 2. 3. 2007. objavi deka zapocna so rabota na priprema na noviot izvjestaj od senka (shadow report) za Konvencijata za pravata na decata. Izvestajot ke se priprema vo sorabotka so Albanskata koalicija za alternativni izvestai, mreza na klucnite nevladini organizacii vo Albanija, osnovana 2006.

13.03.2007 Burman epävakaat olot takaavat, että rajan yli virtaa epätoivoista väkeä, jolle kelpaa mikä tahansa työ. Suosituinta työvoimaa ovat 15-17-vuotiaat burmalaistytöt, koska he eivät perusta ammattiyhdistyksiä tai aiheuta muita hankaluuksi.

12.03.2007 " Con Jon Cortina Dios Pasó por Guarjila", se trata de un libro póstumo, de 155 páginas, en memoria del padre Jon Cortina, editado por Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos, entidad fundada por este hombre que en su infancia también padeció los vejámenes de la guerra allá en su tierra, Gernika.

12.03.2007 Importanti novità sul fronte della protezione dei minori stranieri non accompagnati richiedenti asilo sono state introdotte dalla "Direttiva in materia di minori stranieri non accompagnati richiedenti asilo" emanata nei giorni scorsi dal Ministero dell'Interno e dal Ministero di Grazia e Giustizia. In particolare stabilisce che all'arrivo in frontiera, il minore, di fronte all'espressa volontà di chiedere asilo, venga subito affidato alle strutture del Sistema di protezione per richiedenti asilo e rifugiati (SPRAR) e non a una struttura qualsiasi come finora è accaduto. "L’assunzione da parte delle Istituzioni del dovere di informazione e di adeguata assistenza nella presentazione delle domande per richiedere lo status di rifugiato ai minori richiedenti asilo sono punti di forza" secondo Save the Children.

12.03.2007 The “Albania Reads” program’s primary objective is to promote reading. On March 7, The Teachers’ Day, this project was officially launched at the “Emin Duraku” elementary school in Tirana. Representatives from UNICEF and the Mjaft! Foundation (the philanthropic branch of Mjaft! Movement) donated more than one hundred books to this school’s library.