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- Stop Raping our Greatest Resource: Power to Women and Girls of Democratic Republic of Congo new
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Stop Raping our Greatest Resource: Power to Women and Girls of Democratic Republic of Congo is a global campaign calling attention to the wide-scale atrocities committed every day against women and girls in eastern DRC. The Campaign is initiated by the women of eastern DRC, V-Day and UNICEF, representing UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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- Assyrians Face Escalating Abuses in "New Iraq"
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The Assyrian Christian population of Iraq, historically traceable to the Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation, has increasingly become the target of both ethnic and religious attacks since the U.S.-led invasion and the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. This article reports on patrons and human rights defenders, who say that if the world doesn't wake up to the plight of this people, they will soon be shoved through the door of extinction. (Lisa Söderlindh, IPS News, 3 May 2006)
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33109
(Added: Fri May 05 2006 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 260)
- The children of Guantanamo Bay
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The notorious US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay has been hit by fresh allegations of human rights abuses, with claims that dozens of children were sent there - some as young as 14 years old. One child prisoner, Mohamed el Gharani, is accused of involvement in a 1998 al-Qa'ida plot in London led by the alleged al-Qa'ida leader in Europe, Abu Qatada. But he was 12 years old at the time and living with his parents in Saudi Arabia. The disclosures threaten to plunge the Bush administration into a fresh row with Britain, its closest ally in the war on terror, only days after the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, repeated his demands for the closure of the detention facility. It was, he said, a "symbol of injustice". (Severin Carrell, The Independent, 28 May 2006)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article620704.ece
(Added: Mon May 29 2006 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 219)
- "You'll Learn Not To Cry": Child Combatants in Colombia
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At least one of every four irregular combatants in Colombia's civil war is under eighteen years old. These children, mostly from poor families, fight an adult war. Often, child combatants have only the barest understanding of its purpose. They fight against other children whose background is very similar to their own, and whose economic situation and future prospects are equally bleak. With much in common in civilian life, children become the bitterest of enemies in war. (HRW, 2003)
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/colombia0903/index.htm
(Added: Mon Jun 26 2006 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 115)
- Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA)
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ACYA is a coalition of NGOs and individuals interested in children's rights in New Zealand. ACYA's main purpose is to promote the wellbeing of children and youth. ACYA's main activities: Education and advocacy for the rights of children and youth; Provide a report from Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to the United Nations about New Zealand's progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC); Promoting opportunities for the voice and participation of children and youth.
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 250)
- Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle: Little Children are Sacred
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Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry onto the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse (Northern Territory Government, 2007.)
http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/inquirysaac/pdf/bipacsa_final_report.pdf
(Added: Fri Jul 20 2007 Modified: Thu Nov 01 2007 Hits: 43)
- Because I am a girl: state of the world's girls 2008
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Plan UK's Because I am a Girl campaign is tackling the huge issues girls living in poverty around the world face. This report is the latest update on these issues.
http://www.plan-uk.org/becauseiamagirl/becausenews/2008launch/
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- Broken dreams : child migration in Southern Africa [pdf]
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The stories of children who travel alone in Southern Africa tell of beatings at the hands of the authorities, of their possessions being taken, of forced labour, and their vulnerability to sexual abuse. This report by Save the Children (STC) also tells of their bravery and resilience, and they even offer advice to other young migrants. (Save the Children, 2008)
http://www.crin.org/docs/Save_the_children_sa_migration.pdf
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- Changemakers Innovation Award on How to End Human Trafficking
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Changemakers.net, an initiative of Ashoka, is hosting an awards competition to discover the most effective, innovative strategies for ending human trafficking. This is the current contest for the Changemakers Innovation Award, which is given in the course of an ongoing series of competitions that Changemakers hosts every two months to identify and refine the best solutions to social problems. For this contest on human trafficking the Changemakers Innovation Awards will include $5,000 cash prizes for each of three winners who are selected by visitors voting at Changemakers.net.
(Added: Thu Mar 24 2005 Modified: Fri Jan 19 2007 Hits: 149)
- Child farm labour : the wealth paradox [PDF]
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By Dr Sonia Bhalotra and Professor Christopher Heady (2003). A Bristol Economics Discussion Paper. This report is motivated by the observation that children in land-rich households are often more likely to be in work than the children of land-poor households. The vast majority of working children in developing countries are in agricultural work, predominantly on farms operated by their families. Land is the most important store of wealth in agrarian societies and it is typically distributed very unequally. These facts challenge the common presumption that child labour emerges from the poorest households.
http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/economics/working_papers/pdffiles/dp00492.pdf
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- Child Soldiers Series No. 1 - Prevention and reintegration of children involved in armed conflicts i
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It is estimated that 120,000 children between 7 and 18 are currently participating in armed conflict across Africa. They are used as porters, messengers, spies or armed combatants. Girls are extremely vulnerable: they are kidnaped and used as "wives" and can also end up on the front lines. These children suffer high physical, social and psychological abuses. They are often orphans or their family ties were destroyed; they commit atrocities in their home villages as part of their "training". Source: International Labour Organization Date: 9 Jul 2002. (ReliefWeb)
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ACOS-64CR6Y?OpenDocument
(Added: Wed Jul 10 2002 Modified: Fri Dec 09 2005 Hits: 209)
- Children in the Ranks: the Maoists' Use of Child Soldiers in Nepal
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While no exact figures are available, local groups estimate that at least 3,500 to 4,500 Nepali children are part of the Maoist fighting forces. Tens of thousands of Nepali children have been forced to flee their homes to avoid recruitment by the Maoists, or to seek better lives away from already impoverished communities further damaged by the conflict and the government's brutal responses (Human Rights Watch, February 2007).
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/nepal0207/nepal0207webwcover.pdf
(Added: Fri Sep 21 2007 Hits: 58)
- Children Now
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Children Now utilises research and mass communication to make the well being of chlidren a top priority.
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- Children's Defense Fund
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The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
(Added: Fri Mar 01 2002 Modified: Fri Dec 09 2005 Hits: 143)
- Coalition To Stop Child Detention
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Serves as a major advocacy and lobbying force to stir up local, national, regional, and global awareness and action concerning human rights violations perpetrated against children prisoners within the framework of international human rights law and restorative justice in a sustained and continuing manner Pushes for the enactment of policy and legal measures to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of children in conflict with the law.
http://stopchilddetention.blogspot.com/
(Added: Tue Jan 25 2005 Modified: Mon Aug 28 2006 Hits: 197)
- Coercion and Intimidation of Child Soldiers to Participate in Violence [pdf]
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Child soldiers are often compelled by their commanders to engage in combat operations, participate in human rights abuses against civilians, and carry out punishments against fellow soldiers under threat of severe punishment or execution. In this backgrounder, Human Rights Watch describes methods of coercion and intimidation used against child soldiers serving in armed conflicts in Angola, Burma, Colombia, Liberia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda (Human Rights Watch,16 April 2008)
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/crd0408web.pdf
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- Committee for Children
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Committee for Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the safety, well-being, and social development of children. We conduct research and develop and publish internationally acclaimed research-based curricula to prevent youth violence, bullying, and child abuse and to encourage social-emotional literacy.
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- Early to War: Child Soldiers in Chad Conflict
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The Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT) is struggling to defeat a Chadian rebel insurgency. In the fall of 2006 both the government and the rebels turned to the recruitment of children as a matter of military survival. Children as young as eight serve as fighters, guards, cooks, and lookouts on the front lines of the conflict (Human Rights Watch, July 2007).
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/chad0707/chad0707webwcover.pdf
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- End child exploitation: Faces of Exploitation [PDF]
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This report examines three overlapping aspects of child exploitation - the worst forms of child labour, child trafficking and the use of children for commercial sex. Case studies and quotes from young people who have suffered exploitation vividly illustrate some of the horrors behind the sobering facts. The report ends with a description of some of UNICEF's ongoing programmes to combat child exploitation - programmes that UNICEF UK will be seeking to expand and strengthen through its End Child Exploitation campaign.
http://www.endchildexploitation.org.uk/pdf/ECEreport1.pdf
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- End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes International (E
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A Global Network to Protect Children against Commercial Sexual Exploitation" ECPAT: motivates local communities to find strategies which will protect children; works closely with non-governmental organisations, intergovernmental organisation and other individuals and groups; involves young people in seeking solutions to commercial sexual e xploitation of children, provides training for personnel working to rehabilitate child victims of sex abusers; seeks ways to control the flow of child pornography in shops and on the Internet; provides expert consultancy to governments on legal changes needed to protect children; works closely with Interpol and local law enforcers to ensure laws are implemented; assists the tourism industry in its campaign to end sex tourism; monitors the implementation of the Agenda for Action adopted at the World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Stockholm in 1996.
(Added: Mon Aug 06 2001 Modified: Thu Jul 08 2004 Hits: 219)
- Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children
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This Digest discusses the situation of indigenous children in income-rich and income-poor countries alike. It examines the impact on indigenous children of situations in which their human rights are compromised or denied, and identifies innovative programmes and practices designed to protect and promote these rights.
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/presscentre/presskit_down.sql?IDEvent=36
(Added: Thu Feb 26 2004 Modified: Fri Dec 09 2005 Hits: 107)
- Executive Summary: The Rest of Their Lives
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n this update to Human Rights Watch's work on eliminating the sentence of life without parole for juvenile offenders, a number of findings are presented that illustrate the troublesome nature of the sentence and how it is applied to youthful offenders.
http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/2008/us1005/us1005execsum.pdf
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- Global child labour trends 2000 to 2004 [pdf]
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In 2004, an estimated global population of 191 million children aged 5-14 years were at work. This means that fewer children were working in 2004 than there were four years earlier, and the percentage of working children among the total child population has also declined. This report offers the first credible analysis of global and regional child labour trends. (International Labour Office, 2006)
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/declaris/DECLARATIONWEB.DOWNLOAD_BLOB?Var_DocumentID=6233
(Added: Tue May 23 2006 Modified: Thu Jun 01 2006 Hits: 54)
- Howard's New Tampa - Aboriginal Children Overboard
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Howard's new Tampa children overboard are our Aboriginal children. The Little Children are Sacred report does not advocate physically and psychologically invasive examinations of Aboriginal children, which could only be carried out anally and vaginally. It does not recommend scrapping the permit system to enter Aboriginal lands, nor does it recommend taking over Aboriginal 'towns' by enforced leases. These latter two points in the Howard scheme hide the true reason for the Federal Government's use of the latest report for blatant political opportunism. It has been an openly stated agenda that Howard wants to move Aboriginal people off their lands, and has made recent attempts to buy off Aboriginal people by offering them millions for agreeing to lease their lands to the Federal Government, e.g. Tiwi Islands and Tangentyere in Alice Springs. There was also the statement by the Federal Government that it could not continue (?!) to provide essential services to remote communities, which raised an uproar of responses in the press. The focus on the sexual abuse of children is guaranteed to evoke the most emotive responses, and therefore command attention, just like the manipulation of the Tampa situation. But while the attention of the media and the public is being emotionally coerced, what is being sneaked in under the covers? (Jennifer Martiniello, Project Safecom.Inc, 25 June 2007).
http://www.safecom.org.au/howards-new-tampa.htm
(Added: Fri Jul 06 2007 Hits: 189)
- International Humanitarian Campaign Against the Exploitation of Children
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The overall purpose of the campaign is to eradicate the insane and gruesome horror of traffic and abuse of children. Our fundamental belief is that every adult has the responsibility and duty to protect every child on the planet.
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