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SYRIA: Children die after receiving 'UN-sponsored contaminated measles vaccine'
17 Sep 2014 News
Death toll expected to rise as parents accuse the Syrian opposition of negligence when storing the vaccines and of supplying out-of-date medications.
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KYRGYZSTAN: Shortage of kindergartens impacting negatively on schooling
15 Sep 2014 News
Country's shortage of kindergartens have driven the few families who can afford it into private schools of debatable quality.
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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15 Sep 2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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USA: Huge family detention centre to open in Texas for undocumented migrants
15 Sep 2014 News
Federal officials are due to open a huge family detention centre in southern Texas that will house immigrant adults with children while they await deportation.
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SOMALIA: African Union soldiers sexually abused girls, say activists
12 Sep 2014 News
Human Rights Watch report shows soldiers from the African Union Mission sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu.
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HONDURAS: Child rights advocate believes root cause of child migration to USA not addressed
11 Sep 2014 News
Child rights defender believes that American and Honduran political leaders only concerned with border security instead of addressing the root causes of migration.
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EGYPT: Child protesters tortured in prison
10 Sep 2014 News
Fifty-two children tortured and sexually abused in Alexandria prison for holding peaceful demonstrations against regime.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Security Council told of indiscriminate, brutal killings children face in conflict
9 Sep 2014 News
SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict said that she was appalled by the total disregard for human life shown by extremist armed groups.
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VIOLENCE: Children suffering "endemic" violence globally - UN report
5 Sep 2014 News
New and unprecedented data from UN shows violence against children is tolerated and accepted as normal in many parts of the world.
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EURASIA: Gifted children v children with disabilities - how seeking out the ‘best' contributes to social inequality in post-Soviet states
4 Sep 2014 News
CRIN looks at the worship of “gifted” children in post-Soviet states alongside denial of children with disabilities and questions why this culture is so deeply rooted.
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INDIA: Girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead
4 Sep 2014 News
Dead teenage girl may have been raped after having been humiliated by village "court" for protesting against her father's harassment.
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UKRAINE: A troubled return to school for displaced children
4 Sep 2014 News
Families forced out of their homes by conflict try to resume life in unfamiliar surroundings.
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