More than two million Iraqi refugees are trapped in a cycle of poverty and fear. Over half a million of these are of school-age children, many with no access to education or psychological support, according to research by World Vision. As leaders...
[11 de abril de 2007] - La organización terrorista Al Qaeda está utilizando a decenas de niños iraquíes con retrasos mentales en los atentados que realiza en Iraq, afirma un artículo de la Agencia IRIN de noticias, que depende de la...
[BAGHDAD, 10 April 2007] - The dreams 13-year-old Barak Muhammad (not his real name) had of leading a normal teenage life were dashed when his father sold him to al-Qaeda militants. Being mentally handicapped, he said he was considered a burden by...
[KIRKUK, 2 April 2007) - Nine children were among 12 people killed when a suicide bomber blew up a truck in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police say. A further 192 people were injured in the blast, which happened when a bomber drove a truck...
[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it...
[BAGHDAD, 5 March 2007] - Apart from dodging bombs and bullets in their schools and neighbourhoods, children in Iraq are suffering from worryingly high levels of malnourishment, according to specialists.Poverty and insecurity are said to be the main...
[26 February 2007] - Religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq are facing unprecedented levels of violence, and in some cases, risk being eradicated completely from their ancient homeland, according to a new report from Minority Rights Group...
NEW YORK, Etats-Unis, 14 février 2007 - Les écoles sont en train de devenir des noyaux de stabilité d'une importance capitale en Iraq, grâce à un programme de rénovation appuyé par l'UNICEF. Le...
[BAGHDAD, 12 February 2007] - Violence in Iraq is tearing families apart and destroying the country’s economy, two major factors giving rise to a mass of marginalised street children, child specialists say. Once on the streets, children can...
[NEW YORK, January 29, 2007] - Iraqis fleeing the violence in Iraq have sparked the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world, refugee advocates say, and is creating even greater instability in the region. The Women’s Commission for Refugee...