This publication highlights the importance and right of children to begin education in a language they speak and understand - their mother tongue. Indigenous or minority ethnic children are often forced to learn in the national language which they...
Summary: The streets and railway stations of India and Bangladesh are increasingly becoming the home of children who have run away from their parental home for various reasons. This research aims to explore their vulnerabilities to, and incidence in...
[HONG KONG, 21 December 2006] - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released its Human Rights Report for 2006. The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations includes in-depth analysis of the situation of human rights in ...
[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th...
Summary: World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.[CAPE TOWN, 9 November 2006] - Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases...
Summary: This global report was launched during the week of the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York on 12 October. The report is part of a submission to the Violence Study.As the UN Secretary-General’s Study...
The study reveals the issues related to commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of boys particularly in the context of Bangladesh. The report shows that the incidences of CSE is charged by age, urbanization, migration, family problems and is highly...
Summary: This article is an appraisal of disability rights in Bangladesh, including proposals for the inclusion of disabled people in government and local level decison making, and calls for increased status and awareness of disabled people in...
Summary: Planete Enfants, french organisation founded in 1992, has implemented a nationwide three-year programme in Nepal to prevent and combat human trafficking between Nepal and India with the support of the EC, DFID and UNICEF. The 2005 Annual...
Summary: The 5th HRFC newsletter contains a study of the Charfassion Orphanage, Bhola, Bangladesh. Owner: Based Chowdhurypdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/HRFC Newsletter Jan - June 2006.doc