Summary: The forum for North Africa and the Middle East wasattended by delegates from 10 countries in the region. It addressed selected themes affecting street children in the region through group and plenary discussions, namely: street children’s...
Summary: This Rapid Situation Assessment (RSA) of street children in Cairo and Alexandria is a project carried out on behalf of three United Nations Agencies: the Office of Drug Controland Crime Prevention (ODCCP), the United Nations International...
Summary: This report is issued by the Land Centre for Human Rights. It presents what has been published in the Egyptian newspapers about violent events against children in Egypt during the first six months of 2006. It starts with the definition of...
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: Why cannabis matters - Children exploited by fishermen - Interview with UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria CostaPerspectives, the new UNODC magazine, aims to bring its readers closer to the people behind the broad issues of drugs, crime...
Summary: Children living and working on the streets are vulnerable to violence, exploitation and substance abuse. Many turn to drugs to cope with their stressful and precarious lives.Egyptian law defines them as "children exposed to delinquency...
Drugs affect everyone everywhere, either directly or indirectly, and children are no exception. Some kids start using marijuana, amphetamines and inhalants at an early age to fit in or deal with stress. Harder drugs may follow. Other kids are paying...
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...
Summary: Report on a regional workshop held in Broummana-Lebanon between 28th September 2005 and 1st December 2005.The report is also available in Arabic.Infomation about the workshopExecutive summary in English / ArabicOwner: Arab Resource...
Summary: Executive summary of a report on a regional workshop held in Broummana-Lebanon between 28th September 2005 and 1st December 2005.Infomation about the workshopWorkshop report in EnglishExecutive summary in EnglishOwner: Arab Resource...
