ContexteDepuis 1970, la région de l’Asie de l’Est et du Pacifique a été touchée par des conflits locaux peu intenses qui ont atteint qu’une partie minime de la population. Bien que les populations...
As the unlawful detentions of ‘enemy combatants’ at the US detention centre at the Guantánamo Bay naval base, Cuba, enter their fifth year, Amnesty International is renewing its call for the detention centre to be closed and for all...
Children Speak, highlights the status of vulnerable children – particularly refugees – worldwide. This edition includes an article on the legal provisions for protection of children in India, by Maitri Porecha. Immigration...
[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...
Child Workers in Asia has just published Working Together: A guidebook for training of trainers on mainstreaming children's participation. The Guidebook covers pre-training knowledge assessment, training methods, and evaluation and is designed...
[27 November 2006] - Half of the children in Afghanistan still do not go to school despite a 500 per cent increase in enrolments in the last six years. With the establishment of democracy, the main symbol of national regeneration lay in the dream of...
The Adolescent Development and Participation Unit at UNICEF HQ has published its second edition of the ADAP Learning Series entitled "Adolescent Development in East Asia and the Pacific: Realizing Their Potential" It is a summary 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...
[31 October 2006] - Women and girls in Afghanistan have been woefully let down and left to face ever increasing levels of violence. This is the central message of a new report, Taking Stock: Afghan Women and Girls Five Years On produced by WOMANKIND...
This issue speaks about the role of family in the growth and development of children. Maitry’s interview with Medhavani Joshi from the Vatsalya Trust, an adoption agency in Mumbai, evaluates the life of children who grow up in institutions...
