[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...
In this issue:Repeal S 59 updateWeaving Pathways to Well Being - Children's CommissionerCare of Children Act and Hague Convention - Supreme Court decisionSubmissionsNZ CurriculumWills BillResponse to draft Convention on Torture reportFighting...
We look forward to the Report of the Select Committee on the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill in anticipation that abolition of S59 of the Crimes Act will in fact become NZ law in due course. 15...
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...
This E News 60 tells you about:Repeal S59 Crimes ActACYA Annual General MeetingACYA Website administrator appointedSubmissionsConvention v CurriculumCorrections ( Mothers with Babies) BillMinimum wage and Remuneration (Amendment) BillKilled in...
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...
ACYA E NEWS 59This E News 59 tells you about: ACYA Annual General MeetingACYA Website administrator requiredConvention v CurriculumCorrections ( Mothers with Babies) BillMinimum wageKilled in careChild Health summitChild and Youth Welfare...
[WELLINGTON, 21 August 2006] - New Zealand has a dark secret, an epidemic of domestic violence which has brought to life the wrenching story of abuse in a dysfunctional Maori family depicted in the landmark movie "Once Were Warriors...
Sweden's legal and social changes to improve parenting skills and reduce family violence have been recently criticised in New Zealand by Jamaican-born Swedish citizen Ruby Harrold-Claesson. Mrs Harrold-Claesson uses inaccurate and...
Following it two General Discussion Days on Violence Against Children, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child resolved to issue a series of papers on eliminating violence against children to guide State parties in understanding the provisions...
