Summary: Although girls make up a small minority of children who come in conflict with the law, they are vulnerable to violence, particularly sexual abuse and rape, by both police and staff in detention facilities. This 5-page background paper...
[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...
[NEW YORK, 30 October 2006] – Police violence against children remains rampant in Papua New Guinea, despite recent juvenile justice reform efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Children and others in police custody are...
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...
[4 September 2006] - The government's ongoing failure to tackle violence against women in Papua New Guinea has resulted in this violence becoming so pervasive that it impedes national development and contributes to the spread of HIV/AIDS, according...
Summary: The Papua New Guinea government must act
to stop the police from engaging in brutal
beatings, rape and torture of arrestees, many
of whom are children. The 124-page report
documents boys and girls being shot, knifed,
kicked and beaten...
Summary: Profiles of some of the under 18 delegates
participating at the East Asia and Pacific
regional consultation for the UN Study on
violence against children taking place in
Bangkok from 12 to 16 June 2005.Hilda Wong, 14 Hong Kong, China...
ICCYS is a specialised unit for training, research and policy analysis which focuses on the needs of children and youth in developing, transitional and developed societies. It seeks to promote the holistic development of children and youth, and...
Summary: The report examines three of the most
widespread and devastating factors
threatening childhood today: HIV/AIDS,
conflict, and poverty.
Owner: UNICEFpdf: www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/sowc05.pdf
