Summary: The study found that 22 school textbooks contain discriminatory material towards minorities and other countries, as well as making insulting remarks against minority religions and including distorted historical facts.[26 May 2013] - As...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholders...
This report is part of CRIN's access to justice for children project, looking at the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in national law, the status of children involved in legal proceedings, the legal means to challenge...
Summary: For many Pakistani Muslims, visiting a shrine and donating money to beggars go hand in hand. But their generosity has encouraged the creation of a "begging mafia" which forces thousands of children into a life of slavery.[1 June 2013] -...
Summary: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child on Tuesday launched the annual report ‘The State of Pakistan’s Children 2012’.[29 May 2013] -
The launch was attended by civil society representatives, government officials and...
Summary: Violations and abuse of the rights of ordinary people is a problem, which is more or less visible in every part of world. The intensity and nature of such violations may differ from one region to another however, it is a fact that...
Summary: It is roughly estimated that more than 40 children have died because of measles in pakistans biggest punjab province. Media reports further informed that hundreds of children have contracted the disease recently and measles patients...
Summary: The international day for street children is celebrated every year on 12th april. the street children day was launched in 2011 by the consortium for street children (csc) to create a broader awareness about the issue of street children all...
Summary: the rising internet facility has greatly benefited the common people, especially professionals and students, in accessing and exchanging information and making contacts. however, rapidly increasing online landscape also presents several...
Summary: Parents and officials are going to great lengths to immunize children after militants imposed a ban on polio vaccinations in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan Agency.
[28 March 2013] -
Government officials are withholding...