Article 12: The childs opinion

FRANCE: Parisian suburb accused of gender stereotyping over school satchels
2/Сен/2014 News
Row sparked by mayor of a wealthy suburb handing out pink bags for girls and blue for boys for new school year.
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TANZANIA: UN criticises government for segregating children with albinism
29/Авг/2014 News
Tanzania’s practice of rounding up children with albinism into government care centres criticised by UN.
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AUSTRALIA: Six-year-old detained asylum seeker takes her case to Supreme Court
29/Авг/2014 News
Rare class action against government concerning the treatment of injured detainees being held in detention centres. 
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USA: Medication for foster children under new scrutiny, say doctors
26/Авг/2014 News
Investigation reveals that 1 out of 4 adolescents in California’s foster care system has received prescribed psychiatric drugs over the last decade.
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GENDER: The most outrageous ways schools are trying to enforce gender stereotypes
21/Авг/2014 News
By policing children's gender expressions, schools are ultimately reinforcing stereotypes.
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SEX EDUCATION: Calls for better sex education for autistic children
19/Авг/2014 News
Psychologists say that lack of sex education leaves children with autism more vulnerable to sexual victimisation.
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HEALTH: Study shows that forcing children to stick to gender roles is harmful to their health
8/Авг/2014 News
Raising children in societies with fixed ideas about “masculine” and “feminine” roles can be detrimental to their physical and mental health, according to a study.
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DISCRIMINATION: Schoolboy in New Zealand made to wash dishes for opting out of Religious Education class
23/Июл/2014 News
Incident has prompted the boy's mother to ask for a public review of religion in schools.
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SEXUAL ABUSE: Charity accused of failing to investigate historical child abuse claims
23/Июл/2014 News
A woman who complained sixteen years ago to the Salvation Army in England of being abused by charity personnel in the 1970s now wants an inquiry.
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SYRIA: Child marriage soars among Syrian refugees in Jordan
18/Июл/2014 News
Girls who have fled Syria's civil war are increasingly vulnerable to exploitation, domestic violence and poverty, warns the UN.
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