World News
Program Assists In Removing Children Working In Trash Dumps
April 2, 2001 ·
UNICEF released a report showing that through its program “Children in the Dump Never Again,” 13,230 children have been removed from working in city trash dumps. The program gives income assistance to the parents of the children so that the children can go to school. The program also helps set up after-school programs to keep […]
Read More...16,000 CHILDREN SEXUALLY EXPLOITED, UNICEF SAYS
April 1, 2001 ·
Some 16,000 children in Mexico are sexually exploited through networks involving military, police, government and business officials and foreigners, UNICEF reports, revealing that child trafficking yields $7 billion in profits annually. The “weakness of legal controls” and poverty have made Mexico a paradise of prostitution and child pornography, according to a recent UNICEF report produced […]
Read More...UK: Talks to Tackle Net Paedophiles
April 1, 2001 ·
Children’s charities and internet service providers in the UK are to meetwith the police and the home secretary to discuss how to fight internet paedophiles. The talks with Home Secretary Jack Straw on Wednesday follow last week’s report by the Internet Crime Forum, which highlighted the need for vigilance over the use of internet chatrooms.
Read More...INDIA: Working Children Face Slave-Like Conditions
March 29, 2001 ·
Of the 20 million children estimated to be working in India, close to half are illegally employed as domestic servants, including some as young as 6, the London Independent reports. Despite attempts to correct the situation, the problem is worsening, welfare organizations say.
Read More...DCI/PS RELEASES MAIN FINDINGS OF ANNUAL REPORT ON ISRAELI VIOLATIONS OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
February 15, 2001 ·
Marking the Day of the Palestinian Child, Defence for Children International/Palestine Section held a press conference today in Ramallah to release the main findings of its report covering Israeli violations of Palestinian children’s rights in the year 2000. Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as its framework, the report examines in detail Israeli violations of the Convention in areas such as the right to life, health, education, economy, and liberty.
Read More...DANGERS FACING GIRL CHILDREN ARE DEEP AND INSIDIOUS, PANEL IS TOLD
February 10, 2001 ·
Their profile may be rising in international aid programs, but girls still have less chance than boys of surviving at birth, are less likely to
complete school, are more likely to toil inside and outside their own households, and are more likely to experience sexual exploitation and
abuse.
RALLY TO THE CALL SAY UNICEF AND NGOs
February 10, 2001 ·
A 10-point ‘Rallying Call for the Global Movement for Children’ is to be unveiled by UNICEF and some of its NGO partners at the end of this week’s PrepCom.
Read More...Success in Battle Against Sex Tourism
February 10, 2001 ·
Second World Congress will take place in Yokohama, Japan in December 2001. Governments will be asked to renew and extend the commitments they made at the first meeting. An encouraging case study – curbing sex tourism: Many ‘sex tourists’ deliberately travel abroad to have sex with children because they believe it is legal and culturally […]
Read More...INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO STRESS THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN ANEW
February 5, 2001 ·
THE TEN POINTS OF THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION CAMPAIGN SUPPORTED BY PREDA ARE THE FOLLOWING
PROGRESS AGAINST SEX TOURISM
February 5, 2001 ·
An encouraging case study – curbing sex tourism: Many ‘sex tourists’ deliberately travel abroad to have sex with children because they believe it is legal and culturally acceptable. But there is also hope in the fact that advocates like ECPAT have succeeded in engaging airlines, governments, and travel agencies in their work. By 1995, international […]
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