Tutti i temi: Bambini

29.09.2006 Viidennen Progress for Children -raportin mukaan likainen vesi, huono hygienia ja puutteellinen sanitaatio johtavat joka vuosi yli 1,5 miljoonan alle 5-vuotiaan kuolemaan. Maailmassa on 425 miljoonaa lasta, joilla ei ole käytössään puhdasta vettä ja 980 miljoonalta puuttuu alkeellisinkin sanitaatio, kuten käymälät.

29.09.2006

28.09.2006 Meena Day 2006 was celebrated in Dhaka and around the country on Saturday September 23rd. The theme of Meena Day this year was: Chhele Meye bibhed nai, jonmo nibondhon shobar chai meaning 'Birth registration for all, be it a boy or girl' - to draw attention to the priority the Government of Bangladesh has attached to Universal Birth Registration by 2008.

28.09.2006 A toll-free telephone helpline for children in distress is now available in 72 cities.
Supported by the Women and Child Development Ministry, "Childline" number 1098 is available round-the-clock and it could be accessed either by a child or an adult.

28.09.2006 Intialainen aktivisti epäilee, etteivät intialaiset viranomaiset voi estää miljoonien lasten katoamisia ympäri maata. Hän pelkää, että kadonneet lapset ajetaan kerjuulle tai pakkotyöhön. Intialaiset keskustelivat lokakuussa voimaan tulevasta laista OneWorld South Asian järjestämässä paneelikeskustelussa.

27.09.2006 La Lic. María Adela Mondelli, en su carácter de investigadora de esta Organización, expondrá sobre el tráfico de bebés en Añatuya, Santiago del Estero, República Argentina

27.09.2006 An Indian activist has alleged that Indian enforcement agencies are not being able to stem the disappearances of millions of children all over the country. He fears that missing children are being pushed into begging or forced work.

27.09.2006 Suomen World Vision julkisti toukokuussa 2006 kummeille suunnatun kirjoituskilpailun aiheesta ”Anna vähän – saat paljon”. Tarkoituksena oli kerätä kokemuksia ja mielipiteitä World Vision –kummiudesta ja esimerkiksi siitä, miten kummius on muuttanut omaa maailmankuvaa tai herättänyt keskustelua perheessä ja työpaikalla. Kirjoituskilpailun voitti outokumpulainen Liisa Koponen, ugandalaisen Cecilian kummi.

26.09.2006 The Children’s Human Rights Center in Albania – CRCA, held in the premises of Hotel Tirana International a public ceremony to award three journalists with the Child Rights Media Award 2005, and to introduce the official opening of Child Rights Media Award 2006. The event was funded by Olof Palme International Center and SIDA Sweden.

26.09.2006 Qendra per Mbrojtjen e te Drejtave te Femijeve ne Shqiperi CRCA ne kuader te programit te sherbimeve "Linja e Keshillimit per Femije - Tirane, organizon nje trajnim dy ditor me teme "Abuzimi i femijeve dhe Sistemi i Referimit".

25.09.2006 Kymmenen suomalaista kansalaisjärjestöä luovutti perjantaina 22. syyskuuta oikeusministeri Leena Luhtaselle kannanoton, jossa ilmaisevat huolensa siitä, että Alankomaissa on sallittu rekisteröidä puolue, jonka pyrkimyksenä on purkaa lapsen keskeistä ihmisoikeussuojaa. Kannanoton ovat allekirjoittaneet lapsikeskeistä kehitysyhteistyötä, kummilapsitoimintaa ja perhe- ja nuorisotyötä tekevät sekä lasten, naisten ja perheiden hyvinvointia ja oikeuksia ajavat järjestöt.

25.09.2006 The core question addressed in this paper is what explains the large inter-state disparity in child malnutrition as
manifested in stunting in India⎯ranging from 22 to 56 per cent. A perhaps surprising finding is that inter-state differences in child stunting are not directly correlated to differences in income poverty. The variables with the highest explanatory power for stunting are child health-care provision and the fertility rate.

21.09.2006 Schools in every district of the state have been found guilty of pumping up enrolment figures in order to comply with teachers’ wishes and retain government funding

21.09.2006 The local governments have been urged to give top priority to education, health and drinking water in their budgets and to improve public delivery system in order to strengthen democracy at grass-root level

21.09.2006 Koulutus on lasten perusoikeus, ja Pelastakaa Lasten Rewrite the Future -kampanja haastaa sinut maalaamaan parempaa maailmaa Nepalin lapsille.

21.09.2006 Indian NGO Toxics Link has said that soft PVC toys are a threat to young children as these contain dangerous levels of lead and cadmium. The research was done on samples taken from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.

19.09.2006 More than 43 million children living in countries wracked by war and armed conflict are being left without the chance to go to school, according to a new report published today by Save the Children.

19.09.2006 For children with learning disabilities in Mumbai, school life has just become a little easier with Maharashtra issuing a government resolution spelling out concessions for students with dyslexia (reading disability), dysgraphia (writing disability), dyscalculia (disability in carrying out mathematical calculations) and dysnomia (dictation disability).

19.09.2006 The Indian government has failed in its constitutional duty to protect children say CSOs. Ahead of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2007-2012), they urge the Planning Commission to focus on issues of abuse and exploitation and allocate funds to ensure mechanisms for child protection.

19.09.2006 The World Development Report, relesed at the World Bank's annual meeting in Singapore, says there is an urgent need to invest in the youth in the developing world. It says countries which invest in better education, healthcare, and job training for their record numbers of young people between the ages of 12 and 24 years of age, could produce surging economic growth and sharply reduced poverty.