Uganda is Africa's oldest conflict Since 1987, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has wreaked havoc on the people of northern Uganda, those bearing the brunt of this violence are children. Some 30,000 children have been abducted from their families and used as soldiers or sex slaves, while 12,000 civilians have been killed and 2 million […]
From UPI. Uganda and LRA close to cease-fire deal Published: Feb. 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 19 (UPI) — Ugandan officials agreed to let domestic courts try alleged war criminals as part of negotiations for a final peace agreement with rebels, a report says. The Ugandan national newspaper, New Vision, said […]
"There are few more challenging places to have a healthy childhood than Haiti!" -Adriano Gonzalez-Regueral, UNICEF's Country Representative (UNICEF Press Release: Survival is Greatest Challenge for Haiti's Children ). The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti truly is a country in crisis, plagued by poverty, disease, infant mortality, high illiteracy rates, human trafficking, violence […]
Last week, on February 12th, UNICEF issued a press release urging donors to give some $856 million to aid women and children and women who have been victimized by such emergencies as the conflicts in Chad and Kenya, to natural disasters such as the floods in Mozambique. Launching its Humanitarian Action Report 2008, UNICEF stated […]
A recent report published on February 5th, by the World Bank has found that those countries in the Middle East and North Africa need drastic improvements and repairs to their education systems in order to meet the demands the global world. "The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa”, takes […]
Human rights organization Amnesty International has called for an end to forced evictions in Cambodia. Thousands of families have already been moved from their homes in the center of the capital Phnom Penh, and more evictions are set to follow. The authorities say this is a necessary part of Cambodia's development. But in its report […]
More than a city that is pro-child we must work to see a world that is pro child, a world where children no longer have to live in fear. A world in which children are not the pawns of war, the heartless victims of political roulette, the unwitting legacies of ruthless leaders…the children for which […]
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Suicide bombers have become a mainstay in today's modern warfare, we have become hardened by their continual actions and rarely does one become shocked to see headlines like, “suicide bomber kills 11”. Modern suicide bombing began in the 1980's during the Lebanese Civil War, and has since spread to more than 12 countries, including Iraq, […]
“Is it really so easy to determine that smacking someone in the face to determine where he has hidden the bomb that is about to blow up Los Angeles is prohibited in the constitution” Uh … yeah? Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entered the torture debate Tuesday in an interview with the BBC making some […]
The skills of women who work as birth attendants in rural Uganda are extremely important to the well-being of both mothers and babies. Charity groups are trying to train many of these birth attendants as far too many still rely on traditional and outdated approaches to assisting labor. The Guardian (London)) Healthcare threatened by political […]
February 12 is the annual commemoration day to draw attention to the use of children in armed conflict and war. The Optional Protocol, Article 4, 6.3, adopted by the General Assembly in 2002 stipulates that state parties "shall takes all feasible measures to ensure persons below the age of 18 do not take a direct […]
It has been historically proven that sports bring people and countries closer together, that is what the Olympics has stood for, and ever four years it brings stories of triumph, inspiration and hope. But the Olympics are not the only sports arena where battles have been fought, for many girls around the world sports was, […]
The U.S. Defense Department said Monday it will ask for the death penalty for six high-value targets at Guantanamo Bay, including the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed. The legal advisor to the military commission overseeing the Guantanamo Bay cases, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, said the men will be charged with […]
"Street children…are prey to anything and they know things children should not." – Nevine is 18, has lived on Cairo's streets for 4 years (Still dreaming of a better future : a Cairo street girl recounts her traumatic experiences). The issue of street children is nothing new on the international children's right radar, however in […]