Born into indifference and reared on neglect, the girl child is caught in a web of cultural practices and prejudices that hamper her development, both physically and mentally. In India, for a girl child the period from infancy to adolescence is a...
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Kids in Guatemala have lost their innocence, they are not afraid of murdering anyone. Is it because of the social set up or is the product of their own mental make up, it’s hard to differentiate.
There are apparent cases where the minors are carrying...
Generally, we find that young people are caught in Iraq’s daily massacre. On 25th of this month, more than 40 people, mostly college students, were killed in a bombing outside a mostly Shia college in Baghdad.
Lately, some 18 boys have been reported...
Life of youngsters in the United Kingdom is not as brilliant as it could be presumed. Recent data has postulated that more and more children, even less than five years of age, are calling up ChildLine as there are frustrated and are at the verge of...
Kids in the US have really become ‘forward’, they do not like to puff in cigarettes but cigars. Yeah, puffing cigar is in vogue among American kids these days.
Cigarette consumption has reduced in the United States by 10% from 2000 to 2004 but the...
It is a matter of shame on the part of society that almost 45% of girls in India are tied in a wed lock before they reach the age of eighteen, the legal age to marry. The number easily crosses 50% in eight states.
While 52.5% of the cases of under-18...
Parents are far away from the ground realties in which their teens are growing.
Recent report by Guardian/ICM poll revealed that most of the parents are oblivious about their children who are indulging into sex at a minor age they are going into the...
Bush administration has made a move- that aim at helping families and school groups- according to which, children under fifteen would be, exempted from furnishing passport to the authorities while entering the country.
The new proposal would be...
Now, according to the new penal code of Hungary, pornographic material involving 14- to 17-year-olds may be made and kept for personal use.
The Justice Ministry said that it is in line with European Union norms which give members states the right to...
There is enough food in the world for every person to lead a healthy and productive life, but hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry every night, while large numbers of others suffer from obesity.
If we talk about India, we say that it has...
These days Uganda could be seen sifting out beggars from the capital. Why? Because the country has to pave way for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, that is to be scheduled, in November.
Most of the people that have occupied the streets...
In the recent years, we have seen that adoptions in Guatemala have become a mounting trend. There were nearly 4,500 adoptions completed last year, and it looks like more will take place this year.
After countries like China passed stringent laws...
The United States is one of the most prosperous nations in the world, yet millions of children don’t have health insurance. Can you believe this?
Utah often boasts how children are hitting the list of priority yet more than 71,000 children lack basic...
Concerned about Rio's image as a major sex tourism destination and the crime that surrounds prostitution, city prosecutors are launching a campaign against sexual exploitation and the use of minors in the sex trade.
Seeking to crack down on an...
Nearly 300 street children are at a risk of becoming prey to sexual predators in regional cities and country towns of Adelaide.
Former Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan, QC, asserted that abuse of street children is not a new thing in the region....
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