It is truly shocking to read reports of widespread sexual violence against women and minor girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). But, this is the fact, and the international community is unable to do anything to prevent such inhumane...
Archive - November 2007
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Cyclone Sidr, believed to be a Category 3 or 4 storm, hit the coastal areas of Bangladesh on 15 November 2007. In spite of evacuating thousands of people, many continue to be deeply affected, especially the children, being 3 lakh in number.
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Amidst all the highs of the British economy, its very hard to believe that 90,000 Scottish children live in dire poverty. But this is the reality. It is a matter of shame for the United Kingdom, one of the developed nations in the world, that one in...
Children are the most valuable part of society. The people of the countries which are still coping with war like situation know better what real meaning of living hell is? We can’t judge their day to day problems, suffering and issues they are...
It could hardly have been more shocking or thought provoking. Rape is always a ghastly and cowardly act committed by one who unleashes out the savage instincts inside him and although rape cases are far from uncommon, when underage kids start...
Locked between India and China is a small but volatile country called Nepal, which is fast spiraling out of control. The Maoist rebels are dissatisfied that the nation remains a monarch and decreasing resources cripple the Nepalese government. So...
It is like a dream come true for the Congolese families whose children were released by several militia groups that abducted, mislead and captured them forcefully to work either in active combat or as cooks, laborers or ‘wives’ of the soldiers in the...
Writing articles on the plight of children is both - emotional and heart-wrenching. However, having said this, it is worth discussing about these unfortunate children so that hopefully someone somewhere gets to know about the growing problem and...
Charles Dickens had continuously written about the plight of the English children in many of his novels. Little Oliver Twist in the novel Oliver Twist was routinely abused for asking for just another helping of watery porridge from the warden of the...
The West hates us for the caste system. Yet it has its own system of extreme and worse discrimination. Gypsy kids like the Roma children are not allowed to study in mainstream Czechoslovakian schools. Now the European Court of Human Rights has ruled...
The Horn of Africa has long been underlined as one of the strongholds of Islamic jihadists and extremists and the international community is stepping up pressure to resurrect the situation there. But, in the wake of the death of 17 civilians in the...
The issue of domestic violence is a largely neglected subject worldwide as it is regarded a private family affair rather than a social one. Although in every country, domestic violence is considered a crime, things get hardly noticed because of the...
It seems that children in Afghanistan are more sinned against than sinning. Recent study (by UNICEF) has juxtaposed strong colors of progress and suffering in the nation. It says that even though the nation is showing improvement in arenas of health,...
Texas accounts for the highest teen birth rate in the US. According to the most recent statistics, in 2004 63 births per 1,000 girls ages 15 to 19 were recorded in Texas. Countrywide the teen birth rate has reduced but in Texas this rate has actually...
Muslim children and teenagers are not safe anymore in the countries where Al-Qa’eda is still present and making plans to shake the world (Especially UK, US and other western countries) again with its terror strikes. Are you are living in the regions...
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