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...
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..
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