Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)is escalating and with it the plight of thousands of helpless children. We have heard of wars involving child soldiers, most notably the war involving bitter neighbors Iraq and Iran, where thousands of...
In some countries children use guns for fun-shootings. If a few classmates die, one can even get famous. In other countries children wielding guns are so common that when Times Online reports that, hardly anyone cares to mention any names. If you are...
As tensions continue in the war-torn country, a number of Iraqi children being victimized by countless bombings and abuses in Baghdad remain a major problem.
In a recent report of UNICEF, a UN children’s agency, the daily siege that Iraq is facing...
Haitian underage girls are now paying for taking help from the UN. They have been sexually exploited by Sri Lankan UN peace-keepers for less than $1. Haitian feminists have now woken up to the problem and are demanding inquires by the UN. Olga...
A recent report by COAV [Children and youth in Organized Armed Violence] project says there is no one solution to the problem of city children taking to guns and joining gangs. The study was conducted in a number of countries around the world.
It...
The Mekong river area is turning out to be the global hotspot of human trafficking. The countries where this is occurring are China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Most of the victims are lured from China's poorer neighbours with...
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (first from left) with his collegaues. PM Manmohan singh (third from left) is also in picture
Exploiting children is a crime in India and one of the country’s top ministers has been accused of using child slaves in his...
UNICEF, in its latest report, says that though encouraging progress has been made to improve the lot of children the world over, much remains to be done. The world body has given its assessment with regard to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals decided...
Witchcraft is not uncommon in this age of computer and economic revolution across the globe but the manner in which it is prevailing in Nigeria defies all human values. In various parts of the west African country, Evangelical pastors have made it a...
Basim Majhar, 45, is a guard at central Baghdad’s Al-Dahana school and he has to support his family of six with the meagre salary that he receives. One might argue that such is indeed the plight of many in this nation. However, Majhar’s case is...
The average Somali is struggling hard to receive a human treatment in the African Horn. Life in this part of the world has not been easy over the last decade. War, internal rebellion and economic breakdowns have left many thousands displaced....
That rainy morning, I was waiting at the bus stop to board a bus. Continuous showers had made roads rather muddy and untidy. Passing cars drove through the stagnant waters, splashing them on the people standing near by. Just when my bus was about to...
Based on the recent statistics of Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) report from 2001 to 2006, more than 200,000 Filipino children suffered from various exploitation acts and human rights injustices.
The data have been compiled in...
Myanmar, formerly Burma, is popularly known as “The land of Golden Pagodas”, a credit for the beautiful Buddhist temples in the country. Situated strategically between South and Southeast Asia, it serves as a vital trade link between two such...
Every day there is news about children being exploited in some part of the world. Articles speak of kids being abused physically, verbally and even sexually. In particular, the developing countries of the southern hemisphere have been the major...
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