Stolen Childhood

The deluge in Africa is swallowing the natives. Recent cyclone in Mozambique, a southern African country, added further misery to the inhabitants. Approximately 80,000 children have been dislodged and nearly 160,000 people have been rendered homeless. In.

Rwanda is a small country in Africa but is thickly populated so in order to overcome the population problem, the government is planning to introduce a law that would restrict couples to no more than three children per family. On an average, Rwandan...

Finally, the nations are actually thinking of combating the menace, which leads to conscription of children. Thus, some 58 countries have signed a 'Paris commitments' to protect children from being recruited as soldiers in wars. According to the...

Africa is a land that has been torn apart by war and disease. For over 40 years, this has resulted in international condemnation and sanctions, tribal conflict, racial hatred and the inevitable result is famine, disease and poverty for the general...

This is the 21st century. We have come a long way. Yet, it feels as though people in Africa are still standing at the same spot. In this era of HIV/AIDS, Africans face the huge challenge of confronting their deeply held beliefs and values. Child...

This space, dedicated to the issues related to the children of the world and the problems they are encountering, has been keeping tab of the pulse of our future harbingers, trying to do justice by giving voice to their cries. We highlighted major issues..

Children in Mali, Africa are thronging the schools but unfortunately, the school cannot accommodate the huge number. During September, Makamba Keito, the school's director, was expecting not more than 420 pupils for sixth standard but list was...

Sexually molesting young girls is really a ubiquitous phenomenon and Africa is at the zenith of this kind of heinous crime. Culprits who are accused of devouring young girls are generally set free by the judicial system itself, as was the...

'I've seen people get their hands cut off, a ten-year-old girl raped and then die, and so many men and women burned alive... So many times I just cried inside my heart because I didn't dare cry out loud.'This is how recounted a fourteen-year-old girl,..

YouthNet bring forward the main issues related to the young children, infected from HIV/AIDS. The paper also highlights the developmental needs of such children. It contains four well structured case studies that lay down the various methods for...