Stolen Childhood

If you thought that slave trade was only a nineteenth century tyranny by the white masters of Africa then you are mistaken because slave trade continues even these days, but the perpetrators of the crime have changed. The 21st century slave trade focuses.

Child trafficking, one of the modern evils includes recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring of children for the purpose of exploiting them. Child trafficking almost always is synonymous with child sexual exploitation. Child trafficking is...

Africa's children are getting a raw deal. We had heard of children being kidnapped by the armed groups fighting in Congo and used for carrying ammunition or for sex. Now it has come to light that children from many African countries, especially...

Trafficking is not at all new to the world. But the manner in which it has turned itself into a black-market business phenomenon, worth billions of dollars, is certainly of great concern. Socially and economically deprived women and girls, particularly...

Despite trafficking in children is a crime against humanity and morality, it appears too easy to commit, as children are the most vulnerable section of the society. According to the study conducted by both inter-governmental agencies and non-governmental.

A report from the United Nations states that near about 1.2 million children are caught in trafficking every year worldwide. Over 250 children were set-free from this shady business in UK between 1999 and 2003. However, according to the UNICEF UK,...

In a step to rehabilitate the innocent child victims of trafficking and commercial sex, the Union Women and the Child Development Ministry is taking up a strong stand of strategically developing a scheme in their interest. The Ministry has even send..

Albania is launching a tough drive to tackle with the ever-growing size of child trafficking: for this purpose, the Albania-International aid agencies have already zeroed in on a US$3 million project. Under this scheme, rehabilitation program,...

In the war-torn country of Iraq, a new fear is taking over the people. Every week five children are disappearing in the thin air and no one has a clue of what is happening to them. This is the information thrown open by Omar Khalif, vice president of...

Child trafficking is now a global threat. It is prevalent widely in the South Asian countries and in South Africa. Unfortunately, nothing is really being done to demolish this illegal institution. As the Child Protection Week kicks off, Jean Benjamin,.