Stolen Childhood

What is the most that you can do for your child to give him a good future? The probable answers would be securing his future by making good investments to make funds available when he needs it or imparting good knowledge so that he is at par with the...

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.

A recent national poll in Israel revealed that around 100,000 children are being victimized and sexually abused. It seems most parents in Jerusalem cannot protect their children from harm. If they can’t do it, who will? Parents should be held...

Abortion is banned in Indonesia except for some medical cases, to save a mother's life. Despite this tough law, many unmarried women get pregnant and go for illegal abortion by doctor, using herbal remedies and vigorous massage. They could not reach..

The brutal 14-year Liberian civil war, known locally as 'World War Three', may be a history but the country is facing a new conflict. Orphanages all over the west African country are in dire need of international help. Years of poverty, conflicts and...

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...