News Archive
UNICEF marks World Food Day 2007: Under-nutrition a major factor in child mortality
Tuesday 16. of October 2007By: UNICEF
Almost sixty years after the Universal Declaration on Human Rights declared that everyone has a right to food, it is unacceptable that under-nutrition is still linked to nearly half of all deaths of children under the age of...
Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap
Sunday 28. of October 2007By: The Guardian
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.
Apartheid in the heart of Europe: how Roma children lose out on education
Friday 16. of November 2007By: The Guardian
Downstairs at the village school there is one class for "whites", upstairs a separate class for "blacks". The two never mingle, the apartheid is entrenched. The parents or the buses collecting the infants from school are...
UN General Assembly Holds Special Session Focusing On Children
Wednesday 12. of December 2007By: Medical News Today
Heads of State and other dignitaries have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York today for a landmark conference to review progress towards A World Fit for Children, a plan of action to improve the lives of children...
Protecting children in armed conflict
Monday 10. of December 2007By: International Red Cross
As for any other civilian, the ICRC promotes respect for the rights and dignity of children providing them with assistance to alleviate the effects of armed conflict. Although the ICRC acts impartially to assist all the victims...
Ronald McDonald Report Card Ads Expelled from Seminole County
Thursday 17. of January 2008By: Campaign for a commercial free childhood
Following a campaign led by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and nearly two-thousand parent complaints, McDonald’s has ended its controversial report card advertising in Seminole County, Florida.
Children who can dream again
Tuesday 05. of February 2008By: The Guardian
Iraqi refugees in Jordan have at last won the right to an education. Natasha Gilbert hears what it means to them