Rekha Kalindi was 11 years old when the Indian president told her: “I am hopeful and sure that you will be an inspiration to other young girls. So that our country can eliminate this notion of marriage between two children at the cost of their education, their future and ultimately their happiness.” Born on October […]
The 3rd optional protocol of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified on the 14th of January by a 10th country, Costa Rica, which allows this protocol to come into effect starting April 2014 ! We can only welcome this news because this protocol marks a considerable advance for child rights. In […]
The remarkable journey of Rachel Mwanza, who escaped life as a street child through determination and a major boost from cinema. Born in 1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this young actress won the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the film War […]
In Mali, children make up more than half of the population and hundreds of them have joined armed groups. Like all child soldiers belonging to such groups, they may be subjected to arbitrary executions, torture, kidnapping and sexual abuse. Although the conflict in Mali began in January 2012, it was not until June 2013 that […]
Located 200 km from Dakar in Senegal on an island in the Saloum Delta is a quiet village called M’bam. With its narrow streets, its small thatched-roof mud houses, a scattering of trees, and especially children, busy talking and playing on the way to school, it is a village like so many others in Africa. […]
Many little Saudi girls probably hear this phrase every day. In their country, they do not enjoy all of their basic rights and are subordinated to masculine authority on a daily basis. For example, women do not have the right to travel, work, drive, or, sometimes, even be operated on without the permission of a […]
March 22 has been World Water Day since 1993. This is an initiative of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). This conference adopted a resolution inviting the States to devote this World Water Day to “activities such as the promotion of public awareness through publications, broadcasting documentaries, organizing conferences, round tables, seminars […]
What a pleasure for children to leave the streets and violence behind and return to the smell of exercise-books and pens; to leave behind their problems and to find room for getting to know their friends and sharing laughter in the school play-ground! Humanium has chosen to support a project that helps street children and […]
In modern-day Albania, hundreds of school-aged children are confined to their homes for fear of being murdered. Volunteer teachers teach these children at home, forming the only connection the children have with the outside world. In Albania in 2013, more than 500 children were unable to commence the school year due to an archaic practice […]
Domestic labor affects the lives of millions of people around the world and may account for 10% of the workforce in certain countries. Domestic workers’ working conditions are far removed from international norms: low or inexistent salaries, excessively long hours, and lack of social welfare and rest periods. These workers are victims of sexual, physical […]
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