Our local partner for over 10 years Hand in Hand India, has been awarded with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Puraskar from the Honorable President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. This award recognises Hand in Hand India’s work in the field of alleviating child labour having mainstreamed over 300,00 children into Government Schools. […]
On the 24th of January 2019, and for the first time, the world is coming together to celebrate Education. Education to most, represents the idea of going to school and learning about different subjects. However, it could be argued that the meaning of education lies in the eyes of the beholder. No future for […]
Since October 2018, the country of Madagascar has become the victim of a new sanitary crisis and is suffering from a terrible measles outbreak. The Ministry of Public Health has declared over “19,000 cases of infection including 67 deceases from the October to December period”. 63 districts and 22 regions of the island are reported […]
A recent publication by the Advocacy Director of the children’s rights division at Human Rights Watch shows signs of progress for children during the last years (Human Rights Watch, 2018). Child Soldiers At the beginning of August 2018, more than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan, resulting in a […]
The right to education is essential in order to ensure a bright future for all children – and above all, this education must respect children and their bodily integrity. In Senegal, despite government efforts to promote education, difficulties remain, and many girls suffer harassment and sexual abuse from teachers and educational staff. Human Rights Watch […]
10 million children in India forced to work 10 million children aged five to fourteen are currently working in India. This situation affects their physical, mental and emotional well-being. Children in rural areas are more vulnerable than children of the same age in cities. The situation is even worse for the children of indigenous tribes […]
Saudi Arabia was the center of attention at the meeting of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on October 1st, 2018 at the Palais Wilson in Geneva. During the 79th session of the Committee, the 2331 and 2332 meetings were respectively devoted to the consideration of the optional protocol to the Convention on […]
“When I was still a boy, one day at school they spoke about the children in need in Madagascar and the conditions under which they were living and there was something that was moved inside me and changed my mind and the way I saw the world…I think that perhaps if I had missed school […]
Day of General Discussion (DGD) 2018, organised by Child Rights Connect, gathers each year, associations, NGO’s, and of course children, present to speak, and defend their rights. The Committee on the Rights of the Child is held every 2 years, a DGD focused on a specific article of the Convention on the Rights of the […]
From 24 to 28 September, the Children’s Rights Committee met at the Palais Wilson to ensure that children’s rights are being properly implemented and respected in Niger and Benin. These two West African countries, face problems of poverty and population explosion. Both countries gave a summary of their work in previous years, following which experts […]