The Day of the African Child was created by the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union). It focuses on the lives of young Africans, and every year it proposes an issue for participants to discuss. This day commemorates the 1976 march by African schoolchildren to Soweto, South Africa. These children took to the […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched the World Day against Child Labour in 2002. The aim was to draw attention to the plight of child workers and also to highlight the action necessary to eradicate child labour. Every year, on the June 12, governments, employers, individuals, members of civil society and work organisations join together […]
Fleeing from dictatorship, hunger, torture and labour camps, North Korean migrants, persecuted in their own country, are far from reaching the end of their suffering, even when they do make it over the border. Some head towards China, but there, they are considered economic migrants, rather than political refugees, and they are forcefully expelled and repatriated back to […]
It’s twelve noon and time for lunch. In the school playground, the pupils line up quietly with their plates in hand. Meal times are always a calm affair. Once served, each pupil sits at a table and enjoys their meal amongst friends in the shade of the trees. This peaceful time during the school day […]
The Islamic group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 high school girls in Nigeria and then threatened to reduce them to slavery. Humanium participates in the international online demand for their release. #BringBackOurGirls: Let’s act! We can all ask for the release of the young girls by using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls on social networks. More […]
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 […]
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 […]
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