Since 2009, the armed terrorist group Boko Haram has entrenched itself in Nigeria despite efforts to stop it made by the government and neighbouring countries. The group, whose name means « The Forbidden Book » is trying by all means to compel the application of Sharia law. Among their most barbaric tactics is the use of children […]
Massacres, bombings, battles.. are the words that pop up in your search engine if you type Eastern Ghouta. Between 2013 and 2018, this Syrian rural area to the east of Damascus was besieged by the regime of Bashar El Assad. Proclaimed a “de-escalation zone” in May 2017, the isolated region was home to 367,000 civilians, […]
Families are considered incomplete without a child, who is loved and nurtured in a family. In India, this love for a child is different in families who do not have money to nurture their children. These families force their children to work so that they can bring in money to sustain themselves. These children are […]
ISIS recruiting child soldiers at an alarming rate, what does this mean for the future of ISIS? ISIS is coercing child soldiers at an accelerating rate recent analysis suggests. Disturbingly children appear to be fighting alongside adults marking a new development in the tactics behind child soldiers. The deployment of child soldiers by militant groups […]
Since 2014, Yemen has been in the grip of a humanitarian crisis due to indiscriminate attacks and bombing by governmental forces, Houthi rebels and the Saudi Arabian led coalition that are disproportionately affecting the country and its civilians on a daily basis. With over 5,564 people having been killed since the outbreak of the crisis, […]
Bacha bazi: these seemingly unassuming words describe a contemptible tradition. The name comes from the Iranian and Afghan words for “playing with boys” and from the Persian for “pre-pubescent boy”. Dressed as women, wearing make-up, and with little bells on their wrists and ankles, the bacha bazi are young, poor, and pre-pubescent Afghani boys. Older […]
Jewish Cemetery – Janusz Korczak Photo pansy_burke Henrik Goldszmit (Janusz Korczak) was born in Warsaw in 1878. Pediatrician, educator, and successful author, he abandoned his career in the private sector in 1912 to focus on orphanages. He chose to dedicate his life to children so they could be recognized and respected, no matter their situation […]
UNICEF estimates that the number of child soldiers in the Central African Republic has increased significantly since the coup of March 2013. Currently, it is feared there are 6000 among the ranks of the Séléka ex-rebels, as well as among other rebel groups. The fate of these children, sometimes as young as 8 years old, […]
MONUSCO As a reflection of the changing political climate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in July 2010 the UN revised its mission for the region. To keep the peace at the local level, UN Peacekeepers, or ‘blue helmets’, are permitted to use whatever means necessary to protect civilians, humanitarian aid workers and […]
The Children’s Peace Movement is the realisation of an international project carried out exclusively by children and made possible by UNICEF. This practice, unique in its kind, has mobilised more than three million Colombian children. Graca Macher, instigator of the movement The story begins in 1996, thanks to the visit of Graca Machel, an expert […]
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