Of the nineteen official refugee camps that make up the West Bank, next to Nablus, Balata is the most densely populated. Created in 1950 following the Arab-Israeli war, it now houses over 23,000 people. Life in Balata is nothing like life in a castle… “Young Palestinians in the camp, discouraged, sometimes approach Israeli check points […]
Since the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1959, states have acknowledged a moral obligation to act in the best interests of children. Fifty-four years on, the situation for children in France is discouraging. According to Anne Tursz, director of research at the National Institute of Health […]
We hope to carry out our projects in Bulgaria by appropriately training social therapists of children and young adults with disabilities. In 2014, Humanium decided to support one of the Cedar Foundation’s projects which aimed to ensure social therapists received the complex and modern training needed for working with children with disabilities. Many institutions in […]
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 […]
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