IPS Inter Press Service – Children Under Siege Feed Summary:
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a universal framework for protecting and realising children’s rights. People of faith have joined together as the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) to do their part; in May an international Forum in Hiroshima will have three themes: promoting ethics education to stop violence against children; putting children first in human development; and empowering children through ethics education to protect our planet.
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (24.07.2010 18:38h): Mexican Govt Turns a Blind Eye to Orphaned and Disabled Children
A baby hits the floor when his father, who was holding him in his arms, is murdered in Mexico. A two-year-old watches from her stroller as six drug addicts are killed in a rehabilitation centre, including her mother. The mother of another three-year-old never makes it to collect him from his nursery. [
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BRAZIL (22.07.2010 00:48h): Football Paves the Way to Masculinity Without Violence
It's Friday night, and in a "favela" shanty town in this Brazilian city, a group of men relax with a beer after a hard week, while a song can be heard above the rowdy chatter. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.07.2010 11:03h): Nigeria Suffers Acute Lead-Poisoning Outbreak
The Nigerian government is trying to cope with an outbreak of lead poisoning which has killed over 200 people in Zamfara State since early July. [
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PARAGUAY (16.07.2010 17:39h): Women Manage Dairy for Self-Sufficiency
A year ago, Ramona Pereira was stuck with humdrum domestic drudgery in a rural village in Paraguay. Now she is the leader of a committee of women dairy producers in her community, and at 38 she feels like a new woman. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (16.07.2010 17:39h): Big Tobacco Profits from Kazakh Child Labour, Report Says
Hoping for better opportunities than they can find at home, many families from Kyrgyzstan travel to find work. Neighbouring Kazakhstan has the strongest economy in Central Asia, and tobacco farms attract workers fleeing Kyrgyzstan's high unemployment. [
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CENTRAL AMERICA (08.07.2010 14:51h): Rampant Violence Means Childhood Interrupted
Very early one recent morning in the eastern Guatemalan municipality of Esquipulas, the residents slept soundly -- until heart-rending screams from the street broke the calm. [
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KENYA (03.07.2010 23:17h): Tradition an Obstacle to Maternal Health
Their kangas and heavy bead necklaces are the only colour in an arid landscape. The weary women waiting outside the Kangatotha dispensary have walked up to 50 kilometres to receive food aid; now they will walk home carrying their share. [
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ECUADOR (03.07.2010 23:17h): Like Mother, Like Multi-Tasking Daughter
In Ecuador, girl workers conform to universal statistics: they drop out of school less than boy workers, because they learn from an early age to juggle earning an income with looking after younger siblings and getting an education. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:40h): Recruiters of Child Soldiers Face U.N. Sanctions
Individuals and armed groups that are considered repeat offenders in the recruitment and use of child soldiers may soon be subject to United Nations sanctions. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:40h): Small Arms Treaty Could Make Dent in Gang Violence
Gangs and armed groups may rank below militaries and law enforcement agencies in the possession of firearms, but "they have consistently shown a willingness to use guns and use them for violence," says Dr. Jennifer Hazen, a senior researcher with the authoritative Small Arms Survey. [
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MEXICO (19.06.2010 18:40h): Taking Fight for Decent Childcare to the Streets
"Sometimes I feel sad when things don't go ahead as well as I would like them to, but we have no alternative but to keep on trying," says Lourdes Almada, a Mexican sociologist and activist for children's rights, as she drives her pickup truck in Ciudad Juárez. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:39h): Rewriting 195 Million Stories of Childhood Malnutrition
In a vast field, a sinewy, dark-skinned man bends at the waist, slicing stalks of wheat with a small machete. In a village, a mother gently places her infant son, slung in a piece of blue fabric, onto a vegetable scale housed in a makeshift clinic. [
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BRAZIL (19.06.2010 18:39h): "Gol de Letra" Scores Goals off the Playing Field
In a country where many poor children dream of "making it big" through football or modeling, retired Brazilian football stars Leonardo and Raí could have simply basked in their fame. But they decided instead to combine sport with education, art and skills training. [
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Q&A (19.06.2010 18:39h): China Pays a Price for the 'Lost' Girls
In a country like China, that regularly exorcises the ghosts of the past, few understand the importance of oral history better than Chinese writer Xinran. [
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MEXICO (19.06.2010 18:39h): Parents' Fight for Justice Continues a Year After Nursery Fire
From the moment he wakes up each morning, Abraham Fraijo feels the absence of his daughter Emilia, one of the 49 children who died Jun. 5, 2009, in a fire at the ABC child-care centre in the northwestern Mexican city of Hermosillo. It is the battle for justice that keeps him going. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:39h): Child Soldier Case to Kick Off Guantanamo Trials
Legal experts and civil libertarians are attacking the administration of President Barack Obama for resusiscitating what they regard as "deeply flawed" military commissions to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay - and their choice of a "child soldier" as the first defendant. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:39h): Young People Blurring Borders
Incorporating young people into the task of fostering understanding between people of various cultural and religious backgrounds is one of the four priority areas of the Alliance of Civilisations. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:39h): Banning Junk Foods in Mexico's Schools to Fight Obesity
Consumer organisations and experts say the Mexican government's plan to remove junk food from schools is a step in the right direction in the fight against obesity in this country, which has the highest rate of childhood obesity in the world, and the second highest rate for adults, after the United States. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:39h): Universal Education an Empty Promise for Liberia's Girls
In a small office tucked behind the stairwell in Liberia's Ministry of Education, the once-proud staff of the Girls' Education Unit appear defeated. [
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Children Under Siege - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 18:39h): U.N. Calls for Universal Ratification of Ban on Child Soldiers
A decade after the passage of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations and human rights groups are urging 44 unsigned countries to join in ratifying the treaty. [
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RIGHTS-PAKISTAN (19.06.2010 18:39h): Green Initiative Gives Hope to the Disabled
Talib Hussain, 29, became the sole breadwinner of his family of seven after his father suffered a stroke that left him half paralysed. Hussain brings home 4,000 Pakistani rupees about 47 U.S. dollars monthly, which he dutifully turns over to his mother. [
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AFRICA (19.06.2010 17:52h): Renewing the Promise of Education for All
The World Cup is wreaking havoc with a key millennium development goal in South Africa: as the football tournament hit its stride, not a single child across the nation attended school. [
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MIDEAST (19.06.2010 03:20h): Most Palestinians in Lebanon Stay Unemployed
Lebanon's record of segregating Palestinians is not much better than that of Israel. Since their exodus here, after the establishment of Israel in 1948, Palestinians have been systemically denied equal employment and social rights. [
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IPS Inter Press Service - Children Under Siege (17.06.2010 14:15h): Small Arms Treaty Could Make Dent in Gang Violence
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 (IPS) - Gangs and armed groups may rank below militaries and law enforcement agencies in the possession of firearms, but "they have consistently shown a willingness to use guns and use them for violence," says Dr. Jennifer Hazen, a senior researcher with the authoritative Small Arms Survey. [
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AFRICA (16.06.2010 05:09h): Renewing the Promise of Education for All
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 14 (IPS) - The World Cup is wreaking havoc with a key millennium development goal in South Africa: as the football tournament hit its stride, not a single child across the nation attended school. [
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