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17-11-2009
Millions of babies are born each year the world over, who are not granted any birth certificates. The fact that they are never registered deprives them of vital education and healthcare facilities, leaving them vulnerable to abuse.
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Image: This five-year-old girl from Bolivia is one of some 40 million children helped/ Photo credit: BBC
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11-11-2009
The 2005 earthquake that shook the earth beneath Pakistan Administered Kashmir had especially proved devastating for children and their education. Teachers played an important role in helping the government, with UNICEF assistance, to re-enrol about 428,000 children, including over 186,000 girls.
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Image: Fourth-grader Zeenat Ghutam (right) and fifth-grader Iqura Rehman arrive at Mohajir Colony Government Girls’ School/ Photo credit: UNICEF
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30-10-2009
Absence of government's commitment in India to young children’s rights has led to deficit childhood and jeopardised the development of their fullest potential, says NCPCR chairperson.
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Image: There is no law protecting children's rights in the 0-6 age group/ Photo credit: BuisnessWeek
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06-10-2009
A new UNICEF report has said that children around the world are experiencing fundamental infringements of their human rights, and suffering physical and psychological harms that have wide-reaching effects.
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Image: A society cannot thrive if it's youngest members are denied their basic rights/ Photo credit: UNICEF
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05-10-2009
India has made little progress in controlling child mortality, according to international child right group Save the Children. Its new report to be released today says two million children die below the age of five in India annually.
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30-09-2009
Southeast Asia has become a hotbed for commercial sexual exploitation of children due to the global economic downturn. Experts are of the view that governments are failing to do enough to protect young people.
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Image: Street children and stateless children are extremely vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation/ Photo credit: IRIN
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29-09-2009
Bangladesh is all set to revamp its education system. A new policy is near completion and its implementation is expected to boost the country's lacklustre literacy rate, and modernise madrasaas by reinforcing the importance of science and information technology in their curricula.
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Image: A girl's right to education will also be a primary concern of the new policy/ Photo credit: IRIN
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23-09-2009
Residential Bridge Course, an innovative educational programme running in central India has provided many school dropout girls a chance to rediscover themselves. Using play methods for teaching, the UNICEF-Uttar Pradesh government led initiative also helps them learn leadership and life skills.
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Image: Happy faces at ALPANA, the residential bridge school at Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India/ Photo credit: UNICEF
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18-09-2009
Yellow buses – equipped with TV screen, books, puzzles and toys – are reaching out to children of migrant workers in India's capital. This DFID funded government project has been successful in getting dropouts back in school.
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Image: Teachers in India are determined to teach the least privileged children/ Photo credit: Nick Cunard/ DFID
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18-09-2009
Oxfam has warned that at least 4.5 children in developing countries are at risk of dying in the absence of aid. Forcing poor countries to make difficult choices between life saving drugs, schooling, or protection against climate change is an unfair burden that will worsen poverty.
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Image: Sufia stands on the raised ground with her daughter/ Photo credit: Dan Chung/ Oxfam
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