Full Coverage: Children

30.09.2005 New country-by-country data reveal inadequate progress on protecting children and women from vaccine-preventable diseases, despite the availability of low-cost vaccines, according to a new UNICEF study.

29.09.2005 Coinciding with the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year in Kosovo, the Children’s Rights Team (CRT) within the Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo announces the re-launch of a Kosovo-wide “Children’s Rights Awareness Campaign”.

28.09.2005 On September 20, 2005 has taken place a round table “Safety of children on the Internet”, organised by the UNESCO Information for All Programme National Committee of Russia and Microsoft Corp. branch in Russia and CIS at support of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the International organisation of a criminal police (Interpol).

27.09.2005 Islamic States account for the world's highest child mortality rates, where 60 per cent of children who die from disease and malnutrition never make it to their first birthday, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

27.09.2005 The leaders of a group of 28 Bushmen, which included seven children, have been arrested by Botswana police as they tried to enter their ancestral homeland, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

22.09.2005 inadequate rainfall and a poor harvest mean that 34 per cent of Malawians - including 1 million children and pregnant women - will be unable to get enough to eat until the next harvest in March 2006.

22.09.2005 Mercy Corps and Bright Horizons Family Solutions are rolling out a program to comfort and provide emotional security for young children severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina--just in time for kids heading back to school.

15.09.2005 A well known Austrian Company "Bayer" donated two hundred and eight thousand EUR to SOS Children's Village in Prishtina, intended as assistance for abandoned children there. Representatives of this company made a promise at this ocassion that they will continue to provide support in the future, contributing to projects that help abandoned children have opportune lives.

14.09.2005 Speakers at the award ceremony for Indian NGO, CPR Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC), stressed the need to understand the environment and enjoy the biodiversity it bestowed. Noted scientist MS Swaminathan said that India has a number of environmental hotspots which need to be protected.

14.09.2005 A new $4 billion fund supported by the U.K., France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden will support and scale up the work of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization over the next ten years and is expected to save 10 million lives in the developing world.

13.09.2005 The Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES) runs an educational program in India (Anoopshahar) for the rural girl child from economically and socially subordinate classes. The education practices provide girls with an employment opportunity and confidence to pursue other careers.

13.09.2005 Unemployed Palestinians staged a sit-in last week after their children were expelled from school because they couldn't pay school fees. A workers' rights group is calling on the Palestinian Authority to return the children to the classroom and ensure the fair distribution of jobs.

13.09.2005 Millions of children, particularly girls, face systematic obstacles to education that block progress towards reaching universal primary education, a new report reveals.

12.09.2005 Babies in the womb are at risk from hazardous non-stick chemicals, flame-retardants, perfumes and other gender-bending chemicals, according to a new report.

12.09.2005 The stories of Afghan women leaders in education, child protection, health, cultural preservation, and community service are being featured in a calendar to be used in classrooms to encourage girls to see women as role models in Afghanistan, a country where severe gender inequality exists.

09.09.2005 Butterflies, an Indian NGO is organising its third Annual Lecture on "Disasters and Children" in New Delhi on September 30. Human rights activist Teesta Seetalvad will be the chief guest and other panelists will include Actionaid International - India Country director Prof. Babu Mathew, SCF-UK India Programme Director Brian Heidel, Disaster Mitigation Institute's Honourary Director Mihir Bhat and senior editor of The Indian Express Pamela Philipose.

08.09.2005 Poor kids in Africa and Asia can benefit more from independent schools than government ones for a fraction of the cost, research suggests. Share your views.

08.09.2005 Israeli forces continue to restrict movement in Gaza despite fully evacuating the area of Jewish settlers and demolishing most of the settlements.

06.09.2005 The year 2002 has come back, it seems, and floods rampage all over Europe once again. The Mura has already flooded, the Drava is a serious threat, and the Sava flooded Slavonija and caused great damages both in human settlements and in newly sown fields.

06.09.2005 One of the richest states in India, Maharashtra faces ignomy for not doing enough for its tribals as they die due to hunger and malnutrition. Official statistics say that nearly 1,085 infants have died due to hunger and malnutrition in four months this year.