Full Coverage: Children

31.07.2007 UNESCO handed over 82 pieces of equipment, granted under a US$2.5 million project, funded by Italy, to create a new TV studio aimed at developing educational broadcasting in Afghanistan. The project started in 2003, and helped the Ministry of Education to achieve its goal of providing education to Afghans in all parts of the country.

31.07.2007 Indian state Gujarat, which lies on the west coast, is celebrating a successful school enrollment drive that started five years ago to ensure all children, especially girls, are enrolled in schools. Through community mobilisation in 18,000 Gujarat villages the initiative has met with sizeable success.

26.07.2007 Aborted female foetuses continue to be unearthed from all over India irrespective of regional differences as recent investigations
demonstrate from two economically diverse states - Orissa and
Maharashtra.

25.07.2007 Intel Pakistan has introduced the Intel-Powered Classmate PC, which will provide affordable, collaborative learning environments for the students of some government schools in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

24.07.2007 A new research says that with controversies taking place often - genetically modified crops and AIDS drugs - there has to be more involvement of the common man in decision-making related to scientific and technological issues.

24.07.2007 The first International Conference ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW 2007 that will take place in Moscow from September 30 - October 3, 2007 will showcase e-learning technologies, experiences and development in the field of education.

24.07.2007 The United Nations and the Maoists have agreed on the resumption of the second phase of registration and verification of Maoist army personnel – to ensure that no minors are
serving – as soon as possible.

24.07.2007 Dr. Vibhuti Patel reviews Tulsi PatelÂ’s Sex-selective Abortion in India: Gender, Society and New Reproductive Technologies. This collection of essays unravels the reasons for the depleting child sex ratio in India, with focus on ways in which new reproductive technologies, such as the ultrasound, are misused at the family, community and state levels.

23.07.2007 The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) which is a national network of organizations and individuals dedicated to
protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding, is celebrating the World Breastfeeding Week 2007 by organising a hundred rallies across India on 1 August 2007.

23.07.2007 The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) will shortly set up a taskforce to review its module on sex education in schools. Many Indian schools have refused to introduce the subject because of its sensitivities.

23.07.2007 Paul Horwitz who directs the Computer-Assisted Performance Assessment project, recommends coming up with new educational tools to help the students in more creative way.

17.07.2007 The BBC World Service Trust's Afghan education project (AEP) has won a Bronze World Medal for its childrenÂ’s radio programme, The Ruined Castle. The prize was awarded at the International Radio Broadcasting Awards, which is part of the New York Festivals.

16.07.2007 Vision Ed’s Stonington Retreat in New York City will host a four-day intensive workshop on how best to integrate creative technology into classrooms. The retreat will help teachers, parents and administrators to start or continue a technology program at their schools or organizations. The retreat will take place from July 31st – August 3rd, 2007 at NYU’s Kimmel Center.

13.07.2007 Research by Ashland University and the Basel Action Network finds that electronic waste exported by the U.S. to China is exported back to the U.S. in the form of trinklets and charm jewellery that children use.
From: Basel Action Network

12.07.2007 UNICEFÂ’s voting campaign on clean water programme is among the top 50 finalists in The Members Project. American Express is donating US$1 for every card holder who registers, with a cash prize up to US$5 million to the winning idea. Voting ends July 15.

05.07.2007 A recent study in Dhaka, Bangladesh says immunisation can prevent life-threatening pneumonia and meningitis cases caused by Hib. The researchers recommend the Hib vaccine for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

05.07.2007 Delhi based non-profit organisation Development Alternatives is organising a training program on Livelihood Approach focusing on trafficking, its prevention and its links to migration. The workshop will be held from August 7-9, 2007 at TARAgram, Appropriate Technology Centre, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh.

04.07.2007 In Kenya e-learning activities are expanding the reach of university education, particularly among working professionals. Dr Speranza Ndege, Head of AVU Kenyatta University spoke on the need to remove taxation to make technology more affordable for the poor.

03.07.2007 Around a hundred schools in Perak, Malaysia will take part in an ICT programme to improve its academic scores in Science and Mathematics across the country.

02.07.2007 Pakistan is launching the largest-ever measles vaccination campaign to bring down disease-related deaths by 90 per cent by the year 2010. The partners in the initiative include the American Red Cross, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).