Full Coverage: Children

28.01.2008 About 30% of schools in India are without permanent structures, about 14% have no drinking water facility and about 60% have no separate toilets for girls, according to the latest official figures. It is obvious that lack of infrastructure has impact on quality of education.

28.01.2008 India is home to 61 million stunted children – more than half the total number of kids under the age of five and 34% of the world’s young ones. The diminutive growth is attributed to malnutrition during pregnancy and first two years of birth, says The Lancet report, underlining the importance of ‘golden interval of intervention’.

23.01.2008 For parents grappling with poverty, sending kids to school is difficult; for teachers it is hard to keep them at school when they are always hungry. Nepal is faced with a problem of children either not enrolling or dropping out due to widespread hunger.

23.01.2008 More than 26,000 children die everyday in the world before they see their fifth birthday. Along with sub-Saharan Africa, India has been identified with high under-five mortality in UNICEFÂ’s new report on the state of the worldÂ’s children. It calls for community-level integration of essential services to arrest this disturbing phenomenon.

23.01.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (OneWorld) - Tens of thousands of children die each day, many because they have no access to simple medical treatments, say the authors of a new study released here Tuesday.

22.01.2008 The movement to end female genital cutting continues to spread across many parts of Africa. Molly Melching and the women of Senegal are leading the way with innovative, culturally sensitive programs to educate and relieve suffering.

In a telling OneWorld dialogue, Molly Melching discusses Tostan's uniquely successful approach to development and how it relates to traditions, values, human rights, and human nature.

22.01.2008 Betty Makoni drew on an unimaginable personal tragedy to build an unparalleled network of empowered young women.

22.01.2008 An initiative to boost computer literacy in southern IndiaÂ’s Kerala has achieved a new milestone under an ambitious scheme that has provided a software to 15,000 primary school children in their mother tongue. Learning computer skills in oneÂ’s own language greatly enhances the grasping power.

22.01.2008 An initiative to boost computer literacy in Kerala in southern India has achieved a new milestone under an ambitious scheme that provides a software to 15,000 primary school children in their mother tongue. Learning computer skills in oneÂ’s own language will greatly enhance the grasping power of these children.

21.01.2008 Weak law enforcement and a feudal mindset are some of the reasons for growing child abuse in Pakistan, says a report by Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA). The country is also a major hub for the trafficking of children from South Asia to the Middle East and Europe.

20.01.2008 Young children are forced into labour to produce unbaked bricks at nearly 6,000 brick kilns in Pakistan. Despite laws banning forced labour, the country has over 1.7 million bonded labourers, many of them children, says the International Labour Organisation.

18.01.2008 Not long ago there was a time when Chinese toys had invaded Indian markets. However Chinese products are no longer seen as safe to play with. Hand-made toys by Indian artisans are now increasingly becoming popular in international market because of their innovative designs, improved quality and safety.

17.01.2008 The Socio Economic Development Trust has succeeded in bringing thousands of dropouts in villages of western India back to school. Bal Panchayats or village-level children's organisations have played a prominent role not only in mobilising kids and their parents, but also teachers and officials to be responsive to their needs.

16.01.2008 As the truce between Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels ends on January 16, humanitarian agencies have raised concern over its possible impact on aid delivery. Fresh violence could affect over a hundred thousand displaced people and put at risk the safety of its workers, say agencies.

15.01.2008 A study conducted in Pune, a city in western Indian state of Maharashtra, shows that most of the waste-picking is carried out by children. Those who should be spending their time playing and attending schools are forced by circumstances to take up a hazardous profession at a tender age.

14.01.2008 The designers of the "$100 Laptop" are driving modern technologies to be more accessible and relevant to the vast billions who previously lacked access.

10.01.2008 While the Bangladesh cyclone claimed thousands of lives and left millions homeless, there remain large parts of the population who have gone missing. Bangladesh Red Crescent is now working on a database of those missing, mostly women and children, to help link them up with their loved ones.

08.01.2008 Vigorous campaigns in IndiaÂ’s north-eastern state of Tripura by the government have steered ahead the immunisation drive. Employing both traditional and modern methods like drum beating and making announcements using helicopters have helped in ensuring overwhelming participation by tribals, says Ratna Bharali Talukdar, a renowned Guwahati-based freelance journalist.

08.01.2008 A newly launched portal to educate children about disaster management issues aims to convey the message through photographs, videos and games related to disaster management. Also, a report presented by social activist Medha Patkar highlights the demand for a river basin authority to mitigate the damage caused by floods in the Krishna river basin.

03.01.2008 UNICEF has recently released 2007 Tsunami Report, highlighting progress made for children in last three years. In 2004, tsunami waves had claimed more than 200,000 lives and devastated towns and communities.