Children

Last week, on February 12th, UNICEF issued a press release urging donors to give some $856 million to aid women and children and women who have been victimized by such emergencies as the conflicts in Chad and Kenya, to natural disasters such as the floods in Mozambique. Launching its Humanitarian Action Report 2008, UNICEF stated […]

A recent report published on February 5th, by the World Bank has found that those countries in the Middle East and North Africa need drastic improvements and repairs to their education systems in order to meet the demands the global world. "The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa”, takes […]

More than a city that is pro-child we must work to see a world that is pro child, a world where children no longer have to live in fear. A world in which children are not the pawns of war, the heartless victims of political roulette, the unwitting legacies of ruthless leaders…the children for which […]

Suicide bombers have become a mainstay in today's modern warfare, we have become hardened by their continual actions and rarely does one become shocked to see headlines like, “suicide bomber kills 11”. Modern suicide bombing began in the 1980's during the Lebanese Civil War, and has since spread to more than 12 countries, including Iraq, […]

The skills of women who work as birth attendants in rural Uganda are extremely important to the well-being of both mothers and babies. Charity groups are trying to train many of these birth attendants as far too many still rely on traditional and outdated approaches to assisting labor. The Guardian (London)) Healthcare threatened by political […]

February 12 is the annual commemoration day to draw attention to the use of children in armed conflict and war. The Optional Protocol, Article 4, 6.3, adopted by the General Assembly in 2002 stipulates that state parties "shall takes all feasible measures to ensure persons below the age of 18 do not take a direct […]

It has been historically proven that sports bring people and countries closer together, that is what the Olympics has stood for, and ever four years it brings stories of triumph, inspiration and hope. But the Olympics are not the only sports arena where battles have been fought, for many girls around the world sports was, […]

"Street children…are prey to anything and they know things children should not." – Nevine is 18, has lived on Cairo's streets for 4 years (Still dreaming of a better future : a Cairo street girl recounts her traumatic experiences). The issue of street children is nothing new on the international children's right radar, however in […]

Let us then forget not to seek and search for truth and see the beauty in all that surrounds us. The truth is the key to the future, beauty is the knowing and seeing a peaceful future for all the worlds children.

No one needs to tell us that children who have proper diets of nutritious food from an early age will have opportunities at a more prosperous life than their malnourished counter parts. Nutrition directly relates to a child's health, but what about a child's future wealth? According to a recent study in The Lancet, a […]

  The issue of HIV/AIDS among children is not a new one, especially as the virus continues to blight the continent of Africa, and many other developing nations. Millions of children have been given a death sentence at birth, millions more are left to suffer their dark fate alone as orphans. The number of mother […]

Teen terror suspect argues that current international law regarding to the use of child soldiers, rules out over the the governments efforts to prosecute him as a war criminal. Omar Khadr, was only 15 years old when he was captured and detained by United States military forces in July 2002, for throwing a grenade which […]