Child's Rights International (CRI), in partnership with the Action for Rural Education (ARE), launched the Civil Society Education Manifesto 2012 in Accra yesterday. | The main objective of the manifesto is "to guide civil society and the Ghanaian public to focus on socio-economic issues and ideologies (rather than personalities) in choosing, and, thereafter, supporting and assessing their government."
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation. | The children and teens were abducted from their homes, their schools, from fields and the sides of roads in eastern Congo.
A renegade Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes has resumed his recruitment of child soldiers in his fight against the Government, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation. | General Bosco Ntaganda defected from Congo's army in April after President Joseph Kabila announced plans to arrest him.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis are seen fighting for their children's rights in the debut Won't Back Down trailer. The 20th Century Fox drama stars the pair as two mothers whose kids are being failed by the education system. Based on a true story...
A Democratic Republic of Congo rebel general who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for recruiting child soldiers is again forcing boys into military service, Human Rights Watch said Wednes...
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation published Wednesday.
BBC,: Renegade Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is still forcing youngsters to fight, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. | Over the past month nearly 150 young men and boys have been recruited in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to HRW. | Those who escaped talk of being taken at gunpoint from schools and villages.
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation published Wednesday. | The children and teens were abducted from their homes, their schools, from fields and the sides of roads in eastern Congo.
Agencies: Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. | A report released on Wednesday by the London-based rights group said government soldiers had also carried out extrajudicial killings, branding the crisis Mali's worst human rights situation in 50 years.
A renegade Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes has begun to recruit child soldiers again to fight the government, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation released on Wednesday.
Independent Newspapers Online: Dakar - Amnesty International said Wednesday that armed Tuaregs and Islamists, who seized northern Mali after a coup, had carried out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. | A report released by the London-based rights group said soldiers had also carried out extrajudicial killings, branding the crisis Mali's worst human rights situation in 50 years.
AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia: 21:10 16 MAG 2012 (AGI) Kinshasa - Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda who led violent clashes against Congo's Democratic Republic government forces is said to be recruiting child soldiers. Human Rights Watch launched this alarm in a statement by saying that 48 children have been taken away from their families in the country's Northern region of Kivu since the 19th of April up to now.
International human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the ongoing conflict in Mali, saying it is accompanied by widespread looting, rape, murder and the use of child soldiers by rebels and soldiers.
COMMUNITY groups are being urged to bid for Lottery funding after three Neath Port Talbot organisations hit the jackpot. | View, which runs the Glynneath Training Centre, and Neath Port Talbot Children's Rights Unit were both awarded just under £250,000 last week. | They were successful in the Big Lottery Fund's People and Places Programme.
The Child's Rights International (CRI) in collaboration with Action for Rural Education (ARE) on Tuesday launched a 2012 Civil Society Education Manifesto to guide the next political administration for the period 2013-2016.
All Ghana News: The Child€™s Rights International (CRI) in collaboration with Action for Rural Education (ARE) on Tuesday launched a 2012 Civil Society Education Manifesto to guide the next political administration for the period 2013-2016.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the Children's Rights and Business Principles on 12 March 2012. Developed by UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children, the Principles call on business to step up their efforts to respect and support...
The Dutch children's ombudsman has called for better monitoring of children living in poverty in the Netherlands. According to the first edition of the Netherlands Children's Rights Monitor, one in 10...
Bhong Binondo of the Davao City Council for the Welfare and Protection of Children (DCCWPC) said they had launched appropriate advocacy if only to educate everyone with regards children's rights and protection. | Meanwhile, Paul Relacion, project officer of PLAN International, said they have organized a Network in Davao City dubbed as Davao City Community-Based Advocacy and Monitoring Group (CBAMG) as they call for an en...
The Dutch children's ombudsman has called for better monitoring of children living in poverty in the Netherlands. According to the first edition of the Netherlands Children's Rights Monitor, one in 10 children in the country grows up in poverty. | Looking for love? Interested in making new friends? Meet the most eligible internationals in Amsterdam. Don't miss out - true love could be waiting!
One in ten of Dutch children grows up in poverty, according to children's ombudsman Marc Dullaert in the first edition of the Netherlands Children's Rights Monitor. | According to his report, 327,000 children do not get enough healthy food. In many cases there is no money for sports club memberships or swimming lessons and their clothes and shoes are secondhand.
That's not doing anything fancy, just keeping children safe," said Marcia Robinson Lowry of Children's Rights . To bring attention to the issues surrounding foster care throughout our nation, advocacy group Children's Rights is launching an interactive...
Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng: He however charged the various Child's Rights activists in the country to investigate the issue and ascertain if his wife is truly 17-years-old as reported. “I am ashamed of Daily Guide and I know the good Lord will deal with Daily Guide…the girl...
The children's rights organisation Save the Children has compiled its 2012 Mothers' Index, which provides an overview of the health, education and economic situation of mothers and children in 165 countries around the world. The Mothers' Index is made...