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in December, 15th 2010, the Egypt National Child Rights Observatory, its partners, the National Council of Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), the Egypt Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), the United Nations Children’s Fund in Egypt (UNICEF), with the collaboration of the Italian Co-operation, is going to organize the regional conference “Child Participation: Together We Decide”. We are, therefore, inviting policy experts, practitioners as well as academic researchers from…See More

Dear friends,Child labour is an undesirable practice which persists in various forms all over the globe. An estimated 158 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labour - one in six children in the world. They are engaged in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere but invisible, toiling as domestic servants in homes, labouring behind the walls of workshops…See More

Child protection approaches and initiatives reflecting the lived realities of children, their communities and cultures.

CPP is a 3 year program which brings together diverse partners from the public and private sectors with expertise in IT, law enforcement, child protection, rights and development.

The focus of the Asia Pacific Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, APCCAN 2009, is prevention. The conference provides a unique opportunity for contribution by researchers and professionals working across the very broad spectrum of prevention and early intervention stategies (including those working in maternal and child health, domestic violence, substance dependence, mental health, homelessness, early childhood development, crime prevention, family law etc)