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Francisco Violich Gotta Respect The Youth!

August 9th, 2010

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Today was a historic day for the youth representing the countries in ASEAN which are linked by the Mekong River. For the first time in it's 30 years existence, the leaders of ASEAN have formally requested that the voices of the youth be heard! Sixty youth ranging in age from 8 to 25 split into groups to decide on the most important issues that they wish to be shared with the members of ASEAN. Many themes were discussed and the top 7 were ch… Continue

Added by Francisco Violich on August 9, 2010 at 10:01pm — No Comments

Kara O'Brien Canadian Girls Say . . .

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Canadian Girls Say… is a groundbreak… Continue

Added by Kara O'Brien on June 25, 2010 at 10:41am — 1 Comment

Kara O'Brien New Child and Youth Commissioner in Prince Edward Island

It's not a Child & Youth Advocate,

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Added by Kara O'Brien on June 19, 2010 at 10:57am — No Comments

Magdalena James The Right in Education

Education is necessary to every child in the world. We need to educate our community to be aware about child rights(education) in particular. Thank you. Continue

Added by Magdalena James on May 24, 2010 at 5:19am — 1 Comment

Taryn Danford Unchain Canada's Foreign Aid Giant

An article written by Barry Carin and Gordon Smith for Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/unchain-canadas-foreign-aid-giant/article1565251/

Gordon is the Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The Centre for Global Studies houses the In

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Added by Taryn Danford on May 18, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Taryn Danford Effects of Media Today on Children

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Added by Taryn Danford on May 10, 2010 at 12:27pm — No Comments

Taryn Danford NSPCC says 2m child abuse images circulated on internet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8647011.stm More than two million images of child sex abuse had been circulated by 100 offenders who went on to be convicted in the last 20 months, the NSPCC says. In a sample created by analysing media reports of court cases, the charity found that nearly 50,000 of the photographs were in the worst category. One in four offenders had held positions of trust, including as teachers, clergymen, medic… Continue

Added by Taryn Danford on May 10, 2010 at 10:41am — No Comments

Dr Mala Bhandari Hi Alise

we will miss you. Continue

Added by Dr Mala Bhandari on April 25, 2010 at 1:52am — 1 Comment

Elise Human Rights Council to develop UN communications procedure for violations of Children's Rights

"Today (Wednesday 24 March 2010), the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to start drafting a new international human rights instrument enabling the Committee on the Rights of the Child to receive and examine communications from children and their representa

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Added by Elise on March 29, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Elise UN Human Rights Council holds its Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child

On March 10th, 2010 the Human Rights Council (HRC) held its second Annual full-day meeting on the Rights of the Child which was devoted to the Fight against sexual violence against children.

To learn more about the meeting and to watch a webcast of the events click here.

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Added by Elise on March 19, 2010 at 3:35pm — No Comments

ismail mohamed abdi ATEA Support to Hargeisa Orphanage Centre

ATEA members provided various valuable items for Hargeisa Orphanage Center through Ismail Mohamed Abdi March 16,2010. This is not the first that ATEA have donated an essential support. ATEA provided help to these children a number of times, but this news covers the recent support as stated below';

1. 41 pairs(long trouser and shirt) of primary school uniform
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Added by ismail mohamed abdi on March 18, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Holly Courtright Report on outcomes from an international conference on remedies for violations to the CRC

The aim of this report is to highlight key observations, conclusions and conversations resulting from the international conference Convention on the Rights

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Added by Holly Courtright on March 4, 2010 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Elise Empowering practices for working with marginalized youth

This article was co-authored by IICRD's Natasha Blanchet-Cohen and builds off of the experiences from the YouthScape project.

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Added by Elise on February 25, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Holly Courtright Abused Online - A recent report out of Sweden on online abuse of children and adolescents

A recent report published by BUP Elefanten (Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit) and the County Council of Östergötland and written by Anders Nyman, a Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Commissioner and Film censor addresses some of the current and arising trends of online abuse.

The report, funded by the World Childhood Foundation, is an in-depth look at some of the issues that children and youth face when using ICT and works to inform pro

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Added by Holly Courtright on February 17, 2010 at 11:37am — No Comments

Camilo guaqueta Balance a la luz de los 20 años de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño. Retos y Desafíos. Ponencia de Sergio Pinheiro

Sérgio Pinheiro, relator sobre los Derechos de la Niñez de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), realizo una presentación en el vigesimo Congreso Panamericano del Niño, la Niña y Adolescentes , llevado a cabo en Lima durante Octubre del 2009.

El documeto presenta un balance sobre los avances y retos que se presenta en el contexto americano de cara a la vigencia plena de los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes, haciendo especial enfasis en el ámbito normativo, in… Continue

Added by Camilo guaqueta on February 9, 2010 at 11:54am — No Comments

Elise ECPAT-USA releases a guide on Protecting Children From Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Violence in Disaster and Emergency Situations

I thought this was especially relevent due to the recent disaster in Haiti.

"This manual, as the title suggests, is about how to protect children from sexual violence and sexual exploitation, specifically in disaster and emergency situations. It is not intended to be an academic report but instead is a practical guide that we hope will be of use to people working directly in the field. The aim is to provide fundamental information to assist personnel working in emergency situat

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Added by Elise on February 8, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Jennifer Tang Overseas Development Institute Briefing Paper: "Raising the game: mainstreaming children’s rights"

Raising the game: mainstreaming children's rights. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Briefing Paper 56, by Caroline Harper & Nicola Jones, November 2009.

From the article:

Key points
• Twenty years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights are still not seen as a serious political issue
• Children’s rights should be mainst… Continue

Added by Jennifer Tang on February 8, 2010 at 12:58pm — 2 Comments

Elise RCMP rescues suspected victims of child porn ring

A recent article in the Vancouver Sun explains how six young Surrey children were among seven Canadian kids rescued by police this week as suspected victims of an international child pornography ring.

The police were alerted to the situation from an international source that linked the image exchange to a British Columbian home.

This article is a great example of how people are working across borders to stop this awlful situation from occuring.

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Added by Elise on February 8, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

ismail mohamed abdi Child protection meeting

Child Protection Meeting Somaliland Ministry of Justice organized meeting for UN, INGOs and local organization involving in Child protection issues. The meeting was held in Ministry of Justice on 27/1/2010, at 9:00 AM-10:30 AM. Agenda of the meeting was to develop concrete strategy plan for coordinating child protection activities in the country under Ministry of Justice. The meeting was chaired by Vice Minister of Ministry of justice A Seniors officers from various organizations attended t… Continue

Added by ismail mohamed abdi on January 27, 2010 at 8:14am — 1 Comment

Elise Raffi Opens Centre for Child Honoring

One of the most widely recognized children's entertainers, Raffi, has opened a Centre for Child Honoring on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia Canada. The Centre aims to "TO HELP TRANSFORM SOCIETIES FOR THE GREATEST GOOD by meeting the needs of their young, the Centre plans to launch project initiatives within the sectors of Education, Communications, Innovation and Society." Check out their website http://www.childhonouring.org/… Continue

Added by Elise on January 25, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

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