Human Rights
/Infancy and adolescence
- Wed Oct 02 2002
Poverty, isolation and ill-treatment: juvenile justice in Burundi
This report, based on the findings of visits by AI delegates to six of Burundi's eleven prisons, highlights the multiple abuses children are suffering at the hands of the law.
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Human Rights
/Infancy and adolescence
- Mon Sep 30 2002
Croatia: xenophobes prey on schoolchildren
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting reports that children from minority groups are facing a bitter hate campaign at the start of the school year, in a disturbing sign that intolerance is on the rise in Croatia.
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Human Rights
/Infancy and adolescence
- Wed Sep 25 2002
Children and the death penalty: executions worldwide since 1990
The use of the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18 is prohibited under international human rights law, yet some countries still execute child offenders.
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Health
/Infancy and adolescence
- Thu Sep 19 2002
Birds and bees, boys and girls
An account of a media design project for communicating reproductive health information to rural young people in India. The goal of the project was to contribute to improving the reproductive health status of young rural persons through interactive processes of communication.
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Health
/Infancy and adolescence
- Wed Sep 11 2002
HIV and conflict: A double emergency
In the decade ahead, HIV/AIDS is expected to kill ten times more people than conflict. In conflict situations, children and young people are most at risk – from both HIV/AIDS infection and violence. This report reflects the International Save the Children Alliance’s experience of HIV/AIDS and its effects on young people in conflict situations around the world. (pdf)
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Infancy and adolescence
- Thu Aug 29 2002
The Vicious Circle of Sexual Exploitation
The sexual abuse of children in Kenya and other African countries has astronomical consequences on children's physical, psychological, and social development, and ends up in such tragedies as early pregnancy and the transmission of HIV/AIDS, says a new report by the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect and UNICEF.
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Education
/Infancy and adolescence
- Thu Aug 29 2002
Any child out of school is a child labourer
MV Foundation, which has its base in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh in south India, has developed a unique and powerful approach to deal with the twin problems of child labour and illiteracy.
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Health
/Infancy and adolescence
- Wed Aug 28 2002
Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
The document details 77 projects funded by USAID throughout the world. Reports and contact details for projects in 15 countries in Africa, as well as beneficiary projects in
Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. (pdf)
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Health
/Infancy and adolescence
- Tue Aug 27 2002
Evaluation of Pilot Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV/AIDS Transmission
This report summarises the interim findings of an evaluation of a programme introduced by the South African government in 2000, offering prevention of mother-to-child transmission services at 18 pilot sites.
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Infancy and adolescence
- Fri Aug 23 2002
Johannesburg Summit Could Undermine Efforts to Combat Child Poverty
A new report "Globalisation and Children's Rights: What Role for the Private Sector?" launched by Save the Children on the eve of the World Summit on Sustainable Development raises concerns over the Summit's plan to increase private sector involvement in development initiatives around the world.
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