Tag: Child Rights
UN rights report points to ‘increasing regularity’ of attacks on girls seeking education
A new United Nations human rights report seeking to analyse the problem of attacks against girls trying to access education found that schools in at least 70 different countries were attacked in the five years between 2009 and 2014, with many attacks specifically targeting girls, parents and teachers advocating...
Vast improvement in child welfare, says Unicef
The overall wellbeing of children in Malaysia has improved tremendously in the last 20 years, said UNICEF Representative in Malaysia, Wivina Belmonte.
Published: Wednesday February 18, 2015 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Wednesday February 18, 2015 MYT 7:39:25 AM
KUALA LUMPUR: The overall wellbeing of children in Malaysia has improved tremendously in the...
How anxiety and despair haunt trafficked children
For children and young people exploited by traffickers in Southeast Asia, escape or rescue ought to put an end to their nightmare. But new research paints a grim picture of the lasting effects on their mental health.
By Elizabeth Blunt
LONDON, 9 September 2015 (IRIN) - For children and young people...
Myanmar rights body urges action against police over student crackdown
Myanmar's national human rights body has urged the government to take legal action against police who beat up protesters at an education reform rally, as dozens of activists remain detained over a case that has sparked international alarm.
September 12, 2015 6:31 pm
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's national human rights body...
Tackling Child Sex Trafficking in Cambodia
Today marks the UN's World Day against Trafficking in Persons. It's a noble day dedicated to a noble cause, to be sure, but what does it really mean to be "against trafficking?" We can talk about how wrong it is to buy and sell young girls and boys to...
Vietnam intensifies protection of women, children’s rights under ASEAN
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs recently held a conference on directions for the operation of the Vietnam chapter of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
VNA Sunday, November 29, 2015 - 17:04:29
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of...
PH rallies ASEAN states to aid women, kids in conflict situations
The Philippines urged member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to work together to formulate a responsive framework that will address the needs of women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations.
by Roy Mabasa
December 11, 2015
The Philippines urged member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
Officials agreed that 10,000 children in Tak should be registered: lawyer
ABOUT 10,000 unregistered children in Tak province are still waiting to be recognised and registered according to human rights lawyer Surapong Kongchantuk, chairman of the Lawyers Council of Thailand’s human rights subcommittee on ethnic minorities.
VISARUT SANKHAM
THE NATION February 1, 2016 1:00 am
ABOUT 10,000 unregistered children in Tak province are...
UN pushes Myanmar to release detained Rohingya children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a sweeping military campaign in Rakhine state.
By Afp | Published: 10:20 BST, 9 April 2017 | Updated: 10:20 BST, 9 April 2017
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government...
Child Marriage Is No More Than A Custom; It Is Not Part Of Sharia Or Worship, Says UNICEF
The Children's Fund of the United Nations (PBB) has reminded Malaysia that child marriage under the age of 18 years old is grossly wrong as it goes against the basis of human rights.
Published on Friday, 07 April 2017 14:14
KUALA LUMPUR: The Children's Fund of the United Nations (PBB) has...
