Full Coverage: Children
August 2007
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08/31/2007
The second Internet Governance Forum is taking place in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November, the participants of the event will gather in Geneva at the Palais des Nations on Monday, 3 September to discuss the details of the agenda and programme of the four-day meeting in Brazil.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Internet] |
08/30/2007
The government of an Indian state, Rajasthan has started putting in place a plan to make Jaipur a WiFi city by providing wireless Internet access throughout the city, as was announced by the Chief Minister in the budget speech earlier this year.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [ICT] [Internet] |
08/24/2007
The monsoon floods in north Indian state of Bihar have been overwhelming in magnitude and severity compared to previous years. Women and children are the vulnerable victim and face the continuing challenge of surviving in such a critical scenario.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Emergency Relief] [Health] [Gender] [Governance] Image: Flood © Centre for Science and Environment
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08/23/2007
Namaku Mirza Retelia, 28 tahun. Pada Januari 2000 aku menikah dengan seorang pecandu narkotika. Ternyata, dia juga terinfeksi HIV. Oh, Tuhan! Aku terlambat mengetahui semua itu.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] [Disease/treatment] Image: Ibu dan anak. Sumber www.usfcenter.org
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08/22/2007
Philippines based firm TechFactors Inc has developed edutainment software to make technology education interactive and fun for children.
Read moreRelated: [Philippines] [Education] [ICT] |
08/21/2007
Save the Children in Sri Lanka and Save the Children Sweden launched their latest publication ‘Bridging the Gap’. The documentation is an important contribution to the development of Save the Children's understanding of the immediate living environment on the protection and care of children in emergencies.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [MDGs] [Development] [Emergency Relief] [Governance] |
08/21/2007
Pohjois-Ossetiassa sijaitsevan Beslanin koulu numero 1:n piirityksestä on kulunut kolme vuotta syyskuun alussa. Piirityksessä kuoli 331 henkilöä, heidän joukossaan 186 lasta. Lisäksi 783 ihmistä haavoittui. Venäjän Punaisen Ristin mukaan aupunkilaiset ovat vähitellen toipumassa tragediasta.
Read moreFrom: Punainen Risti Related: [Russian Federation] [Conflict] |
08/20/2007
The Brunei Ministry of Education has allocated US$5.9 million fund for Information Technology project, which will connect students in Brunei schools.
Read moreRelated: [Education] [Poverty] [ICT] |
08/13/2007
The Abel T Motshoane School in Mabopane, North of Pretoria in South Africa has become the first in the country to have a wireless network technology by implementing mobile e-Learning infrastructure and teaching skills in the school.
Read moreRelated: [Education] [ICT] [Knowledge] |
08/13/2007
"Jokaisella lapsella tai nuorella tulee olla oikeus ihmisarvoiseen elämään", muistuttaa tasavallan presidentti Tarja Halonen tervehdyksessään Taksvärkki ry:n Kenia-keräykselle. Taksvärkki ry:n tulevan juhla-keräys kohdistuu Kenian katulapsien tukemiseen.
Read moreFrom: Taksvärkki ry Related: [Kenya] [International Cooperation] |
08/13/2007
Sebanyak tiga ibu hamil di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Ujung Pandang Baru terindikasi HIV/AIDS. Ketiganya berpotensi menyebarkan virus itu ke janin yang dikandungnya.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] [Disease/treatment] [Infant Mortality] Image: Siluet kehamilan. Sumber http://www1.istockphoto.com/
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08/09/2007
Intel Corp. ties up with three Indian PC vendors, including HCL Infosystems Ltd., Wipro Ltd., and Zenith Computers Ltd to assemble the Classmate PC. The company will start shipping the product to Indian schools in September, 2007 which will be sold only to schools and not through retail channels to consumers.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Education] [ICT] [Knowledge] |
08/09/2007
An Indian NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) has rescued 129 child labourers from New Delhi in 2005 and filed the case in The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to register the children under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976. After 2 years the commission grants the issue of release certificates and asks for their rehabilitation.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Labor] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] |
08/08/2007
The Indian Minister of Communication and Information Technology has announced that about one lakh broadband enabled service centres will come up in the country by March, 2008. He added that one centre will come up for every six villages with all e-governance services.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Poverty] [ICT] [Knowledge] [Governance] |
08/08/2007
Plan haastoi keväällä 2007 nuoret tekemään rap- ja hiphop-musiikkia lasten oikeuksista. Kilpailu poiki kymmeniä koskettavin sanoitusten siivittämiä biisejä, joita myös aikuisten kannattaa kuunnella ja lukea. Kilpailussa räpättiin sekä suomalaisten että maailman lasten elämästä.
Read moreFrom: Plan Suomi Säätiö |
08/07/2007
A recent publication by Save the Children UK says the effects of global warming will hit the most children in developing countries. The report hopes to make public feel the scale of threat faced by future generations that is often left unacknowledged.
Read moreRelated: [Climate Change] [Activism] [Governance] Image: Climate change will have adverse impact on children © Centre for Science and Environment
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08/06/2007
The 'Stop Child Labour - School is the best place to work' campaign has prepared a draft report 'Proposed Action Plan to Combat Child Labour - 15 Recommendations for Companies'. The campaign is inviting comments from companies as well as from stakeholders to assist them in combating child labour effectively.
Read moreRelated: [Human Rights] [Civil Society] [Justice and Crime] [Law] Image: Lets join hands to stop child labour
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08/06/2007
Koululaisia työvoimanaan käyttänyt kiinalainen Le Kit Stationary -yhtiö on menettänyt oikeuden käyttää tuotteissaan Pekingin olympiakisojen 2008 tunnuksia. Kisojen järjestelykomitea perui yhtiön linsessin, kun sen omat tutkimukset olivat vahvistaneet Play Fair 2008 -verkoston jo aiemmin tekemät paljastukset. Kolme muuta työlakien rikkomuksista syytettyä lisenssitehdasta joutui kisajärjestejien tarkkailuun.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [China] [Labor] [Human Rights] |
08/05/2007
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (OneWorld) - Breastfeeding within the first hour of life can drastically reduce the number of early childhood deaths in developing countries, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said this week, adding that more than one third of child deaths occur during "the first fragile month of life."
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Education] [Youth] [Health] [Infant Mortality] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Culture] [Knowledge] |
08/02/2007
Senegalin pääkaupunkiin Dakariin perustettu lähiökirjasto otti askeleen kohti digiaikaa. Kirjasto hyödyntää kotikirjastojen arkistointiin tarkoitettua, Internetissä toimivaa LibraryThing-sovellusta. Läheisen koulun oppilaat ovat alkaneet kirjoittamaan omia kirja-arvosteluja, jotka liitetään myöhemmin LibraryThingiin. Tietoverkkojen avulla pienet kirjastot voivat laajentaa mahdollisuuksia kirjojen lainaamiseen muista lähikirjastoista.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Senegal] [Capacity Building] [Education] [Intermediate Technology] [ICT] |
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