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For children, their rights and equitable development

About
The Terre des Hommes International Federation is a network of ten national organisations working for the rights of children and to promote equitable development without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination.
Changes We Want
Change is about advocacy. Advocacy is about changing policies, behaviour and way of working. Terre des Hommes’ advocacy comes directly from the life and views of children and their communities whose human rights have been violated. These are the changes that we are pushing for.
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Publications
Terre des Hommes produces specialised expertise on specific “niche” issues in the context of child rights, development and humanitarian aid. This expertise comes directly from the lessons we draw from our field projects and serves as basis for change. The Media plays an important role in that, and we provide them with regular press releases.
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2017 GFMD
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2017 Child Labour Report
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LATEST NEWS
- The digital transformation of emergency relief and healthcare
  - By TDH
  - On August 22, 2017
  Posted In Africa, Emergency, Health, News and Events
  
  The digital revolution is already having many effects on our society. Mobile apps and other resources abound with convenient solutions for improving people’s lives – from ordering food to finding a date. But technological advances are also playing a big role in far more crucial ways – helping organisations deliver quality, targeted humanitarian action and […]
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- Remembering Rio 2016: A year after the Olympic Games
  - By TDH
  - On August 8, 2017
  Posted In Brazil, Human Rights, News and Events
  
  In a series of interviews with the Children Win Campaign, a year on we remember how Rio residents’ lives came second to the Olympics. “To the future host countries, I ask that people stay alert and not let mega events be something more important than the life of the people in a city.” Rio-Mother Ana Paula […]
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- EU must stop Hungary’s degradation of civil society space, says TDH
  - By TDH
  - On July 18, 2017
  Posted In News and Events
  
  New laws within Hungary could have a devastating effect on civil society in the country and across the region. Sendrine Constant, head of the Eastern European Zone at Terre des Hommes, explains the dangerous effects this law could have. How is the new law being proposed in Hungary affecting NGOs? The new law, supposedly to […]
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Updates: Destination Unknown
Children on the move photograph challenges to survival in Johannesburg

Children on the move in Johannesburg, South Africa have taken pictures of the daily challenges they have to overcome as part of a photo exhibition

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How young Afghans in Sweden hope to put the brakes on dangerous deportations

Popular protests have sprung up across Sweden against forcibly returning people, including unaccompanied minors, to Afghanistan. Anna Benedictsson from Destination Unknown campaign member One Third

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Living with fear: Facing gender based violence from street gangs

The reality concerning girls and teenagers in the Central American region is one tainted with gender based violence, which often pushes them to flee their

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Zimbabwe: with no documents, we are forced to undertake unsafe routes

Sixteen years old Munashe Mhanda sits at the Beitbridge border waiting for his chance to cross into neighbouring South Africa. He is fully aware of

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Locked out: How more refugees must benefit from new smartphone apps

In the wake of vast numbers of people seeking safety in the Middle East and Europe, the global online community has stepped in to offer

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Updates: Children Win
Remembering Rio: ‘In our city, there was no legacy’

One year ago this week the 2016 Rio Olympics began. Sadly for many of the city’s poorer people – especially the young – what should have been a joyous celebration came at a terrible cost. Throughout this week, in a […]

Remembering Rio: ‘My family and my community were violated’

One year ago this week the 2016 Rio Olympics began. Sadly for many of the city’s poorer people – especially the young – what should have been a joyous celebration came at a terrible cost. Throughout this week, in a […]

Remembering Rio: ‘People’s lives came second to the Olympics’

One year ago this week the 2016 Rio Olympics began. Sadly for many of the city’s poorer people – especially the young – what should have been a joyous celebration came at a terrible cost. Throughout this week, in a […]

The high price of Rio 2016: listen to the voices of the affected

One year ago this week the 2016 Rio Olympics began. Sadly for many of the city’s poorer people – especially the young – what should have been a joyous celebration came at a terrible cost. Throughout this week, in a […]

No clear commitment on human and child rights for Paris and Los Angeles 2024

Human and child rights are a “neglected area” in Paris and Los Angeles 2024 bids. This shows a report from the ‘Institute of Human Rights and Business’ (IHRB). The Games of the XXXII Olympiad will be the first to have […]
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