For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
World Refugee Day, 20th June 2013 More than 43 million people worldwide are on the move press realese Osnabrück, 19.06.2013 – Worldwide, according to United Nations estimates more than 43 million people are fleeing. Almost half of them are children under the age of 18. In order to protect these children and to strengthening their […]
CONTINUE READING →“What can you do to protect children on the move” is an handbook designed to help organisations to review any activities they organise concerning children who leave home and to enable them to question the ways they have worked in the past, opening up the possibility of using new methods to benefit “children on the […]
CONTINUE READING →The Foundation Terre des Hommes has been working in Haiti since 1989, and now, by an integral approach, is helping the children suffering from malnutrition and is also improving access to clean water and sanitation for families and the communities. In view of the repeated disasters since 2010, TDH supplies emergency aid and improves the […]
CONTINUE READING →Adoptions: Terre des Hommes celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and the Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (The Hague Adoption Convention of 29th May 1993) Geneva, 28 May 2013 – 20 years of existence of the Hague Adoption Convention shows that its ratification is not enough. Without effective […]
CONTINUE READING →Within the context of the World Day against Child Labour on June 12, the children”s aid organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands appeals to the Dutch Government to hasten efforts in the fight against child slavery at home and abroad. Although the urgency and dimension of this issue are internationally recognised, the Rutte administration does not […]
CONTINUE READING →Each year Terre des hommes witnesses young girls from rural zones in Morocco being exploited by employers in the city, despite the strengthening of laws in Morocco. Tdh workers in Morocco work to help these girls, but also to raise community awareness of the risks that these “little maids” face. Read More on TdH Lausanne […]
CONTINUE READING →Geneva, 12 June 2013 World Day against Child Labour: A round-table co-organised by Terre des Hommes 15.5 million children are domestic workers, the vast majority of them are girls. Many of them are isolated, suffer from various forms of abuses and can’t attend school. The round-table emphasized on the necessity to make child domestic workers […]
CONTINUE READING →As on every June 12, the World Day Against Child Labour highlights the plight of the millions of children compelled to work, often in hazardous environments and endangering their physical and mental health. On this day Terre des hommes wants to emphasize the extent of a phenomenon it has been fighting for the past 50 […]
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