Monthly Archives: June 2015

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  World refugee day : One in two refugees is a child

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On June 19, 2015
  Posted In Africa, Asia, Child Mobility, Egypt, Europe, Human Rights, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Middle East, News and Events, Syria

  “What the world often forgets is that refugees are not failed people even after their birth nations are considered to be failed states. We have dreams and aspirations. We are resilient as a people and we will continue our demand for decency and a place to call home.”- Farah Abdullahi, former child refugee, who reached […]

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• Baku Games: no world record for human rights

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On June 15, 2015
  Posted In Europe, Human Rights, Multi Sector, News and Events

  Brussels, 15 June 2015 – At the occasion of the first European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Children Win campaign led by Terre des Hommes, as part of the Sport and Rights Alliance, organized the #DrawAttention Cartoon Contest to raise awareness on Human Rights violations before, during and after Mega Sporting Events. The winners of the #DrawAttention contest were announced […]

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• “Bitter” Shrimps in our plates

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On June 11, 2015
  Posted In Asia, Cambodia, Child Explotation, MOs, Myanmar, News and Events, Press Release, TDH Germany, Thailand

   Migrants children exploited in fishery industry in Thailand Brussels, 11 June 2015 – In the Thai shrimp industry children are severely exploited. Six days a week, ten hours a day. They shell shrimps that end up on the plates of European consumers. Most of the children come from Myanmar, from where they migrate through smugglers. […]

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  Child Labour Report 2015

  
  

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  • On June 11, 2015
  Posted In Research & Reports

  Slavery on fishing vessels, debt bondage, human trafficking and child labour: read the alarming findings of our Child labour Report 2015 on how the Thai shrimp industry is exploiting migrant children.

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• European Development Days 2015

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On June 4, 2015
  Posted In Child Mobility, Europe, News and Events

  Brussels, European Development Days, 04 June 2015 – Migration has been high on the agenda of the 2015 European Development Days edition. Both Presidents of the European Commission and of the European Parliament made strong points on Migration as crucial issue in the EU development discourse in their respective opening speeches. As member of CONCORD and its Migration&Development […]

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• A ‘NEW FIFA’ ? ONLY IF REFORMS ADDRESS CHILD RIGHTS ABUSES

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On June 4, 2015
  Posted In Human Rights, News and Events

  Geneva, 05 June 2015 – Football means a lot for millions of children around the world. The values and the magic of the game should continue to be enjoyed by children free of harm and abuse. FIFA’s sport-for-development projects, even though well intended, are not substitutes for the human rights of children. The values and […]

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