For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
Safe from the violence they experienced in Myanmar, the Rohingya people are now encountering serious problems in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh. In one of the tarpaulin and bamboo huts which form the labyrinth that is Kutupalong camp, Nour* cuddles her eight-month-old daughter Ayesha*. One year ago, this 25-year-old woman was forced to […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 10 December 2018 Interviews available upon request The adoption of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is a significant step forward in the fight to protect the rights of children on the move or affected by migration in other ways, said Terre des Hommes today. One in eight migrants […]
CONTINUE READING →One in every four children across the world lives in a disaster zone. Their rights are often violated when a disaster occurs, and they can be affected by any trauma they experience in these situations for the rest of their lives. Children are at risk of having their rights infringed in disaster zones for many […]
CONTINUE READING →European Union spending on overseas development aid decreased in 2017 for the first time in 5 years, showing the bloc is neglecting its commitment to fight poverty across the globe, a new report from European development confederation CONCORD reveals. The CONCORD AidWatch Report 2018 shows how despite the EU collectively remaining the world’s largest aid […]
CONTINUE READING →In humanity’s efforts to empower children and create a world where every child is treated fairly, levelling the playing field between boys and girls is crucial. Girls all over the word are systematically discriminated against, with those born into poverty and lacking the opportunities to improve their circumstances at the most risk. Exploitative child labour, […]
CONTINUE READING →August 23, 2018 Twenty-seven migrant children were finally allowed to disembark from the Italian coastguard ship Diciotti yesterday, after being refused permission to leave for almost a week by Interior Minister of Italy Matteo Salvini. A Terre des Hommes employee at the scene describes what she experienced watching them leave the ship. In the last […]
CONTINUE READING →European Union leaders must respect the asylum claims of migrant children attempting to reach Europe and not outsource these obligations to other countries, Terre des Hommes and the Destination Unknown campaign said today (27 June) ahead of a European Council meeting on migration. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels tomorrow (28 June), with leaked conclusions […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 14 June 2018 Children, including some who are unaccompanied, are being endangered by uncertainty in the Mediterranean caused by the Aquarius incident, children’s rights organisation Terre des Hommes warned today. Both Italy and Malta’s refusal to allow the boat, which carried 629 people rescued at sea, to dock in either country forced migrants […]
CONTINUE READING →Over 152 million children are involved in child labour worldwide, with 72 million working in conditions that are seriously hazardous to their health and wellbeing. It is a violation of children’s rights to force them to sacrifice their health, their education and their future to work. To combat this, Terre des Hommes is working with […]
CONTINUE READING →In order to bring the voices of children directly into discussions with the United Nations, Terre des Hommes created a video so children in India and southern Africa could explain how their rights are being infringed. In India, people living on or near the coast are threatened by cyclones, windstorms and heavy rain. Every year, […]
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