For children, their rights and equitable development
Tens of thousands of child victims in international online sex crime; cases disclosed by Terre des Hommes The Hague, 4th November 2013 – Terre des Hommes Netherlands raises the alarm about a largely unknown, but quickly spreading new form of child exploitation that has got tens of thousands victims involved in the Philippines alone: webcam […]
CONTINUE READING →Lampedusa, 17th October 2013 – The conditions for the assistance of children at the Center of First Aid (Centro di Primo Soccorso) in Lampedusa are absolutely unacceptable. Designated for the reception of a maximum 250 people, the Center is now hosting around 800 people, about 200 of them are children. There are many families with […]
CONTINUE READING →Rome, 10 October 2013 –In Italy, sexual crimes against children have tripled in one year. Almost 80% of victims is female. Worldwide, 16 millions of girl children and young women give birth when they are too young. 125 millions of girl children and young women have suffered a form of genital mutilation. 7,5 millions of […]
CONTINUE READING →Brasilia, 08-10 October 2013 – For three days, professionals from 193 countries will evaluate the progress made for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour. Terre des Hommes is bringing its voice; we need political will to do so. Terre des Hommes will share its experience on working alongside domestic children and children […]
CONTINUE READING →Lampedusa, Italy, 03 and 05 October 2013 – “Enough with the Emergency Response Policy”. There is the need of a permanent answer involving all the humanitarian organizations present on the island”: this is the strong message of Terre des hommes Italy following today’s tragedy where hundreds of migrants lost their lives, including women and children. […]
CONTINUE READING →23 September 2013. The ILO publishes updated data on child labour. The global number of child labourers has decreased since 2000. The objective to eliminate worst forms of child labour by 2016 will not be met in the current pace. Asia-Pacific and Sub-Sahara Africa are the most critical regions in absolute and proportion numbers of […]
CONTINUE READING →Human Rights for Development – Terre des Hommes signs a Joint Letter to Ban Ki-moon Ahead of the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly, 67 organisations are signing a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. They reaffirm their demands on five key principles to shape the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Terre des Hommes […]
CONTINUE READING →UNICEF estimated that more than 153 million children globally have lost one or both parents. Over 8 million children around the world live in care institutions. At least 80% of these have one or both parents who are alive. Many children are in danger of becoming unnecessarily separated from their families, while many more are […]
CONTINUE READING →New York, 15 July 2013 – A child on the move must be guaranteed access to services, protection and justice regardless of migration status. Immigration detention of children must stop: those are the two key messages delivered by Ignacio Packer, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes International Federation at the Hearing priot to the UN […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes welcomes the Pope’s motu proprio initiative to complete the Vatican’s normative system with the approval of laws for the protection of children, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the redefinition of the category of crimes against minors. “This act of the Holy Father is of epochal importance with […]
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