For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
Research by Terre des Hommes on the use of child labour in the global mining of mica, a mineral with unique glimmering, heat-resistant and insulating properties, shows that this mineral is widely used in the automotive and electronics industry. At the same time, producers are not aware, or hardly, of the wide use of mica […]
CONTINUE READING →“Strengthening Justice Systems for Children: Challenges, including disengagement from violent extremism” 28th – 30th May, UNESCO house Paris About: From 28th to 30th May 2018 at UNESCO House in Paris, six international NGOs, including Terre des Hommes, in collaboration with UNESCO through the Information For All Programme are organising the World Congress on Justice for Children […]
CONTINUE READING →Media Reaction Brussels – 2 February 2018 Tragedies such as the latest shipwreck off the Libyan coast will not cease until safe and legal routes for refugees and migrants to Europe are opened, child rights organisation Terre des Hommes has warned. Delphine Moralis, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes International Federation, said: “These senseless and […]
CONTINUE READING →PRESS RELEASE Kabul – 26 January 2018 We, the 61 undersigned National and International Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), members of Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR), condemn in the strongest terms the atrocious attack on NGO offices in Jalalabad (Nangarhar) on Wednesday 24 January. It has been reported that there is a loss […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 14 December 2017 European leaders meeting today (14 December) must face up to the human rights horrors they have created at Europe’s borders by cutting funding to Libyan authorities and militias, and moving children and other refugees dumped in heinous conditions on Greek islands to the mainland, says Terre des Hommes. The European […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 29 November 2017 The European Union must cease using development money to send children back into horrific conditions in Libya, said Terre des Hommes as the African Union – European Union Summit begins today (29 November 2017). Children on boats intercepted by Libyan coastguards are being transported back to squalid detention centres, where […]
CONTINUE READING →When the Colombian government and Farc rebel group signed a peace deal exactly one year ago today, it was hoped Colombia’s children would not know the violence their parents and grandparents suffered through. Fifty years of conflict between guerrillas, paramilitary forces and the army have had devastating consequences for the country. A quarter of a […]
CONTINUE READING →Children working throughout the world have listed verbal, physical and sexual abuse as what they feared the most about their jobs, in a comprehensive new study carried out by Terre des Hommes and German child rights organisation Kindernothilfe. Children from 25 different countries in all corners of the globe told the ‘Time 2 Talk’ survey […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes launches Nonscuoterlo! (Don’t shake the baby), the first Italian national awareness campaign to prevent the Shaken Baby Syndrome. Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)/Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) is one of the leading causes of death and disability in infants and young children. SBS/AHT describes symptoms resulting from violently shaking a child, direct blows to […]
CONTINUE READING →An entire generation of children could grow up in preventable poverty across the world before European Union countries reach their development aid targets. This was the conclusion reached by CONCORD’s 2017 AidWatch report, which lifts the lid on how much EU countries are spending to help the world’s poorest people – and what they are […]
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