For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
Terre des Hommes co-signs a leaders’ statement by the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact across the world. Efforts to contain the coronavirus are vital to the health of the world’s population, but they are also exposing children to increased risk of violence – including maltreatment, […]
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 →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 →The fight against child labour across the world has stalled. This is the stark conclusion to be drawn from a new report released by the International Labour Organisation on Tuesday (19 September) – showing how 152 million children across the globe are forced to work in exploitative conditions. That’s one in ten of all children […]
CONTINUE READING →The impact of environmental damage on children’s rights is not a new issue. Yet, despite data explicitly linking ecological harm to child rights violations, increased awareness of environmental crises and numerous international agreements, the understanding of the relationship between children’s rights and the environment is still in its infancy. To foster a deeper understanding of […]
CONTINUE READING →Climate change is pushing children in the Global South into ever more dangerous forms of child labour and exploitation, a new report by Terre des Hommes has warned. The report reveals how climate change and environmental degradation in Nepal, India, Burkina Faso, Peru and Nicaragua is forcing children to swap either safer work or not […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes (TDH) took the fight against child trafficking to the highest levels of the British royal family last week, as we met to discuss the issue with HRH the Prince of Wales. TDH’s Pierre Cazenave explained to Prince Charles how both the UK and other European countries need to work together to protect children […]
CONTINUE READING →German gun manufacturers are selling large numbers of light arms to countries where children are recruited as soldiers, deliberately killed or sexually abused, a report co-authored by Terre des Hommes Germany has found. Despite the high risk of these weapons being used to commit atrocities against children and even by children – most arms deals […]
CONTINUE READING →Worldwide, about 70 million girls aged between 15 and 19 have been victims of some form of physical violence and about 200 million girls have been victims of genital mutilation. Every year, around 15 million girls get married before turning 18 and about 16 million girls aged 15 -19 give birth to a child. Every […]
CONTINUE READING →Twentieth anniversary of the landmark “Machel Study” on “The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children” Twenty years ago, Graça Machel published her landmark study entitled “The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children”. This report has alerted the international community to the suffering of children during armed conflicts and has opened door to robust action from […]
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