For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
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 →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 →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 […]
CONTINUE READING →10th July 2013 – Women, men and children seeking refuge in Malta were yesterday at risk of being pushed back to Libya or to be kept in detention. In just a few hours the pressure and mobilization in Malta, Brussels and Geneva halted any unlawful rapid push-back operation initially discussed by the Maltese government. At […]
CONTINUE READING →Within the context of the World Day against Child Labour on June 12, the children”s aid organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands appeals to the Dutch Government to hasten efforts in the fight against child slavery at home and abroad. Although the urgency and dimension of this issue are internationally recognised, the Rutte administration does not […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre Des Hommes, SOS Village and Plan International signed-off a series of documents on “Child Protection and the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. In Bonn, the three organisations are calling for “ the Post-2015 development framework to include a goal and targets on child protection.” To achieve effective progress it is essential that child protection systems are […]
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