Friday, May 18, 2012

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l'InfoHub est maintenant disponible en français

 

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Report of the 6th CSO Forum on the ACRWC Issued

 

Report of the Sixth Civil Society Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (CSO Forum) l Download l

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UNDP Launches Africa Human Development 2012

 

United Nations Development ProgrammeAfrica Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future l Download l

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ACERWC Issues Message for the Day of the African Child 2012

 

African UnionMessage of the Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) on the occasion of the 22nd Commemoration of the Day of the African Child (DAC), 2012 l English l French l

Theme: Rights of Children with Disability: Duty to protect, to respect, to promote, and to fulfil"

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Interview with

Professor Julia Sloth Nielsen Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa

There is this notion of the child that lives in the village where actually the child lives in the city and the village and has identities that connect to both. Those are the kinds of areas that I think need much more research.

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RWANDA: Orphanages to Be Phased Out By 2014

  The Government will gradually phase out all orphanages dotted around the country by 2014, Alexia Mukashema, Technical Assistant in charge of orphans and other vulnerable children in the National Children's Commission, has announced. Read more

NIGERIA: Where is the money to help poisoned children?

  Aid organizations and rights groups are putting more pressure on the Nigerian government to release a promised US$5.4 million in aid for lead-poisoned children, but government officials keep ducking the issue. Read more

Addressing hunger precondition for sustained human development in sub-Saharan Africa, UNDP Report sa…

  Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic resurgence unless it eliminates the hunger that affects nearly a quarter of its people, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) argues in the newly released Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future. Read more

SOUTH AFRICA: Report on Violence Against Children to Be Released

  The Department for Women, Children and People with Disabilities is to release a review on violence against children, which will include the roles and commitments of all government departments in response to the scourge. Read more

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