Hope in the Desert - The Children of Kaabong

First comes childhood, then comes marriage

Child malnutrition rising in storm-hit south Philippines.

The Swede Who Convinced Taliban To Allow Girls Schools

Pakistan: Violence and Death Stalk Child Domestic Servants

Obama, here's how to help the poor: Educate both parents and their children

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The Kamlari's - Nepal's Servant Girls

Waking up to Reality - Teen Dating

Sex Tourism and Children - the death of our girls

The child is often seduced by a “disco pimp” who offers to take the child home or away from the bar but leads them directly to a pimp. Pimps also use smaller…

Worthless Daughters

Gender Discrimination Plagues India and the Far East

“People don't want daughters because they are not helpful to the family -· they leave the family when they marry. Daughters are useless! Unworthy! It is sons who are able to inherit assets...”·

Female infanticide. Lack of education. Overwork. Domestic abuse. Dowry murders. Skewed male-to-female population ratios. Higher child mortality rates for girls due to neglect and malnutrition. Female feoticide (abortion) based on ultrasound accessibility...

What do all these point to?

SOMALIA: Failing law leaves children unprotected in Somaliland

Child rights activists have expressed concern over the stagnation of a juvenile justice law in Somalia's self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland, where officials say an average of 200 children are detained every month by police.

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First comes childhood, then comes marriage

At an age when many of her Western peers were chatting about the dismal homecoming date prospects, Melka, a young Ethiopian woman, was forced into marrying one…

Child malnutrition rising in storm-hit south Philippines.

Aid agencies urge donors not to donate milk products to malnourished children in Philippines. Six months after a storm brought devastation to the southern…

The Swede Who Convinced Taliban To Allow Girls Schools

Anders Fange first went to Afghanistan as a young radio journalist in the early 1980s after Afghans began fighting against the Soviet occupation. He later…

Pakistan: Violence and Death Stalk Child Domestic Servants

He was a happy child, my younger brother," Mohammad Ramzan, 18, reminisced, his voice steeped in sadness. Ramzan is still coming to terms with the murder of…

Obama, here's how to help the poor: Educate both parents and their children

In his State of the Union address, President Obama touted ways to improve education and the economy. One solution – with a proven record of success – didn't…

Mexico authorities unravel child trafficking ring

Mexican Prosecutors say that an illegal adoption ring ensnared destitute young Mexican women trying to earn more for their children and childless Irish couples…

Iran shuts down shops selling “un-Islamic” Barbie dolls

Iran police were going from shop to shop on Friday in search of Barbie dolls. If discovered, the shop was closed as the government cracks down on “symbols of…

South Korea: School bullying and suicide

It took two teenage suicide cases due to school bullying last year in South Korea for people to notice something was very wrong.

It’s a girl: The three deadliest words in the world

ITS A GIRL, a film being released this year, documents the practice of killing unwanted baby girls in South Asia. The trailer’s most chilling scene is one with…

3 more women held in Mexico child-trafficking case

Mexican investigators detained three more women in the city of Guadalajara in connection with an apparent child-trafficking ring that aimed to supply babies to…

The tragic death of another child-servant in Pakistan

It is sad that child labour exists in Pakistan and sadder still that the child labour pool is inexhaustible and growing bigger. All of them lose their…

Afghanistan: Skating for Change

In Afghanistan a unique educational and sporting facility is changing the lives of teenagers - especially girls.

Progress comes slowly in Haiti - Interview with Patricia Wolff

Two years ago, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 200,000, according to press reports, and leaving millions homeless. A few days later,…

INDIA: New report says most mothers can’t afford non-cereal diet for children

A recent report undertaken by an alliance of NGO's in India highlights high levels of malnutrition amongst children, but says there have been improvements.