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Hope in the Desert - The Children of Kaabong

Children - Asia Pacific

Australia: Virginity for Sale

By Claire Poyser - A Safeworld Student Writer Project: "Earlier this year, a Sydney-based escort company advertised the virginity of one of their teenage…

In the Philippines some things don’t mix

Philippine law prohibits using schools for military purposes. Yet in the past four months, I found that the army is using school grounds and classrooms as…

Police shooting of Aboriginal teenagers sparks protests in Sydney

Activists in Australia accuse police of racism after they injured two teenagers in stolen car that mounted pavement and hit two women

AUSTRALIA: Abuse as a child linked to longer term homeless

TWO-THIRDS of people in a national study of homelessness suffered physical or sexual violence as children or had been neglected or emotionally abused. About…

Cyber-bullying in Australia - The Dark Side of the Web

Cyber-bullying has become a major issue in Australia, leading to anxiety, withdrawal from school and even suicide. In February 2012, Melbourne schoolgirl…

CHINA: Photo of girl in cage with wolves causes online storm

A father who put his 9-year-old daughter into a cage with two wolves as part of a stage show claims it was to build her courage. Zhu Lin, dressed in army…

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…

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.

UZBEKISTAN: Forced Child Labour Kills

A 13-year-old boy has become the latest victim of state-sponsored forced child labour in Uzbekistan as its regime continues to ignore boycotts and…

China's Missing Children

As many as 70,000 Chinese kids may get kidnapped each year. Parents, who often have nowhere to turn to for help, are taking matters into their own hands. One…

How Many Children Are Working in the Cotton Fields in Uzbekistan?

It is estimated that over 1.5 million children are forced to work in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan Find out more about Child Labor in the Cotton Fields of…

North Korea: Food-Crisis and Propaganda

In an unprecedented one week visit to North Korea, Reuters journalists and photographers were allowed access to the country to see an unfolding food-crisis.…

Child bride's victory over parents

A 16-YEAR-old girl has won the right to be placed on the airport watch list to stop her parents taking her to Lebanon for an arranged marriage. Magistrate says…

Teenager died from ‘suffocation’ in exorcism

A teenage girl thought by her father to have been possessed by an ‘evil spirit’ died from suffocation during an exorcism. Tomomi Maishigi’s…

Vietnam

Vietnam: Schools bar students with HIV

Why can't we go to school?

The children tearfully promise to obey their teachers, not to get in fights and not to infect other students.

Lack of understanding about HIV/Aids has led to prejudice and reluctance of parents to let their children study alongside those with HIV.

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Cambodia

Paedophilia in Cambodia - interview with Sarvina Kang

"Cambodian men are fuelling the flow of underage girls joining the sex trade." Sarvina Kang, in Phnom Penh, talks about her work with Soroptomists…

Burma

Ellen Bruno: Sacrifice - the sex slaves of Burma

So many people said, “Why do you care about Burma? The girls just aren’t important.” No one cares about the girls from Burma. The girls are…

Burma - Then and Now

Children left on the roadside, some without clothing or food. Parents unable to care for them. It was a blessing for any child to be brought to the Orphanage.

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