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Katerva Awards

Children - Central & South Asia

The Unseen, Unheard & Unaccounted for Disabled Children of Pakistan

Kulsoom Rizvi visited the Hassan Academy in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, which provides inclusive education for both disabled and non-disabled children.... "Inclusion…

At the khaddi: Children weave yarn instead of dreams

Their cheeks are flushed. They whisper in hushed tones and giggle away at a tightly guarded-secret. Reshma and Marvi look like teenage girls anywhere. Only,…

Skateistan- bringing a whole new level of radical to Afghan Girls

One of the most amazing schools in Afghanistan is a co-ed skateboarding school... This is an incredibly successful program that as inspired and empowered many…

Blighted lives of India's child coalminers

India has numerous laws to prevent children working in coal mines. Yet tens of thousands of them still do, in atrociously unsafe conditions.

Child 'bombers', aged between 10 and 17, detained by police in Pakistan

"Some of the children said they did not know what the packets contained and what they are doing... They said they were happy they would get a small amount of…

'My Uncle Abused Me - My Aunt Said I was Wicked'

Although we knew nothing about sex, we all knew about shame, purity and family honour. We have just one word for it in our language, izzat... In the Qu'ran it…

Female Genital Mutilation: Many Pakistani women’s painful secret

By Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam: 'This is the story related by a Pakistani mother whom I talked to today about Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, practiced in her…

The Invisible Children - beaten, exploited and sexually abused

Every single day, Khaista Khan* regrets his decision to run away from home. His dreams of becoming a breadwinner, confident and independent, have been…

AHRC Appeal: 'Low Caste' Teenage Girl Kidnapped, Drugged and Raped in Manipur

The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from North East Support Centre and Helpline that a 17-year-old girl belonging to the scheduled…

In India, suicide of raped girl puts spotlight on inaction

On the evening of Dec. 26, as an Indian government-chartered jet was heading to Singapore with a critically injured New Delhi gang rape victim on board, the…