Tag: Children
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Mongolia’s Children: Reaching Out for Education
Mongolia's breathtaking landscapes are home to many nomadic families. But with this lifestyle comes challenges. Educating children who never stay long in one place long is extremely difficult . But now one group has c...
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Qatar: Robots win
United Nations, August 2012 - For decades, it was a lucrative business...and a beloved pastime throughout the Gulf region...camel racing. But for too long, children were on the frontline of the races, their small size...
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Moldova: The Forgotten
United Nations, New York, March 2012 - Children with disabilities represent a large proportion of all children living in institutional care. They are isolated from society because of their disabilities. The UN Human R...
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Mongolia: Mobile Kindergarten
United Nations, New York, March 2012 - In Mongolia, many young children of nomadic families have never attended kindergarten. In an effort to improve access to early childhood education, an initiative supported by IF...
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Safe Motherhood in Bangladesh
United Nations, New York, February 2012 - Every year, thousands of women in Bangladesh die from avoidable causes related to childbirth. The majority of women still give birth at home, where lack of access to a skilled...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: DRC’s “Child Witches”
Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC have had their share of dangers: the country's civil war has killed millions of people, left a nation traumatized and families struggling in poverty. But in re...
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Cambodia: Bringing Schools and Culture Back to Life
More than one-third of all Cambodian children between five and fourteen years of age are working instead of attending school. UNICEF is promoting a more inclusive and positive educational programme in rural areas. Adu...
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Cambodia: Bringing Schools and Culture Back to Life
United Nations, January 2011 The Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia survived a regime that killed teachers and banned education. More than 30 years later some passionate educators are trying to ensure that Cambodia...
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Burundi: Once Enemies, Now friends
United Nations, New York, 7 September 2010 - For more than a decade, Burundi was torn apart by ethnic hatred. Hutus and Tutsis slaughtered each other, plunging this African country into a bloody civil war. No one was...
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Cameroon: drive against malnutrition
United Nations, New York, January 2010 - Despite the country's relative political and economic stability, large numbers of Cameroonian farmers are undernourished. Child malnutrition rates in the country are well beyon...
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Seeking justice: Sexual violence in the DRC
United Nations, New York, January 2010 - The world has been made increasingly aware of the level of sexual violence against women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where rape is used as a tactic of war...
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Women and children behind bars in Afghanistan
Closed Captions are available in French. United Nations, New York, January 2010 - In Afghanistan, hundreds of women are in prison, some for reasons that may surprise you. Many have no choice but to bring their...