ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.4, No. 37 (14 September 2005)
NEPAL: Amnesty says children's vulnerability increasing [News] With some 400 children killed in the nine-year Maoistconflict, it is clear that it is the country's young population that is mostvulnerable, living constantly in fear and insecurity, a new report by A...
NEPAL: Community-run schools make progress [Report] A government initiative to hand over the management of all state-run schools to local communities has given new hope to parents and teachers alike in Nepal, where the education sector has suffered due...
KYRGYZSTAN: Increase in rural youth migration to cities [News] In economically deprived Kyrgyzstan, young people areincreasingly migrating from rural areas to urban centres like the capital, Bishkek,in search of improved employment prospects and a better future.
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CHILD ABUSE: Child and Family Maltreatment [annual conference] Date: 23-27 January 2006Location: San Diego, United States
The San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment presented by the ChadwickCentre for Children and Families will be held at the Town...