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A Comprehensive Portal on Child Rights in Asia from AHRC

ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 11 (15 March 2006)

AFGHANISTAN: New UN envoy calls for end to attacks on schools [News]
The United Nations' new top envoy to Afghanistan hascalled on militants to stop attacking educational institutions, following a seriesof attacks on schools and teachers in the restive south of the cou...

NEPAL: Young people at increasing risk [News]
Fulkaji Pradhan shows the stitches on his abdomen,which was torn apart when a roadside bomb exploded near him. "I saw the inside of mystomach. I thought I would die," recalled 14-year-old Pradhan, who...

WORLD BANK: Need to Target Pregnant Women and Children [Report]
A new World Bank report calls for more funding to combat malnutrition, but warns efforts should be targeted to pregnant women and children under two. It warns that trying to improve nutrition in child...

INDIA: Convention on Children's Right to Food [Event]
Date: 7-9 April 2006 Location: Hyderabad, India The Right to Food Campaign is organising a Convention on Children's Right to Food, to be held in Hyderabad in April 2006. This is a follow-up to these...

CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE: Information on the UN Study [call for action]
The UN Study on Violence against Children aims to promote action to prevent and eliminate violence against children at international, regional, national and local levels. The Study is a UN-led collabo...

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