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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 15 (12 April 2006)
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INDIA: 42% Chennai kids are sexually abused [News]
The spectre of child abuse just gets more and more alarming. A study in Chennai has found that as many as 42 per cent of school-going children are victims of forced sexual abuse. And in most of the ca...
PAKISTAN: Child marriages on the rise across rural Sindh [News]
In the small, dusty city of Khairpur, in Pakistan'ssouthern province of Sindh, with its bazaars selling the hand-spun, embroideredcloth typical of the region, as well as the dates grown widely in the ...
CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE: Future Directions in Child Welfare [event]
Date: 19-22 November 2006Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development, the International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW), Alberta Chil...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Supporting Educational Needs of Children [publication]
A new guide was launched yesterday to help schools, refuges and local authorities support children and young people affected by domestic violence. Safe Learning: How to support the educational needs o...
GLOBAL ACTION WEEK FOR EDUCATION: Every Child Needs a Teacher [news]
Date: 24-30 April 2006
Right now, over 100 million children wake up every day without the hope that education offers. These children know AIDS, know poverty, know hard labour, know hunger... but they...
NEPAL: Schools caught in the conflict - NGOs [News]
Parents, teachers and NGOs in Nepal are gravelyconcerned about the rising number of clashes between Maoist rebels and securityforces in or near places of learning.
Despite commitments by both the sta...
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