CRM discusses ways to boost child protection

ISLAMABAD, January 25: The Child Rights Movement (CRM) has stressed the need to form a national coordinating group to represent Pakistan in the world. The organization held a special meeting to discuss the background and strategic framework of South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC). read more

Student Tortured by the Teacher

BHAKKAR, January 18: An eight year old student of class two was tortured by his teacher. The incident took place when the teacher beat the student because he failed to learn his assignment. read more

Anti-polio drive launched in Harnai

HARNAI, January 15: Three-day anti polio campaign was launched by the Deputy Commissioner Harnai Khudae Nazar Braich and District Health Officer Dr Jamal Khan Zarkoon by administering anti-polio drops to a child. Health teams would visit door-to door at every locality of the district and administer anti-polio drops to the hundreds of children below the age of five during the campaign.

Student accuses principal of breaking his arm

MANSEHRA, January 14: Despite a ban on corporal punishment in schools, some teachers are still flagrantly abusing children’s rights by brutally punishing them. In the latest incident, an eighth grader at Abbottabad Public School, Mansehra was allegedly subjected to severe punishment for breaking a flower pot. read more

NA Committee Approves Child Rights Bill

ISLAMABAD, January 10: The select committee of the National Assembly has approved the Charter of Child Rights Bill 2010 aimed at protecting and promoting the fundamental rights of children in Pakistan. read more

European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect

SCEM Conference Services is organizing the European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect from May 23- 25 this year in Amsterdam. Registration is open for those who are interested in participation.

Council of Europe elects new Human Rights Commissioner

STRASBOURG, January 24: The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Parliamentary Assembly elected at its plenary session Mr Nils Muižnieks from Latvia as the organisation’s new Commissioner for Human Rights. read more

UN police accused of sexual exploitation

HAITI, JANUARY 24: The UN is investigating two reports of alleged sexual exploitation of children by UN peacekeepers in Haiti. read more

NORWAY: Authorities allegedly seized Indian couple’s children for feeding them by hand

NORWAY, January 23: An Indian couple is battling in Norway for the custody of their two children, who have been taken away and sent to foster care by Child Protective Services. read more

Indonesians dump flowers, flip-flops for child rights

JAKARTA, January 22: A community in eastern Indonesia has placed 1,000 pink adenium flowers outside the local parliament, police station and courtroom, not to say thanks, but to send a message: leave our kids alone. read more

ANPPCAN Ghana to host 2nd International Conference in Africa on Child Sexual Abuse

GHANA, January 16: African Movement for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), Ghana in collaboration with African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN). read more

Strict law urged against child marriage

BADIN, January 22: Speakers at a seminar on “Child marriages” organized by the Child Rights Committee expressed concern over the light punishment envisage in law for organizers of child marriages and demanded repeal of the early child marriage law of 1929 which they said was full of flaws. They demanded a new law with severe punishment for offenders. The speakers said thousands of young girls across the country were being cruelly sent out of their homes, forced into early marriages, some even before reaching the age of 10.read more

SPARC Participation in Strategic Dialogue on Human Rights Situation in Pakistan

BANGKOK, January 19: Asian Forum for Human Rights & Development (FORUM-ASIA) organized a three-day strategic dialogue for human rights defenders and journalists to discuss human rights situation in Pakistan. FORUM-ASIA is a membership-based regional organization committed to the promotion and protection of all human rights including the right to development. read more

Early marriages lead to health problems

KHAR, January 16: Speakers at a seminar organised by SPARC Child Rights Committee urged the educated people to create awareness about the bad impact of early marriages on the society. The speakers, including agency surgeon Dr Jehanzeb Dawar, journalists and tribal elders, said that besides facing health problems the young girls were also deprived of education as a result of early marriages. read more

Campaign on Child Marriages

MARDAN, January 13: SPARC launched a one-week campaign to raise awareness among the masses about the disadvantages of child marriages.    read more