Monthly Archives: June 2015

Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan must stop – UNICEF chief
The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed “in the name of humanity and common decency” for a halt to the worsening violence against children in South Sudan that has seen boys reportedly castrated and left to bleed to death and girls as young as eight who have been gang raped and murdered.
Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan must stop – UNICEF chief
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

In interview, senior UN official says accountability key to preventing child deaths in conflict
Ensuring that Member States and their military commanders on the ground remain accountable for any violent actions targeting children is key to preventing atrocities against minors affected by armed conflict, the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, has affirmed.
In interview, senior UN official says accountability key to preventing child deaths in conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

New UN guidebook seeks to prevent child labour practices in agriculture
A new handbook issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will seek to establish guidelines intended to prevent the use of child labour across the world&#39s agricultural communities in an effort to tackle a problem that affects some one hundred million children globally, the United Nations agency announced today.
New UN guidebook seeks to prevent child labour practices in agriculture
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN agency urges scaled-up funding to ramp up humanitarian aid to children in Sudan
Citing efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to children in Sudan who are affected by the war in South Sudan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stressed the huge demand and urgency of receiving more financial support to continue its relief work in the Country.
UN agency urges scaled-up funding to ramp up humanitarian aid to children in Sudan
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UNICEF urges more funding for relief efforts in Ukraine targeting children affected by conflict
Ukraine’s children once again find themselves under threat amid renewed fighting across the country’s eastern regions, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today as it warned about the growing challenges to accessibility facing the agency’s relief efforts.
UNICEF urges more funding for relief efforts in Ukraine targeting children affected by conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

On World Day, UN launches education appeal in fight against child labour
The United Nations has announced it is marking the 2015 edition of the World Day Against Child Labour with a call for the international community to invest in quality education as a key step in the fight against child employment &#8211 a scourge that consumes over one hundred million children worldwide.
On World Day, UN launches education appeal in fight against child labour
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Coherent policy critical to tackling child labour, lack of decent jobs for youth &#8211 UN labour agency
Around 20 to 30 per cent of children in low income countries complete their schooling and enter the labour market by the age of 15, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report prepared for World Day against Child Labour which is marked worldwide tomorrow.
Coherent policy critical to tackling child labour, lack of decent jobs for youth &#8211 UN labour agency
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

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