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In the News (Mon 4 Jun 12)

  
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Save the Children has estimated thatpositively and constructively respond to the Secretary-General’s proposals.calls for actions were responded to by all (see Annex, paragraph 5, especially a, b, c, d, h, i, j).
Save the Children urges member states to endorse the Secretary-General’s recommendations for an the establishment of a mechanism enabling the United UN General Assembly to engage fully and systematically with civil society.
Save the Children supports these calls and especially knowsunderstands of the need, from first hand experiences the need, for member states to protect humanitarian space under all circumstances, ensuring that humanitarian workers have safe and unimpeded access access to vulnerable populations in need of protection and assistance.
www.un-ngls.org /UNreform/savethechildrenalliance.doc   (1636 words)

  
 Statement to the Annual Members Meeting of the International Save the Children Alliance -- Roberta Cohen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Indeed, Save the Children has recognized that children who are uprooted by war and ethnic strife in their own countries have special needs and also require special attention.
With regard to children, it could mean advocating for their right to education, interceding with authorities to stop their recruitment into armed forces, helping them acquire registration documents for school enrollment, tracing and finding their families, identifying ways to protect girls from sexual abuse.
It is our hope that Save the Children field staff and members will familiarize themselves with the 30 Principles and the Handbook, disseminate these documents, and advocate for the rights of displaced children on the basis of the Principles, which reinforce the provisions in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
www.brook.edu /printme.wbs?page=/pagedefs/c626d324c642ff3a354e82380a141465.xml   (4505 words)

  
 Giangukai
Save the Children is the leading UK charity working to create a better world for children.
Save the Children (UK) is part of the International Save the Children Alliance which aims to be a truly international movement for children There are 29 independent Save the Children organisations which form the International Save the Children Alliance.
Save the Children UK’s global child rights education programme is committed to promoting global citizenship education in schools and with youth organisations across the UK through in-service support, free and priced resources.
www.giangukai.org /new/english/save.asp   (260 words)

  
 IGC Hearing (2): INTERNATIONAL SAVE THE CHILDREN ALLIANCE: Contribution (EN)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is therefore necessary to clarify the position of children and young people, including those of parents holding working or residence permits, unaccompanied children or children and young refugee people without nationality.
Children and young people are more deeply affected by the disruption to their lives caused by increasing migration of families within the Union, for example by divorces or the uncertainties of dual nationality.
While there is general consensus that it is the intention that children and young people are covered in the EU Treaty, their position as citizens of the European Union and indeed in relation to the other parts of the Treaty is far from clear.
www.europarl.eu.int /hearings/igc2/doc07_en.htm   (2641 words)

  
 Iceland -- Review of Children's Rights | The International Save the Children Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Furthermore, children under the age of 12 should be consulted about their adoption, as long as their age and maturity are taken into consideration.
The significance of this change is that it ensures that children in these families receive the same rights to inheritance and social security as children who live with heterosexual parents.
Children under the age of eighteen are automatically entered onto the database unless their legal guardians request otherwise.
www.mannvernd.is /english/news/savechildren.html   (518 words)

  
 IRVAJ English -
Save the Children is focusing its assistance on: ; Re-establishing primary health care, especially 'health houses' ; Establishing 'child-friendly' spaces and recreation facilities for children to give their lives an element of normality.
Save the Children has a stock of tents, blankets and some children's clothes that can be made available to families in need or to local organisations for their projects as and when required,
Save the Children is also continuing to seek a role within the Iranian Welfare Organisation tracing mechanism to help trace families of children separated and, in many cases, moved to other locations, following the earthquake.
www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2004&m=02&d=25&a=6   (806 words)

  
 socialplatform   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Save the Children’s global programme activities encompass long term development programmes, rehabilitation and emergency aid, and advocacy for children’s rights, using the UN convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework.
Save the Children is also involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the UN convention for the Rights of the Child (1989).
Save the Children is a member of the NGO Group on the UN Convention of the rights of the Child.
www.socialplatform.org /code/en/abou.asp?page=214   (581 words)

  
 Save the Children Denmark - Who we are
The implementation of national and international programmes is directed from Save the Children Denmark's headquarters in the Danish capital Copenhagen and from Save the Children Denmark's four country offices.
Save the Children played a crucial part in the drawing-up of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was completed in 1989.
Children should not be seen as a part of the problem, but rather as a key to the solution.
www.redbarnet.dk /?ID=983   (425 words)

  
 Articles - Save the Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Save the Children is an international non-profit organization dedicated to working for children.
Save the Children was founded 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the First World War.
Basing its operations on the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, Save the Children works worldwide to provide emergency relief as well as long-term development and prevention work to help children, their families and communities to be self-sufficient.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Save_the_Children   (281 words)

  
 Save the Children Canada: About Us>International Save the Children Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The first Save the Children organisation was launched in London on May 19, 1919 in response to the aftermath of the 1st World War and Russian Revolution.
The International Save the Children Union was officially founded in January 1920, under the patronage of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
At a General Assembly meeting held in the United States in June 1988, the Alliance was re-launched under the title International Save the Children Alliance, with revised byelaws, a stronger Executive Committee and a decision to appoint a full-time Executive Officer to run a Secretariat in Geneva.
www.savethechildren.ca /aboutus/alliance.html   (592 words)

  
 Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet:an international challenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The International Save The Children Alliance (ISCA) coordinates activities that encompass development assistance and advocacy for children's rights, and is extended through the work of its 25 members in over 100 countries throughout the world.
Redd Barna, the Norwegian office of 'Save the children', is an international organization that handles all major activities in favour of children.
Children's House is an interactive resource center - a meeting place for the exchange of information that serves the well being of children.
www.unesco.org /webworld/child_screen/links.html   (878 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » International Save the Children Alliance: Summary of emergency appeal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Save the Children worked in rural rehabilitation programmes until 1997, during which time our emergency response capacity was increased through responding to the needs of displaced people in 1991 and 1996 and to a cholera outbreak in 1994.
In 1996 Save the Children responded to a large Iraqi refugee population in Iran through the provision of non-food items along with humanitarian support to displaced people in border areas and those from the town of Kirkuk.
Furthermore, ensuring that children in camps receive adequate protection against exploitation and abuse is another key concern, as is working to establish an important sense of normality for children through education activities.
reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/0/308d2df5ae80837ec1256cf3003d322a?OpenDocu...   (1003 words)

  
 save the children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Save the Children helps children in poverty and children in crisis around the world and in the U.S. Many children are facing a life-or-death situation.
Save the Children è il più grande movimento internazionale indipendente per la difesa e la protezione dei diritti dei bambini e opera in più di 100 paesi del mondo con una rete di 27 organizzazioni nazionali, senza fine di lucro, indipendenti...
Save the Children is operating one of the largest private relief efforts in Iraq.
www.goinginto.com /find?keywords=save+the+children   (560 words)

  
 International Publications - Save the Children
Save the Children's learnings from supporting children’s participation during this event, including the selection of under 18 representatives, child protection, translation and interpretation issues and work with the media.
Save the Children seeks to ensure that girls and boys are protected against harmful work.
Save the Children's aim is to end all corporal punishment of children.
www.savethechildren.net /alliance/resources/publications.html   (948 words)

  
 International campaign launched against the use of child soldiers
The latest research on child soldiers estimates that more than 300,000 children under 18 years old are fighting in armed conflicts around the world, the coalition of human rights and aid groups reported.
Current international standards allow children as young as 15 to be recruited into armed forces and participate in hostilities.
The Coalition is campaigning in favour of an international ban on the recruitment and participation of children under the age of 18 through the adoption of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
www.amnestyusa.org /children/document.do?id=8398F9316EF8E29A8025690000692FB3   (589 words)

  
 Humpherlinks - Children's Freeware - Advice & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Children's Environmental Health Network - Site provides information on the Network, which is a project whose mission is to promote a healthy environment and protect the fetus and child from environmental hazards.
Singapore Children's Society - Voluntary welfare organisation for all races, religions and creeds, committed to protect the physical, emotional and mental well-being of children, particularly the less privileged and those at risk.
Children's House - A meeting place for the exchange of information that serves the well being of children and is dedicated to supporting the generation and dissemination of knowledge about children´s issues, their welfare being paramount.
www.humpherlinks.co.uk /advice.html   (1450 words)

  
 Icon International/Save the Children Alliance Creates Altruistic Avenue for Asset Disposition - Site Selection Online ...
That unlikely twosome has hooked up, however, in a newly announced partnership between Icon International (www.icon-intl.com) and Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org).
Save the Children, a nonprofit providing child assistance in more than 40 countries, then receives a security, rather than the actual real estate.
That arrangement enables Westport, Conn.-based Save the Children to avoid the costs and risks of accepting real estate donations.
www.conway.com /ssinsider/snapshot/sf010101.htm   (622 words)

  
 Save the Children SEAP Region
Since 1992, Save the Children has been in the forefront of finding rights-based approaches to research with children, including their meaningful participation in research processes.
This Report is designed to be used as resource for understanding the corporal punishment of children and for supporting action in both regional and national contexts, providing an illustration of the pro-active work of Save the Children in addressing the corporal punishment of children.
This brochure provides the Save the Children position statement on and operational definition of the corporal punishment of children used in all Save the Children global, regional and national programme interventions that promote the abolition of the corporal punishment of children.
www.seapa.net /external/resources/punishment.htm   (417 words)

  
 CBBB Wise Giving Alliance
Save the Children Federation (SC) meets the Standards for Charity Accountability.
Save the Children Federation works in 49 countries and 18 states across the United States with communities, governments, foundations, corporations, national and international agencies and other private organizations to design and implement programs that will improve the lives of children, families, and communities.
Note 2: Save the Children Federation is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 29 independent national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries.
www.give.org /reports/care_dyn.asp?399   (792 words)

  
 PROTAGONISM
The actions of the Alliance were based on the principles in the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child of acting in the best interests of the child, of children's rights to be heard in matters concerning themselves and their right to organise themselves.
Throughout the preparation for the conference the Alliance focused strongly on the principle of children's participation, advocating that working children's perspectives and experiences are important to include in analysis, programming and policy making and that working children themselves should be given space to express their views.
The reason why the Save the Children Alliance decided to organize this meeting, she explained, was that in previous meetings they had expressed the strong desire to be involved in all meetings where child work is discussed or decisions taken.
www.workingchild.org /htm/oslo.htm   (11203 words)

  
 International Save the Children Alliance Homepage - Save the Children
Save the Children estimates that approximately 750,000 people, including 300,000 children, have no homes or safe homes to live in, following the earthquake.
Half of all children denied education live in areas experiencing or recovering from armed conflict.
Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty.
www.savethechildren.net   (172 words)

  
 Save the Children Federation --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
voluntary agency that assists children, families, and communities in the U.S. and abroad (such as Mexico, Lebanon, Philippines); offers aid to disaster victims and sponsors projects to achieve economic and social stability through community development; founded 1932; publishes Impact Magazine; May 1 is Save the Children Day.
The original organization was founded in Great Britain in 1919 to provide relief to famine-stricken children in Europe after World War I. The agency subsequently broadened its concern to the needs of children worldwide.
The Book of the Year for Children Award is given by the Canadian Library Association for an outstanding book for children written by a citizen or resident of Canada.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9335779   (836 words)

  
 Amnesty International et al
According to latest estimates, more than 300,000 children under 18 years of age are fighting in armed conflicts around the world and hundreds of thousands more are members of armed forces who could be sent into combat at any moment.
The Coalition is calling for the adoption and implementation of an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to raise the minimum age for military recruitment and use in hostilities to 18 years.
The current international minimum age is only 15 years, although most countries do not accept under-18s in their armed forces.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/June98/063098a.htm   (484 words)

  
 CWI Resources
ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornopraphy and Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes) is a global network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.
In 1994, Graça Machel's reputation as an educator and children's champion led United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to name her the Expert in charge of producing a ground-breaking report on the impact of armed conflict on children.
The focus is on civilian children, and the main aim is to improve the situation for children in areas of armed conflict through the protection and recognition of children's rights.
www.childwatch.uio.no /resources/child_related/index.html   (1902 words)

  
 Save the Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The mission of Save the Children USA (SC/US) is to make a lasting positive change in the lives of children in need.
It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, which brings together 27 national Save the Children organizations from around the world to coordinate in programming and advocacy for the rights of children.
A major achievement of the refugee health project in Haripur was the 10% increase, to 94%, in immunization coverage of children under one, in the population of 117,000 refugees.
www.pcpafg.org /Organizations/sc_us   (1871 words)

  
 International Save the Children Alliance : Child Rights Organisations : Child Rights Information and Documentation ...
It is an alliance of 26 member organizations that support a wide variety of programme activities in over 100 countries.
The organization works for: a world that respects and values each child; a world that listens to children and learns; and a world where all children have hope and opportunity.
Within the Alliance there are 30 national Save the Children offices and programme work is carried out in more than 120 countries.
www.cridoc.net /international_save_the_children_alliance.php   (143 words)

  
 kids.ca - children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hunger and malnutrition kill nearly six million children every year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a report.
The Xplosion is providing children and families from the Salvation Army with 250 tickets to the game.
You are probably familiar with the nasty and long-lasting symptoms of the flu: runny nose, dry cough, extreme fatigue, high fever and...
www.kids.ca /children/reference/search   (277 words)

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