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UN to probe child sex abuse allegations against peacekeepers CBC NEWS The United Nations will investigate allegations by a human rights charity that some peacekeepers and aid workers sexually abused children they were supposed to be helping in conflict-torn countries, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. [ more ... ] |
'The man took her and raped her' One boy in Haiti told Save the Children about a homeless girl he knows who was grabbed by an aid worker in the middle of the night. [ more ... ] Children afraid to report abuse Jasmine Whitebread, the CEO of Save the Children UK, said that while most aid workers and peacekeepers are not involved in this kind of activity, the report is concerning. [ more ... ] |
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Law In Force To Protect Foreign Children Foreign children in South Africa must be accorded the same rights and protection as those who are born and bred in the country, according to Social Development Minster Zola Skweyiya. In his address marking the start of Child Protection Week on Tuesday, he said the plight of all children had "deteriorated" in the time it had taken to draft laws to protect them. [ more ... ] |
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Nigeria: Children Face Fresh Violence in Cote d'Ivoire, SudanAgency Report LAGOS: SIX-YEAR-OLD children and above are currently facing sexual violence from peacekeepers and aid workers in Cote D'Ivoire and Sudan among others, a leading United Kingdom charity yesterday confirmed ... [ more ... ] |
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Should Race Be a Factor in Adoptions? Should adoption agencies discriminate by race, or even by a person's racial sensitivity? According to current U.S. law, no. Since 1996, it has been illegal to consider race when determining whether families are suitable to raise adopted children [ more ... ] |
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When Peacekeepers Prey on Children The charitable organization Save the Children UK effectively blew the whistle on itself and other aid organizations on Tuesday by publishing findings that a number of aid workers and United Nations peacekeepers engage in sexual [ more ... ] |
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