SIERRA LEONE: Agencies act on issues of sexual abuse

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Jun 13, 2002

Several humanitarian agencies in Sierra Leone have developed action plans to respond to issues of sexual exploitation of vulnerable children, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which also reported that a national coordinator for sexual exploitation and abuse is to be recruited. The coordinator is to be based in the OCHA office in Freetown.

Sierra Leone

mALAWI: REPORT ON THE ROLE ON NGO'S IN EDUCATION

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Jun 13, 2002

Two Malawian academics have produced a comprehensive report that looks at the role of NGOs in the education sector in Malawi. The report, titled 'The changing roles of non-governmental organisations in education in Malawi', is aimed at highlighting the role NGOs are currently playing in strengthening education and to assist donors and host governments in the design, use and management of NGO-implemented programmes.

Malawi

ETHIOPIA: Plans to continue successful education programme

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Jun 13, 2002

Ethiopia is aiming to extend an education programme for millions of children to ensure it meets the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Ethiopia

RWANDA: Interview with UNICEF Representative Theophane Nikyema

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Jun 13, 2002

One of the many problems the present government faced when it seized power in 1994 was what to do with the thousands of children who were orphaned by war, genocide and now AIDS. Many of these children are not in orphanages, but roam the streets in one of the poorest countries in the world. Theophane Nikyema, the representative of the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) in Rwanda, on 6 June gave IRIN his views on the situation of children in the country.

Rwanda

GREAT LAKES: UNICEF calls for free registration of births

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Jun 13, 2002

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for the free registration of all children at birth, noting that millions of babies go undocumented each year, automatically denying them an official identity, nationality and status.

Uganda: 50% of Children Sexually Abused

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Jun 13, 2002

OVER 50% of children below 10 years of age have been sexually abused, the chairman of Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN), Basil Kandyomunda, has said.

Uganda

South Africa: Children Learning to Kill And Be Killed

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Jun 13, 2002

Warring leaders are destroying those who can ensure there is a new future for their countries and African leaders are not doing enough for the reconstruction of Africa, says Olara Otunnu, the United Nations special representative for children and armed conflict.

South Africa

UN releases final outcome document of Special Session on Children

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Jun 13, 2002

Almost a month after the special session, the final version of the much-awaited outcome document - A World Fit for Children - has been released.

ghana: Taking education to Ghana villages

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Jun 13, 2002

Non formal schools in Ghana match education programme with the farming pattern and become a hit among rural children.

Ghana

GABON-GUINEA-BISSAU-NIGER: Guinea- Bissau, Niger urged to fight rights abuses

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Jun 13, 2002

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended on Friday that Guinea- Bissau and Niger strengthen efforts to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) and all other abuses against children, UNHCHR reported.

Niger

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