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Africa: 'Bail Out Education, Not Business'
IPS, 16 June 2009
The World Economic Forum on Africa has just concluded in Cape Town. If government leaders and captains of industry called for an eight trillion dollar bailout for the continent's… Read more »
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Africa: Children Speak Up for Right to Survive
UNIRIN, 16 June 2009
Thousands of children are participating in activities across Africa advocating for governments to boost child survival in commemoration of the Day of the African Child. Celebrated… Read more »
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Zambia: Agency Exposes 1.2 Million Child Workers
Times of Zambia, 16 June 2009
MORE than 1.2 million children in Zambia are victims of child labour, research by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World… Read more »
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Malawi: Give Girls a Chance
UNIRIN, 16 June 2009
Caroline Mbewe, 14, would prefer to be in school, but instead is a domestic worker for an affluent family in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe. Read more »
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Ghana: Reduction in Hazardous Child Labour
Accra Mail, 16 June 2009
The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has announced that an independent evaluation conducted in Ghana has found that in ICI supported cocoa growing communities there is a… Read more »
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Africa: Countries Made Impressive Gains in Child Survival, Says Unicef
UN News, 16 June 2009
Several African countries have made impressive gains in child survival in recent years but much more needs to be done, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Let's Respect Children's Rights
The Herald, 16 June 2009
TODAY marks the launch of Seven Days of Activism Against Child Abuse which runs up to June 22. Read more »
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Kenya: Putting Child Health First
UNIRIN, 16 June 2009
As Africa marked the Day of the African Child on 16 June, the Kenyan government launched an eight-year strategy aimed at delivering efficient and effective services to improve the… Read more »
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South Africa: Youth to Continue With the Struggle
BuaNews, 16 June 2009
The struggle may be different from the one in 1976 but the Gauteng youth's message is clear - they will not give up. Read more »
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Africa: UN Urges More Attention to the African Child
CISA, 16 June 2009
African states, civil society organizations and the private sector should urgently tackle the problems of child and maternal mortality, school dropouts, gender inequality and poor… Read more »