Tag: Children’s rights
UN calls for ‘transparent investigation’
After a series of cases of poisoning by mysterious gases of young girls since November in schools in Iran, the UN joined its voice this Friday to that of the…
Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu in court for organ trafficking
For three weeks, British justice has held the trial of a Nigerian senator. Ike Ekweremadu is accused of organ trafficking: he allegedly brought a young man from Nigeria to London…
Excision: better informing mothers and their daughters to fight against this mutilation
They are 200 million women to be circumcised. And every six minutes, another little girl comes to inflate this figure. On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance…
a man tried for having married his young daughter to a disciple of a religious brotherhood
It’s a sordid affair that comes out years later. In Istanbul, the trial of a father linked to one of the most influential religious brotherhoods in Turkey, the İsmailağa community,…
Barriers to education still strong for girls in crisis areas
On the occasion of World Education Day, this January 24, several NGOs recall the extent to which inequalities between girls and boys persist in access to learning. Within regions in…
Véronique Ovaldé, the Sicilian clan
Véronique Ovaldé has published ten novels, including “And my transparent heart” (France Culture-Télérama prize), “What I know of Vera Candida” (Renaudot prize for high school students in 2009, France Télévisions…
nearly 7,000 children still detained in northeast camps, Save the Children says
About 7,000 children of suspected jihadists remain detained in camps in northeastern Syria and are at risk of attacks and violence, the NGO Save the Children warned on Wednesday, calling…
Same-sex parenthood: the European Commission proposes a “certificate of filiation”
News Published on 12/15/2022 at 4:53 p.m. Updated 12/15/2022 at 4:53 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Marie Lanen Head of parenting section (baby, pregnancy, family) If in France, same-sex parenting is…
the army committed “targeted killings of children” according to Reuters
The Reuters agency published on Monday December 12 a new part of its investigation detailing the extreme violence that the Nigerian army has shown vis-à-vis civilians, collateral victims of its…
Scandal of “stolen” children in Mali: “Alerts were issued and remained ignored by the Quai d’Orsay”
Since last September, the French courts have opened an investigation for concealment of fraud against the association “Rayon de soleil de l’enfant etranger”. In the 1990s, the organization allegedly circumvented…