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News from children's charities and research about child protection.

News about preventing and responding to violence, exploitation and abuse against children, including child labour, child soldiers, the rights of the child and child trafficking.

Work in Gold Mines Pulling Children Out Of School in Burkina Faso

04/09/2012 - A boom in Burkina Faso’s gold mining over the past three years is luring children - some as young as six - out of school.

UN: Guatemala needs to end Child Labour and Exploitation

04/09/2012 - A United Nations (UN) expert has stated that in spite of protection measures by the Guatemalan Government, many children are still victims of sexual exploitation and forced labour.

Unstable Foster care puts children at risk

03/09/2012 - Concern is growing that the almost 400 children in the care of the state in Australia have been in 10 or more foster care facilities, and that this stress puts vulnerable children at increased risk.

What happened to India’s Missing Children?

31/08/2012 - Of the more than 19,000 children who have disappeared from Delhi alone since 2009, 3,000 remain untraced, and many point to human trafficking as the cause.

Gruesome Murders Claim Children’s Lives

31/08/2012 – Two Afghan children—one teen boy and a young girl—were beheaded this week in Afghanistan in two horrific, unrelated incidents.
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