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Education can help child soldiers reintegrate into society
A child-rights-based approach to education in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programmes gives children the tools for healing, belonging and participation in…
Abusive teachers still slip through system, council for educators admits
The council told the Human Rights Commission that “systemic gaps” and weak controls mean teachers found guilty of offences could still be found in the system
‘Teachers do not know better than using corporal punishment’
This was revealed on the second day of provincial hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relations between teachers and learners by the Human Rights Commission
Landmark moment for children’s rights in South Africa
The constitutionality of corporal punishment in the home will be determined by the apex court
Voluntourism: What’s wrong with it and how it can be changed
A travel trend of people "doing good" has come under heavy criticism as people inadvertently perpetuate unhelpful ideas about the places they visit.
Refugees in Greece feel like ‘prisoners and hostages’
On Samos Island, some 2,000 asylum seekers are crammed in a refugee centre designed to accommodate only 700 people.
Comment: Superfood for Babies
It’s World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children’s lives.
Two years on and Haitians still bear the brunt of slow aid
United Nations figures show that only $2.38-billion of $4.5-billion pledged has been sent to Haiti where a 2010 earthquake killed 300 000 people.
Low health spend blamed for India’s child mortality
About two million children under five die from lack of care in India every year, more than in any other country, said a new report released on Monday.
First cholera, now anthrax hits Zimbabwe
An anthrax outbreak has killed three people and threatens to wipe out livestock in Zimbabwe, compounding the nation’s struggle against cholera.
Zimbabwe children eating toxic roots, rats
Children in Zimbabwe are eating rats and inedible roots riddled with toxic parasites to stave off hunger because of chronic food shortages.