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April - 2007

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Not even with the petal of a rose

Paul Martin, UNICEF Representative in Colombia

El Tiempo, March 8, 2007

Bogotá Mayor’s Office, Secretariat of Education, UNICEF and Divercity present a strategy for promoting the rights of children

Bogotá D.C., April 17, 2007. Thirty thousand children from Bogotá public schools will benefit from a strategy called “Awareness of the rights of children in Bogotá’s Schools”, a joint initiative of the Secretariat of Education, UNICEF and Divercity.

Deadly landmines threaten the lives and well-being of children in rural Colombia

NEW YORK, USA, 4 April 2007 – Nearly six years ago, when Irma Janeth was 10, she accidentally set her left foot on a landmine while walking through the woods in her hometown of Quebradona, rural Colombia. The explosion tore off one of her legs instantly, and left her unable to bear children.

UNICEF condemns use of a minor in Taliban execution

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 23 April 2007 -- UNICEF today condemned the use of a minor in a Taliban execution as a criminal act. A video circulating in Pakistan shows a young boy beheading an adult. The act was a terrible example of how children can be used by adults to commit heinous crimes in times of conflict.

LAW ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

On August 17 the Bill of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in which the law on Children and Adolescents is promulgated”, a proposal that prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition, Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Special Protection, Civil Registration, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, and Water and Sanitation. Based on what you know about the country’s situation, what would you propose doing to consolidate these priorities?