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| V-DAY
and UNICEF Call for an End to Rape and
Sexual Torture against Women and Girls
in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| New
York, NY - August 6, 2007: Highlighting
the issue of violence against women
and girls in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), renowned playwright
Eve Ensler has chronicled her first-hand
encounters with women in eastern DRC,
where sexual violence has become a
routine weapon of war. Her account
appears in Glamour magazine today. |
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| 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? |
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 Thanks
to the UNICEF - Secretariat of Education - Eduparques
Alliance
30 thousand public-school
students visit Divercity and receive education
kits
Bogotá D.C.
August 31, 2007. Last August 28, within the framework
of the alliance created by UNICEF, Eduparques
and the District Secretariat of Education, pedagogical
visits to Divercity were begun as part of the
strategy to raise awareness of children’s
rights in Bogotá schools. Beginning this
week and until February 2008, 30 thousand primary
school students from 54 public education institutions
will make the programmed visit. |
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 UNICEF
to provide attention for flood victims in the department
of Córdoba
Bogotá D.C., August 30, 2007. More than
27 thousand persons affected by the rainy season
in the department of Córdoba will benefit
directly and indirectly from the intervention to
be implemented by UNICEF, in partnership with Oxfam
and the Colombian Red Cross. Five thousand child
victims will benefit directly from this intervention
in the rural areas of the municipalities of Lorica,
San Bernardo del Viento, Purísima and Momil.
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REGION UNITES FOR “INVISIBLE” CHILDREN
Asunción, 28th August, 2007 – For
the first time, Governments, the UN and civil society
organisations from across the region are meeting
in Paraguay under the slogan “Write me down,
make me visible” to guarantee the rights,
safety, and opportunities of millions of Latin
American children with no birth certificate or
legal identity.
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 From
August 30 through September 2 at the Universidad
Externado
Quality Television 2007
Between August 30 and September 2 at the Universidad Externado de Colombia,
in Bogotá, the IVth Exhibit and International Conference on QUALITY
TELEVISION 2007 will be held – the most important event on children’s
television ever to be held in Colombia. And this year there’s much
to see! |
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 UNICEF
present at the opening of the
World Roller Speed Skating Championship, Cali 2007
Santiago de Cali, August 21, 2007. With a press conference at the Hotel
Radisson in Cali last Friday, August 17, the World Roller Speed Skating Championship
2007 – of which UNICEF is the social brand – was officially presented
to the communication media. |
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 UNICEF,
the social brand for the World Roller Speed Skating
Championship
Bogotá D.C.,
15 August 2007. This Friday, August 17, there
will be an inauguration ceremony for the
World Roller Speed Skating Championship to
be held in the city of Santiago de Cali,
Department of Valle del Cauca. UNICEF is
the social brand for this event, thanks to
the alliance created with the Colombian Roller
Skating Federation: “United to promote
Sports and Education”, which seeks
to promote the rights of children and strengthen
the programme for including children in school:
The School Going to the Child.
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 United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks
at the Baghdad bombing commemoration ceremony.
The
bombing of the Canal Hotel on 19 August 2003
remains one of the UN's darkest days. Four
years on, our hearts remain heavy.
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 V-Day
and UNICEF urge protection for women and girls
in eastern DR Congo
NEW
YORK, USA, 6 August 2007 – Highlighting
the issue of violence against women and girls,
renowned US playwright and ‘V-Day’ founder
Eve Ensler has chronicled her firsthand encounters
with women in eastern Democratic Republic
of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence
has become a routine weapon of war.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)
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