Contemporary beliefs in witchcraft still exist and have been documented in different countries in the world, including in sub-Saharan countries such as Tanzania, the Central African Republic, and Nigeria, but also in Bolivia, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Iran, Nepal,...
The UN & (ex) child soldiers
20 years since Graça Machel’s report on “The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children”: what input on the rehabilitation of former child soldiers? On 9th December 2016, Humanium participated in the celebration of the 20 years mandate of the Office of the Special...
Periods : a taboo with serious consequences
If swimmer Fu Yuanhui created such a stir during the Olympic Games in Rio by mentioning her periods on live television, it’s because the subject is still very much taboo in many parts of the world. In France, the debate on the tax on tampons and sanitary towels...
Humanium launches a photo contest ! – Implementing Children’s Rights
Do you want to raise awareness on children’s rights or the children’s situation in a specific country? Here is your chance to engage in promoting and improving children’s rights around the world! We are pleased to announce our photo contest starting from 24th December...
Implementing children’s rights in Rwanda
Rwanda has ratified the Convention on Children’s Rights and has implemented local laws, such as LAW No. 54/2011 on the protection of children’s rights as well as LAW No. 59/2008 on the prevention and repression of gender based violence. Nevertheless, there are still...
A precarious journey: unaccompanied minor migrants of Central America
Between October 2013 and August 2015, 102,327 unaccompanied children from Central America (76,572 from Central America’s Northern Triangle and 25,755 from Mexico) reached the Mexico-United States border (Sarah Pierce, Migration Policy Institute, 2015). This influx of...
ISIS and child soldiers : what future for the Islamic State ?
ISIS recruiting child soldiers at an alarming rate, what does this mean for the future of ISIS? ISIS is coercing child soldiers at an accelerating rate recent analysis suggests. Disturbingly children appear to be fighting alongside adults marking a new development in...
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Niger: The Highest Rate of Child Marriage in the World
“He greeted me with a terrifying smile, and said ‘You will be my second wife’ (UNFPA 2015). These are the words expressed by a 15-year-old Nigerien girl called Amina Mahamane, who, like countless young girls in Niger, belongs to a highly vulnerable group of girls...
Street children in Lebanon
At The Hague Global Child Labour Conference in 2010, Lebanon made the commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in its country by 2016. According to the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, these comprise; slavery in all its forms, child...