One of our key responsibilities, here at Humanium, is to ensure that all children around the world are aware of their rights as a child and have enough knowledge, empowerment and support to stand up for them. By teaching your child about the on-going environmental...
Children Human Rights Defenders: a need for empowerment and protection of our children
Youth mobilisation has witnessed an important growth over the past decade, with children standing up for their rights and the rights of others. Examples are flourishing worldwide, with the latest and largest instance being their global mobilisation for climate...
Children with disabilities
The international community has made progress in grasping the experience of people with disabilities and safeguarding their rights. This article looks at the situation of children with disabilities in Latin America and Caribbean (UNICEF, 2013). Understanding the...
Focus Switzerland: The obstacles that led to the late women’s vote only in 1971 and 1 way Humanium chooses
Today you might see Switzerland as a successful and safe country with regards to its commitment to equal rights for all. Most importantly, you might think of Switzerland as a role model for the occidental world. All this is true. However, it has not always been...
With a new intuitive understanding of children’s rights.
“You have no right to hit your wife!” systematically claims Arndt Soret, chairperson and founder of Humanium when coaching groups in Rwanda. “Violence and guilt will keep on being passed on like hot potatoes from generation to generation since the 1994 genocide, if we...
We believe in youth: “Every generation has the opportunity to remake the world”
On the 18th of July the world celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of the great inspirational leader, Nelson Mandela. Madiba lived a remarkable life; a life devoted to fight for black rights, and campaigned against the laws that kept white and black people apart...
Humanium’s Child-Friendly Village Project
Our Child-Friendly Village project aims to transform Perumbakkam by fostering a healthy environment conducive to children’s physical, mental and intellectual development. Our project is located in Tamil Nadu in southern India. The population in this region especially...
The forgotten children of West Papua
I wish I could begin this article by storytelling about my latest trip to this mysterious, little-known part of the World: formerly Irian Jaya – or, as more of you may know it, West Papua (officially two provinces: Papua and West Papua). This supposedly...
The exploited children who build smartphones in your pocket
Introduction Today, nearly everyone has a smartphone. Worldwide, 54 mobile phones are sold every second, representing nearly 1 billion devices sold since the beginning of 2017 (Planetoscope, sans date.). This number is partly due to the fact that phones often become...
How to End Child Labour in India? #BacktoSchoolwithHumanium!
Over 30 million children in India between the ages of 6 and 13 won’t start the new academic year (Estimating the Number of out-of-school Children, 2016). Instead, many of those who are out-of-school are forced to work as ragmen, miners and in restaurants....