Archive child rights 2002-2003

Archive

Children still deprived of rights enshrined in UN Convention, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 20/11/2003), Children still being victimised: Report (ht 21/11/2003)

Children’s rights not prioritised in Nepal (kp 17/11/2003)

FNCCI, ILO sign pact to abolish child labour (Himalayan Timnes, 07/11/2003)

Keep kids out of it: “Our children are being robbed of their childhood, we can’t steal their future as well”, by Naresh Newar (Nepali Times, 24/10/2003)

Street children get to savour Dashain (Himalayan Times, 02/10/2003), For the less fortunate Dashain means begging for life’s basics, by Nityanada Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2003), Destitute children bury their blues during Dashain, by Pradip Miyangbo (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2003)

Seminar Paper: Children are the zones of peace, by General Dipta Prakash Shah (People's Review, 18/09/2003)

Over 70,000 children work in tea shops (Kathmandu Post, 14/09/2003)

Survey paints bleak picture of child workers (Himalayan Times, 13/09/2003)

Children worst hit by the conflict, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 21/08/2003), Children and conflict (Kathmandu Post, 22/08/2003), 'Leave us in peace': Children are declared a zone of peace, by Naresh Newari (Nepali Times, 22/08/2003), Children are a zone of peace, by Keith D Leslie (Kathmandu Post, 24/08/2003)

7-year-old innocent girl languishes in jail (Kathmandu Post, 14/08/2003)

Do children count? by Anita Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2003)

Silent suffering, by Bimal Kumar Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2003)

Young Wounds: Eleven children died after the declaration of ceasefire — CWIN report states, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 01/08/2003)

Extent of Child Labor in Nepal, by Hridaya R. Bajracharya (Telegraph, 30/07/2003)

CWIN report paints gloomy picture of children (Kathmandu Post, 24/07/2003), CWIN report brings children’s plight to light (Himalayan Times, 24/07/2003)

War scars children: Despite truce, child victims of the insurgency bear the brunt, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Nepali Times, 18/07/2003)

Govt forces too have ‘red devils’ ! by Tilak P. Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2003)

Two minors rescued from jail, by Lilanath Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2003)

Students complain against abusive principal, by Bikash Sangraula (Kathmandu Post, 28/06/2003)

Nepali girls rescued from Indian circus (Kathmandu Post, 27/06/2003)

Child sexual abuse in Nepal, a ‘silent suffering’ (Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2003), School kids abused umpteen ways: Survey (Himalayan Times, 26/06/2003, Silent sufferers (Himalayan Times, 27/06/2003), Sexual abuse: Unspoken Miseries, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 11/07/2003)

Loopholes in Children’s Act and non-compliance cause continued harassment of children, by Bikash Sangraula & Jitendra Sah (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2003)

Child labour still a major problem (Himalayan Times, 14/06/2003)

In the shadows: Paedophilia is hidden, elusive and it is spreading, by Thomas Bell and Maarten Post (Nepali Times, 13/06/2003)

6-yr-old girl in prison with her parents (Himalayan Times, 12/06/2003)

Child trafficking on rise, offenders get away lightly, by Prasanna Chitrakar (Himalayan Times, 12/06/2003)

Wake up to educate and empower domestic child labourers, by Tejasuee Rajbhandari (Kathmandu Post, 12/06/2003)

Media’s role on children issues stressed (Himalayan Times, 25/05/2003)

Govt orphanage gives platform to child victims of conflict (Kathmandu Post, 09/05/2003)

Child labour increasing in Baglung (Kathmandu Post, 24/04/2003)

46,000 child porters pressurised to work (Himalayan Times, 01/04/2003)

Child abuse and mental health, by Niranjan Prasad Upadhyay (Space Time Today, 21/03/2003)

Media urged to raise voice against domestic child labour (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2003)

Child labour and social stigma (Space Time Today, 11/03/2003)

Maila, the khalasi, by Amit Shrestha (Space Time Today, 05/03/2003)

Menace of child labour (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2003)

Child Rights Watch Group formed (Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2003)

Children of conflict face bleak future, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 09/02/2003)

Child labour and trafficking, by Sunita Bhandari (Space Time Today, 08/02/2003)

Nepal to submit child rights report to UN soon, by Prakriti Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 07/02/2003)

UNICEF seeks end to child atrocities (Himalayan Times, 05/02/2003)

Child rights situation in Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 04/02/2003)

Conflict taking heavy toll on children: CWIN (Kathmandu Post, 03/02/2003)
See also 146 children killed in insurgency: Report (Space Time Today, 03/02/2003), Insurgency spelt doom for children, says report (Himalayan Times, 03/02/2003), Conflicts, violence influence children's behaviour (Rising Nepal, 03/02/2003)

Nipped buds (Himalayan Times, 31/01/2003)

Rescued children from factory seek justice, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 31/01/2003)

Young hopes crushed smashing stones, by Prasanna Chitrakar (Himalayan Times, 30/01/2003)

Children in conflicts (Space Time Today, 18/12/2002)

Education facilities for domestic child workers, by Pooja Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 17/12/2002)

Children caught in the whirlpool of war, by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 08/12/2002)

Efforts to promote children's rights insufficient, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (Rising Nepal, 01/12/2002)

Agreement signed to eliminate child labour (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2002)

Sexual abuse of children, by Laxman Datt Pant (SpaceTime Today, 28/11/2002)

Children in jails suffer the most as their parents complete terms, by Pooja Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 19/11/2002)

Child labour in Nepal, by R C Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 16/11/2002)

What will end child labour, by Rakesh Wadhwa (Himalayan Times, 04/11/2002)

Crushing poverty crushes lives of kids who crush stones (Space Time Today, 25/10/2002)
See also Stone crusher children tell their woes, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (Rising Nepal, 26/10/2002), Hope for education emerging out of heaps of stones (Kathmandu Post, 27/10/2002)

‘Ongoing Maoist rebellion challenging child rights’ (Kathmandu Post, 16/09/2002)

Plight of children of prison inmates, by Prem Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2002)

Over two-thirds of total rape victims are children below 16 : Report (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2002)

Child Abuse: The Nepalese Scenario, by Niranjan Prasad Upadhyay (Spotlight, 12/07/2002)

32,000 children working in 1,600 stone quarries: Report, by Seema A Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 06/07/2002)
See also With each stone crushed shatters the dream of a child (Rising Nepal, 07/07/2002)

'30,000 child labourers in Nepal' (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2002)

Birth registration yet to catch up in Nepal : Experts, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 23/06/2002)

Nation observes World Day Against Child Labour, by Seema A. Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2002)

‘Conventions alone will not solve child labour problems’, by Seema A Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 21/05/2002)

Children come out for child rights, by Tilak Pokharel (Sunday Post, 19/05/2002)

Child Labour, Health And Environment, bv Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 16/05/2002)

Education of working children, by Bigya, Neha, Prisha, Tina & Santosh, MBA Students, Kathmandu University (Telegraph, 15/05/2002)

Nepal is committed to protect child rights (Kathmandu Post, 11/05/2002)
See also editorial Reiterated Commitment (Rising Nepal, 12/05/2002)

State of Children: Growing Concern, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 10/05/2002)

Child victim gets compensation (People's Review, 09/05/2002)

Report on child rights launched (Kathmandu Post, 02/05/2002)

Campaign against corporal punishment of children (Kathmandu Post, 01/05/2002)

Emergency and global movement for children, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Kathmandu Post, 23/04/2002)

Child Labour: A Serious Problem, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 18/04/2002)

22,000 kids working as domestics in capital alone (Rising Nepal, 12/04/2002)

US grant to counter worst forms of child labor (Telegraph, 10/04/2002)

77,000 domestic child labour in country (Kathmandu Post, 26/03/2002)

900,000 child labourers in the country, by Manmohan Swnar (Kathmandu Post, 14/02/2002)

Disappearing children, a growing problem, by Seema A. Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 04/02/2002)

When will misery end?, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Sunday Post, 03/02/2002)

Writ filed against minor’s detention (Kathmandu Post, 27/01/2002)

Reducing Poverty And Child Labour: Coordinated Efforts Essential, by Niranjan Prasad Upadhyay (Rising Nepal, 24/01/2002)

No aprons, it’s now school uniforms, by K. P. Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 21/01/2002)

Jail children get a new life, by Madhav Dhungana (Kathmandu Post, 21/01/2002)
See also 11 more children rescued from jail (Kathmandu Post, 26/01/2002)

Dirty old men are prowling Kathmandu streets, by Seema A. Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 12/01/2002)

S Asian child-rights NGOs meet (Kathmandu Post, 05/01/2002)