Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Andrew Green* JUBA, Apr 15, 2012 (IPS) – As the process of reintegrating South Sudan’s child soldiers into their old lives begins soon, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army renewal of its lapsed commitment to release all child soldiers from its ranks in March could mean that within [...]
BANGLADESH: Child Smugglers Risk Life for a Few Dollars
June 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Sujoy Dhar BENAPOLE, Bangladesh, Jun 28, 2011 (IPS) – Thirteen-year-old Jamal is a Bangladeshi bootlegger who carries goods from Haridaspur town in the Indian state of West Bengal to the border district of Jessore in southwest Bangladesh, playing cat-and-mouse with Indian frontier guards every day. But luck [...]
PHILIPPINES: Pulling Children Out of the Tunnel of Hard Labour
April 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kara Santos MANILA, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) – At the tender age of 10, Rodel Morozco was working in a goldmine and crawling inside tunnels, until one day he fell 200 feet underground because his father had blasted the tunnel with dynamite. "I had to run and [...]
Bloggers Track Down China’s Lost Boys
March 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gordon Ross BEIJING, Mar 10, 2011 (IPS) – Peng Gaofeng spent three years looking for his abducted son, launching an Internet campaign that eventually drew 300,000 followers. Last month, Peng was reunited with his son, and the 34-year-old has vowed to help the thousands of Chinese parents [...]
ARGENTINA: Trial over Baby Theft Opens at Last
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – After 35 years of campaigning and legal action by the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the first trial over the systematic theft of babies of political prisoners during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship began Monday. "It was sad and [...]
ARGENTINA: Pockets of Child Malnutrition Despite Economic Boom
February 22, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 21, 2011 (IPS) – Despite years of strong economic growth, record harvests and massive social assistance programmes, there are still places in Argentina untouched by the boom, where child malnutrition has even claimed lives. Hunger and malnutrition affect 53 million people in [...]
Malawi Struggling to Address Paediatric HIV
November 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Dingaan Mithi LILONGWE, Nov 15, 2010 (IPS) – There are 91,000 children living with HIV in Malawi. A shortage of resources means that many do not receive proper treatment and care. The most recent AIDS Epidemic Update, published by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization, estimated that [...]
NAMIBIA: Increase Needed in Social Grants for Foster Children
October 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Busani Bafana and Chris Stein WINDHOEK , Oct 20, 2010 (IPS) – Seventeen-year-old Jason* wants to be a pilot and his 14-year-old foster sister, Gracie*, wants to be a lawyer. In the impoverished district of Rehoboth, south of Windhoek, dreams such as these do not always come [...]
AFRICA: Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children
September 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI, Sep 8 (IPS) – "Herding goats is tough with the thirst, sun, loneliness and hunger each day. And it can last forever. You herd as a girl, then as a wife, as a pregnant woman, as a mother and even as a grandmother," says Rukia [...]
