Madrid: 178 nuevas familias se ofrecen para acoger a menores

Madrid, 15 ene (EFE).- La Comunidad de Madrid y el Real Madrid han presentado hoy en el centro comercial Plenilunio un Punto Fotográfico de Información sobre acogimiento familiar, dentro de la campaña "Cuando acoges a un niño, tu familia crece".

Las familias que visiten hoy el stand del Instituto Madrileño del Menor y la Familia (IMMF), en la primera planta, obtendrán como recuerdo de su jornada una fotografía ambientada en el salón de un hogar y que, al ser revelada, incluirá a un menor tutelado como un miembro más de esta familia.

China: Policía china rescata a cientos de mujeres y niños secuestrados en el suroeste del país

La policía china ha rescatado a 151 niños y 209 mujeres en la provincia suroccidental de Guizhou en los últimos dos años en el marco de una campaña contra el tráfico de seres humanos, informaron el día 22 miércoles las autoridades locales.

España: La defensora del pueblo reclama un registro de menores inmigrantes no acompanados

7/10/2010 - 11:49 MADRID, 07 (SERVIMEDIA)

La Defensora del Pueblo, María Luisa Cava de Llano, denunció este jueves que las comunidades autónomas cada vez realizan más pruebas para determinar la edad de los menores inmigrantes no acompañados que llegan a España, aunque tengan un pasaporte de su país que determina que aún no han cumplido los 18 años.

Cava de Llano realizó esta aseveración en la inauguración de una jornada de trabajo sobre la determinación forense de la edad de los menores extranjeros no acompañados, celebrada en Madrid.

Exploitation of labor rights in Chocolate production is ongoing

WHO LOVES CHOCOLATE?... I DO... BUT... YOU HAVE TO READ THIS:

http://stopthetraffik.wordpress.com

The worst forms of child labor, forced labor and trafficking of children have not been eradicated yet, on the contrary, a newly released study gives real evidence about the widespread practices and the ineffectiveness of the industry’s efforts.


Nine years ago, a voluntary agreement called the Harkin-Engel Protocol was signed by the cocoa and chocolate industry. This was part of a voluntary commitment to end all Worst Forms of Child Labour including the trafficking of children and Forced Adult Labour (FAL) in the cocoa production in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana by the end of 2005.

To monitor this promise, they asked Tulane University to report on progress. This led to a four and a half year project which covered at least half of the cocoa growing areas in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Not only has it been found that children from Burkina Faso and Mali are still being sold to work in cocoa agriculture, especially in the Côte d’Ivoire, but all of the children interviewed who worked on cocoa farms there were subjected to the Worst Forms of Child Labour. More astoundingly, a vast majority of them were trafficked (63% from Mali, 75% from Burkina Faso).

Nuevo informe de Amnistía Internacional Si vuelvo, ¡me mato! II

!Actúa!¡ Tu firma sigue siendo fundamental

Informe de seguimiento sobre la situación de los menores en centros de protección terapéuticos en España  Los derechos humanos de los menores en Centros de Protección siguen sin garantizarse nueve meses después de las denuncias de Amnistía Internacional España se examinó el 15 de septiembre ante el Comité de Derechos del Niño de la ONU y Amnistía Internacional pide una Ley estatal que proteja los derechos de los menores

Europe: Terre des Hommes Newsletter.

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