Children in the world’s poorest countries are extremely vulnerable to the effects of increasing global poverty. Disease and hunger take a heavy toll. Many who do manage to survive are robbed of their childhoods and forced to work, often in terrible conditions. The United Nations estimates that one-sixth of all the world’s children go to work. Tony Birtley reports from Bangladesh.
Gaza’s children are loosing their childhood, according to at least one study that has outline a grim picture of what it is like growing up in there.
Al Jazeera’s Sherine Tadros reports from Gaza.
It starts in high school.
Army officers training teenagers in military style drills, a daily one hour class, which in some schools across the United States, has long been a part of the curriculum.
In Colombia, female fighters make up some 20 per cent of the FARC rebels. They fight alongside the men and are constantly on the move.
But if they fall pregnant, they’re left with some difficult choices to make.
Teresa Bo explains.
Morocco’s King, Mohammed VI, introduced sweeping reforms across the country in 2004 which were designed to eradicate discrimination - he ushered in new laws on equality, divorce rights and on polygamy.