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Child prisoners in Cambodia
4th Feb 2010 - Globally there are more than one million children in prison. In developing countries children, including those who have only committed minor offences, often serve their sentences in appalling conditions alongside adult prisoners.

EveryChild warns against international adoptions and building orphanages in response to the Haitian earthquake
21st Jan 2010 - EveryChild, the international children’s charity has joined with other international children’s organisations to call for an urgent moratorium on all adoptions from Haiti to ensure that children are not left vulnerable to trafficking, or separated from surviving family members. 

EveryChild helps publish a report on child rights in Ukraine
5th Jan 2010 - EveryChild Ukraine has worked alongside a coalition of Ukrainian NGOs to publish a report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Ukraine. In 2008 the Ukraine Government published a national report on how well child rights have been implemented in Ukraine from 2002 to 2006.

Child parliaments in Malawi 
17th Dec 09 - I met recently with Asmaa, a 14-year-old girl, who participates in Chidyake Child Parliament and I want to take this opportunity to share with you the impact it is having on her life, and in turn other children in Malawi.

EveryChild takes part in online conversation hosted by the Royal Commonwealth Society
2nd Dec 09 - To celebrate the commonwealth turning 60 in 2009, the Royal Commonwealth Society is facilitating the largest, global dialogue ever undertaken between the peoples of the Commonwealth about their association. It is called the Commonwealth Conversation.

EveryChild research on HIV/AIDS and residential care in Africa
1st Dec 09 - Today is World AIDS Day and to mark the event EveryChild is releasing some initial findings from a new research project that is exploring the links between HIV and AIDS and the placing of children in institutions.

UN guidelines on the alternative care of children unanimously agreed in New York
23th Nov 09 - EveryChild is delighted that on Friday 20th November the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly welcomed by consensus the Guidelines on the Alternative Care of Children, exactly 20 years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). 

More than 24 million children are growing up without parental care
 20th Nov 09 - 20 years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, EveryChild warns there are at least 24 million children growing up without a parent and in poor countries their number is growing rapidly.

Listen to Me exhibition
19th Nov 09 - EveryChild and Save the Children UK, have collaborated with iceandfire to stage a new play based on real testimonies of vulnerable children around the world.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
10th Nov 09 - The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the United Nations on the 20 November 1989. Over its 20 year lifetime, it has become the most universally endorsed human rights treaty in the world.

2008/2009 Annual Review
28th Oct 09 - In 2008/09, EveryChild reached more children than ever before, growing up, or at risk of growing up, vulnerable and alone, without the care and safety of a family.

Last minute threat to new UN guidelines on family based care

23rd Oct 09 -  New guidelines that will tell governments how to prioritise family based care like fostering and adoption services over damaging institutions could be under threat due to last minute objections by a small number of member states in New York.

Worst floods in 100 years hit India

14th Oct 09 - One and a half million people have been affected by severe flooding caused by heavy rains at the beginning of October in North Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Thomas Moyo's blog - My time in London

5th Oct 09 - I touched down at Heathrow on the early hours of Monday 28th September 2009. Everybody in London is friendly and willing to help.

EveryChild Warns that Elton John's Plans to Adopt from Ukraine Could Harm Ukrainian Children

14th Sep 09 - EveryChild, the international children's charity, is concerned to learn that Elton John is planning to adopt a child from an orphanage in Ukraine.

UN Human Rights Council supports new international standards on childcare
25th Jun 09 - EveryChild is pleased to announce that the UN Human Rights Council has adopted an important resolution which affects the UN guidelines on alternative care for children.

EveryChild in Daily Mail – Malawi orphans
18th Jun 09 - The Daily Mail today features an opinion piece by Anna Feuchtwang, Chief Executive of EveryChild, commenting on alternatives to intercountry adoption and children’s homes in Malawi in answer to the HIV and AIDS crisis.

World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2009
12th Jun 09 - On World Day Against Child Labour, the international children’s charity, EveryChild warns that there are still 218 million child labourers worldwide, and 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.

Madonna’s adoption approved: EveryChild responds
12th Jun 09 - The Malawian High Court has ruled in favour of Madonna’s adoption appeal. Chifundo ‘Mercy’ James will now be adopted by Madonna. International charities and human rights organisations have reacted with concern.

Azerbaijan Audio Slideshow on the society section of www.guardian.co.uk today!
2nd Jun 09 - In Azerbaijan, there are over 2,000 children with disabilities who are still living away from their families in Soviet-era children’s homes.

EveryChild warns that global recession leading to more children being abandoned and exploited
15th May 09 - Today, on the UN International Day of the Family (Friday), international development charity EveryChild is warning that the global recession is leading to more children being abandoned, trafficked and exploited across the world.

Article on child labourer, Vinothini, in The Times
23rd Apr 09 - Living deep in the rural interior of India, Vinothini may never hear of the film Slumdog Millionaire or the furore this week over allegations that Rubina Ali, one of its child actors, was offered for sale by her father in a £200,000 adoption deal.

Response to UK report on looked-after children
22nd Apr 09 - A UK parliamentary select committee has called for a radical overhaul of the care system in England. EveryChild welcomes the committee’s recommendations for looked-after children but also cautions that any move to increase the number of children’s homes would have dire consequences for children in care in England.

EveryChild helps change law in Ukraine
9th April - EveryChild has won another victory in the battle to keep children out of children’s homes in Ukraine. Partly thanks to a campaign run by EveryChild, the Ukrainian government has changed the law so that all possible options will be explored before a child is placed in a children’s home. 

Madonna’s adoption rejected: EveryChild responds
3rd of April - EveryChild welcomes the news that Madonna’s second adoption from Malawi has not been rushed through the country’s courts.


EveryChild India launches innovative Child Tracking System
19th Mar 09 - EveryChild India and local partner organisation the Child Rights Trust are launching a new Child Tracking System in Southern India. For the first time children will have information about their health, school enrolment and any child protection issues recorded by local authorities.

EveryChild in Kiev State Art Gallery
6th March 09 - EveryChild Ukraine is celebrating its 10th year working in the Former Soviet Republic with a groundbreaking photographic exhibition. EveryChild hopes the exhibition in Kiev State Art Gallery will help promote its message that Everychild has the right to grow up in a family.

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