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| UNICEF:
Female Genital Cutting Must Stop |
| NEW
YORK, 6 February 2009 – UNICEF
today called for increased efforts to
end female genital cutting, as the world
marks International Day against Female
Genital Mutilation. |
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| LAW
ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| On August 17 the Bill
of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in
which the law on Children and Adolescents
is promulgated”, a proposal that
prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition,
Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health,
Special Protection, Civil Registration,
Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality,
and Water and Sanitation. Based on what
you know about the country’s situation,
what would you propose doing to consolidate
these priorities? |
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Divercity and UNICEF
donate
school supplies in Bogotá
Last February 9, children from 32 of Bogotá’s
schools received education kits, thanks to donations
from visitors to the Divercity theme park, an
entity that in partnership with UNICEF has been
implementing this campaign for more than two years.
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HomeCenter and UNICEF
present
large donation of school furniture in Soacha
On
February 13 the children from 11 schools in the
municipality of Soacha received a complete set
of school furniture, thanks to a donation from
HomeCenter customers.
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Led by the National Government, 47 municipalities
now have a policy on prevention of recruitment
Bogotá,
February 11, 2009 - Colombia’s Vice President,
Francisco Santos Calderón, presented the
second report of the “Inter-Sectorial Commission
for the Prevention of Recruitment and Utilization
of Children by Illegal Armed Groups, which is
in charge of articulating and orienting the State’s
actions to reduce the factors leading to recruitment.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press
Today
(Spanish)
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