In the news - 2007
Sunday Star, 2 December 2007
NATION: Ronaldo helps spread awareness
KUALA LUMPUR: Football club Manchester United has contributed RM500,000 under its United for Unicef partnership to bring HIV/AIDS awareness to young people.
Sunday Star, 2 December 2007
EDUCATION: More to be done
The Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2008 assesses the extent to which commitments made seven years ago to expand educational opportunities are being met.
New Straits Times, 1 December 2007
Nation faces grim statistics
KUALA LUMPUR: In less than 10 years, about 300,000 Malaysians are expected to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The Star, 1 December 2007
NATION: Raising HIV awareness among youth
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government, in the fight against HIV-AIDS, has given priority in raising awareness among youth.
The Star, 30 November 2007
LIFEFOCUS: Reaching Out
A Unicef-funded NGO’s efforts to help a group of people trapped by the ravages of HIV/AIDS have proved successful.
The Star, 30 November 2007
LIFEFOCUS: A good word
STICK and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me – that’s something many a child or teenager would have said after being taunted. The bravado of the young but much as we hate to admit it, some words do hurt and can even leave a scar.
New Straits Times, 29 November 2007
Student's rap video on HIV/AIDS a winner
KUALA LUMPUR: Seeing children under 10 hanging around with prostitutes, pimps and drug addicts in the back alleys of Sabah drove him to make a difference.
The Star, 23 November 2007
Students and teachers learn to deal with floods
MUAR: With the threat of floods, a group of students and teachers have been taught how to identify hazards and find ways to reduce the risk of flooding in schools.
The Sun, 22 November 2007
Leadership on AIDS at all levels
One need not be in government or a large organization to be a leader in the effort to raise awareness of HIV. Young people and ordinary folks also play an important role.
The Sun, 25 November 2007
CONVERSATIONS: Advancing children’s rights
Prof. Jaap E. Doek, the chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child since May 2001, is a professor of law in Amsterdam and had been the dean of the Law faculty at the Vrije Universiteit from 1988 to 1992.
The Star, 21 November 2007
YOUTH2: Familial dangers
Protecting children from sexual abuse is the responsibility of all, reports StarYouth in conjunction with Universal Children’s Day yesterday.
New Straits Times, 19 November 2007
LIFE & TIMES: Children, know your rights
On Nov 20, 1989, the world came together to declare that children have rights just as adults do. In conjunction with Universal Children’s Day tomorrow, SU AZIZ speaks to a UNICEF representative to find out more.
New Straits Times, 19 November 2007
LIFE & TIMES: Budget for children’s rights
Government spending to protect the rights of children is the most effective way to ensure their well-being, safety and development, learns SU AZIZ.
New Sunday Times, 18 November 2007
FRONT PAGE: Protection for children: Are we failing our children?
Most of us think an abused child's ordeal ends after his story is reported. But does it really? Experts tell TAN CHOE CHOE and P. SELVARANI that, sometimes, our system fails to help these children and, in some cases, condemns them to further abuse.
New Sunday Times, 18 November 2007
FOCUS: Protection for children: In Sweden, they listen and act on it
Could the rape and murder of 8-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin be the tipping point towards better protection for our kids? ABDUL RAZAK AHMAD went to the country that leads the global rankings on children's rights in search of practical solutions.
Sunday Star, 18 November 2007
OPINION: Home truths about safety
The UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child expressly recognises that parents have the most important role in ensuring the well-being of children. But the Government has a role to play, too.
Sunday Star, 18 November 2007
OPINION: Protecting children’s rights
YOU might think that the simple matter of choosing prefects or a class monitor is not a big deal, but it does matter to teachers.
The Malay Mail, 16 November 2007
3R-UNICEF All Women’s Futsal Playoffs 2007
Apart from the TV program, 3R does a lot of ground events as well. Their current project is women’s futsal in conjunction with world AIDS Day.
The Star, 2 November 2007
METRO: Joint initiative to fight illiteracy
IN AN age when global development is taking place at a rapid pace, the rate of illiteracy in the world is still staggering. According to Unicef Malaysia deputy representative Dr Rudi Luchmann, studies by Unicef, Unesco and other NGOs have shown that educating primary school children comes at a very high cost.
New Straits Times, 1 November 2007
The pen’s a mighty tool to combat illiteracy
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 115 million children worldwide, mostly in developing countries, will remain locked in the cycle of poverty because they can’t read and write. A global initiative, The Power to Write, was launched yesterday to reduce illiteracy, giving more people a chance to gain a foothold on the economic ladder.
Sunday Star, 28 October 2007
BRATS: The Convention on the Rights of the Child
Most children probably don’t even realise that they actually have rights. The United Nations came up with the Convention on the Rights of The Child (CRC) 18 years ago to protect the rights of children (defined as people below 18).
Sunday Star, 28 October 2007
BRATS: Children Learn What They Live
If a child's rights to education that develops his personality and abilities to the fullest was observed, there would be so many super achievers among us.
Sunday Star, 28 October 2007
BRATS: Education for all
Children's right to education must be protected, especially when they cannot cope with an examination-oriented system that does not emphasise other kinds of aptitude.
Sunday Star, 28 October 2007
BRATS: No cruel punishment
The Convention of Children's Rights (CRC) states that children should not be subjected to cruel and harmful punishment
The New Straits Times, 23 October 2007
Maternal mortality rate in Malaysia 'very low'
BANGKOK: Malaysia had one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia in 2005 with 340 deaths while India had the highest in the world with 117,00, a new report shows.
New Straits Times, 9 October 2007
FEATURES: After the rest, the response
The award-winning 3R by TV3 welcomes back its regular hosts with interesting topics about empowering women and youths to face life’s challenges. DENNIS CHUA writes.
The Star, 5 October 2007
COMMENT: Catch sex fiends – quickly
ANGER and disgust were the first reactions of anyone who has been following the reports from Segamat of the so-called medium who had been preying on a 10-year-old neighbour and her 13-year-old brother.
Sunday Star, 23 September 2007
EDUCATION: Towards child-friendly societies
IT IS important to understand the root causes that contribute to violence against children, says Unicef communications officer Indra Kumari Nadchatram.
The Sun, 6 September 2007
CONVERSATIONS: A fortified future
A lack of dietary iron causes anemia in two billion of the world’s women and children. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Executive Director Kul C Gautam tells Llew Ann Phang about the UN’s efforts to encourage the production of fortified foods to fend of the health conditions that can affect national income and productivity.
New Sunday Times, 26 August 2007
Uncle Barnes scores with the kids
John Barnes was only here for only four days to promote the Football Masters last week, yet the Liverpool legend made time to visit 15 children who were orphaned and infected with AIDS at a home in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. TAN CHOE CHOE tagged along
New Sunday Times, 28 July 2007
YOUR HEALTH: For the child's sake, support breastfeeding
THIS year’s World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), observed from Aug 1 to 7, highlights the remarkable first hour of life for a mother and baby. It highlights how immediate initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding for six months can save more than one million babies.
New Sunday Times, 24 June 2007
SPOTLIGHT: Needles that scar for life
IMRAN sits on his shabby sofa feebly eating a piece of fried banana. He manages a weak smile, looking up at his uncle gratefully.
The Star, 11 June 2007
METRO: Drive raises RM30,000 for abused kids
THE Kerastase Care and Protect campaign against violence towards children successfully raised RM30,000.
New Sunday Times, 9 June 2007
SPOTLIGHT: ... and the children lead the way
It’s a tough life for children living in poverty, what more if they are in war-torn countries. Dr Sharad Sapra, the communications director at Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, tells TAN CHOE CHOE how the organisation brought millions of children back to school in war-torn Afghanistan and helped evacuate thousands of child soldiers out of Sudan’s combat zone.
New Sunday Times, 6 June 2007
SPOTLIGHT: Li’l sisters & brothers
Siblings can be the best of friends, or worst of enemies. For 100-over youngsters, having a new ‘sibling’ for a few months was a new and exciting experience. journeyed beyond the former CHAI MEI LING and R. YASOTHAI learn more about this new mentoring programme
Sunday Star, 27 May 2007
EDUCATION: Helping hand for youths
THE Asian Research Centre for Child and Adolescent Development (ARCCADE), which works with HELP University College’s Department of Behavioural Sciences, held a United Nations Recognition Ceremony for the ARCCADE-Unicef Mentoring Malaysia Project.
New Sunday Times, 19 May 2007
NEWS FOCUS: The HIV fight intensifies
The International AIDS Memorial Day theme this year ‘Leading the Way to a World Without AIDS’ calls for decisive action to protect the next generation against HIV/AIDS. And the world must act now if it is to reverse the spread of the disease by 2015. Unicef’s INDRA NADCHATRAM gives us the sad facts.
Sunday Star, 15 April 2007
EDUCATION: A language that empowers
MALAYSIA has always looked upon education as a fundamental tool for achieving national goals, seeing it as a means of empowerment.
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