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This study seeks to improve understanding of the risks and types of sexual and gender-based violence faced by children who migrate on their own, as well as the unfortunate and widespread gaps in protection and assistance for these children. It looks closely at the situation in dangerous or remote locations – places that are fragile, conflict-ridden, underserved and hard to reach, where children may be particularly vulnerable.
The study also identifies actions that are urgently needed, by governments and humanitarian organizations, to better protect and assist children migrating on their…
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Este informe documenta violaciones a derechos humanos, explotación y trata de niñas, niños y adolescentes con y sin discapacidad en instituciones Guatemala. Guatemala no ha creado las protecciones y el apoyo necesarios para evitar que niñas, niños y adolescentes, especialmente aquellos con discapacidad y viviendo en condiciones de pobreza, terminen en instituciones. A Disability Rights International (DRI) le preocupa que organizaciones privadas y donantes internacionales, en lugar de apoyar a las familias, están apoyando instituciones. El apoyo internacional, incluyendo…
This report from Disability Rights International documents the human rights violations, exploitation, and trafficking of children with and without disabilities in Guatemala. Guatemala has failed to create the protections and support needed to help children live with a family – especially children with disabilities. DRI is also concerned that private charities and international donors are supporting orphanages and perpetuating discrimination. International support – including “voluntourism” – leaves children open to segregation, abuse, and further exploitation by traffickers.
A year after…
A un año de la masacre de las niñas del Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción, el CEN -una iniciativa conjunta de RELAF y Hope and Homes for Children, convocó un webinar que contó con la participación de más de 200 personas de casi 20 países donde se lanzó el Llamado a la acción: Poner fin a las vulneraciones de Derechos Humanos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes que se encuentran en las instituciones disponible a continuación.
Esta llamada a la acción se propone activar, o profundizar y fortalecer —según el estado de avance en cada país— apuntan a poner…
This call to action was issued by the Center of Excellence for Children in Latin American (CEN - el Centro de Excelencia por la Niñez), a joint initiative of RELAF and Hope and Homes for Children, in response to a fire that killed 41 girls and injured 15 others in a children's home in Guatemala in March 2017. The Call to Action aims to promote or expand and strengthen initiatives (depending on the progress achieved in each country); put an end to residential care for children whenever this does not meet the necessity and suitability principles outlined in the United Nations…
Entre 2013 y 2014, aumentó de manera considerable el número de niños, niñas y adolescentes no acompañados que migran desde los países de América Central hacia México y los Estados Unidos (EU). Se estima que, entre octubre de 2013 y mayo de 2014, cerca de 50.000 niños y niñas migrantes fueron detenidos en la frontera con EU: un aumento del 92% respecto del año anterior. Este gran incremento en el flujo migratorio hacia EU, denominado “the surge” (la ola), es visto como una amenaza que puede hacer colapsar los organismos de tránsito y países de destino, así como los organismos responsables por…
In an effort to understand the situation of unaccompanied minors crossing the Unites States border and the exponential rise in the flight of children from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala which began in 2012, the International Rescue Committee has published this report from a field visit to Texas and Arizona. The report finds that messages from the Obama Administration and members of Congress has misled many to believe the situation to be a “border crisis” precipitated by “illegal immigration,” despite mounting evidence that the majority of the young children crossing the border might well…