Colombian and Ecuadorean children will unite to discuss peace
Some 400 Colombian and Ecuadorean children will meet to discuss peace, and strategies to guarantee the protection of their rights, on November 28 and 29. The children and young people…
Some 400 Colombian and Ecuadorean children will meet to discuss peace, and strategies to guarantee the protection of their rights, on November 28 and 29. The children and young people…
An unidentified figure appeared on video footage at a Colombian day-care center on Wednesday, sparking superstition and prompting the sprinkling of holy water through the classrooms. The apparition took place…
Former FARC hostage Luis Eladio Perez denounced that the guerrilla organization sexually abuses young girls before the First International Congress on the Recruitment and Use of Children in Bogota Wednesday.…
At least 2,400 minors are fighting in the FARC, Colombian police said Thursday after finding personnel records of the guerrilla organization. The National Police says it was able to seize…
The child mortality rate in large parts of the west and north of Colombia is as high as in some parts of Africa’s most depressing regions, the country’s Health Ministry…
A new study shows that the forced recruitment of children between six and fourteen years by illegal armed groups has skyrocketed, and that almost half of demobilized or captured guerrillas…
Colombian vice-President Francisco Santos Monday told the United Nations his country has made progress in combating the recruitment of children by illegal armed groups. Santos also promised that members of…
Anew book published by the Commission Against the Use of Children and Young People in the Armed Conflict of Colombia (Coalico) has reported that at least fourteen thousand children have…
More than half of Colombian municipalities have not used funds allocated to child welfare on what they were supposed to, the country’s Comptroller General revealed on Thursday. Colombian Comptroller General…