During 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, the Legal Resources Centre will be sharing the stories of survivors of gender based violence who fled their countries to seek asylum in South Africa. Many women, children and sexual and gender non-conforming persons endure horrific hardship, sexual persecution, assault, rape and discrimination […]
Category Archives: Children’s Rights
Children's Rights, Education, Human Rights, Regional Work
Realising the Right to Education: Pratham Programmes in India
06
Oct
Oct
Pratham is an innovative learning organisation, established to improve the education system in India. One of their principal projects is the Urban Programme, which seeks to provide learning support through a variety of interventions in the community. Visits to informal schools are conducted by staff of the project such as Pratyush Bose, pictured below. Cameron […]
Children's Rights, Equality and Non-discrimination, Social Security, South Africa
From stateless to citizen
11
Aug
Aug
Even though the Constitution of South Africa states that every child has the right to a name and nationality from birth, for various reasons children can become stateless (not registered as a citizen of any country) or their birth registration can be delayed. Children in this situation do not have access to the privileges and […]
Children's Rights, Constitution, Education, Gender Rights, Human Rights, Inequality, Leadership, National Government
We do not have toilets
31
Jan
Jan
In a previous entry, Talita Mshweshwe, shared the story of Siyabonga, who attends school in what is known as a “mud school”. There are approximately 300 mud schools in the Eastern Cape, although the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is not exactly sure how many there are. It is concerning that the DBE has still […]