KidsRights News

Organisation and guests highly satisfied with the ambiance and revenues On April 6, the fundraising gala in Nijmegen was organized for the eighth time. In the concert building “De Vereeniging&r...

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The 2007 Children’s Peace Prize winner shares her experiences on the importance of IMPACT She is from Zambia and 22 years old: Thandiwe Chama. Yesterday she spoke at the fourth congress of...

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4 February, 2013, New Delhi: Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) has hailed the Govt. of India for its decision to include trafficking, child labour and forced labour in the Indian Penal Code. "With this...

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This year, there is a special collaboration between the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and KidsRights. Under the motto "Give children a voice” the Avro and KidsRights are convinced of every ...

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Still 61 million children miss out on primary school and each year 7,6 million children under the age of 5 die of preventable causes.   Amsterdam, 19 November 2012 - We will not reach the child...

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Chaeli Mycroft, the winner of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2011, gave a speech today at the UNESCO-IIEP Policy Forum in Paris.   This four days lasting event is organised arou...

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14 year old Malala Yousafzai, one of the 2011 nominees of the International Children’s Peace Prize, was severely injured in her hometown in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. Malala was attacked along...

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Kesz receives a special honoring from singer Jose QUEST in the Mall of Asia, Manila. The company SM organised a second hero’s welcome for the International Children’s Peace Prize winner ...

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Kesz, the winner of the 2012 International Children’s Peace Prize, received a warm welcome in his home town Cavite City on September 28. The municipality and counsel for tourism organized ...

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Archbishop Tutu together with the International Children's Peace Prize Winners and the Dutch foundation KidsRights announced the start of a new movement called Remember2015. This new movement reminds ...

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The International Children’s Peace Prize 2012 was presented to Kesz (13) from the Philippines at the Ridderzaal in The Hague today. Of the three nominated children, who have all made extraordina...

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In a significant move to curb the rampant spread of child labour across the country, the Government of India is set to ban the all forms of child labour under the age of 14 years, making the employmen...

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Today KidsRights announces the three nominees for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2012, the ultimate international recognition for advocates of children’s rights. It is awarded ev...

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Last Friday, 11th May 2012, The Union Government Minister for Labour and Employment of India announced the future formation of a new law - "CHILD LABOUR ABOLITION ACT" – to establish a complete ...

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Michaela Mycroft received first Medal for Social Activism presented to her by former president F.W. de Klerk during the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago Yesterday April 24th,&n...

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St. Joseph's Care and Support Trust is looking for an International Fundraiser. The fundraiser will work ten months per year from the office of KidsRights in Amsterdam and two months per year (two tim...

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On Friday December 2, Chaeli Mycroft, winner of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2011, met Archbishop Desmond Tutu. On October 25th, Tutu announced the nominees for the International Chi...

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Winner is committed to the rights of disabled children in South Africa Amsterdam, 21 November 2011 – This afternoon the International Children’s Peace Prize 2011 was awarded to Michae...

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Nobel Peace Laureate emphasizes importance of children’s involvement in improving children’s rights worldwide Amsterdam, 25 October 2011 – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace...

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World Day Against Child Labour is celebrated every year on 12 June. Today, throughout the world, 218 million children still work and 60-100 million children of them work in India. They do not go to sc...

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This week the Young Child Rights Advocates have arrived in the Netherlands. The project, also called Young Child Rights Advocates, is initiated by the organizations IREWOC and ICDI, and is supported b...

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Monday it was announced, during a ceremony in the Hall of Knights in The Hague, that Francia Simon is the winner of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2010. Francia, who is 16 years old and lives in the Dominican Republic, campaigns for the right of children to registration, name and nationality – both for children born in the Dominican Republic as for refugee children from Haiti...

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Pupils of different primary schools in the Netherlands were present at the ceremony of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2010. The pupils had participated in the school programme KidsRights has created for elementary schools in the Netherlands...

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The nominees for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2010 were announced during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, which took place this weekend in Hiroshima. The programme in Hiroshima brought together laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize, including Mikhail Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama. On Saturday, Marc Dullaert, founder of the KidsRights Foundation, announced the four nominees...

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Three weeks after the KidsRights MDGs Conference in Johannesburg we are very happy to inform you that the Conference was a great success. During the day speakers highlighted the importance of achievin...

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On Friday July 9, the Dutch foundation KidsRights organizes the KidsRights Millennium Development Goals Conference in Johannesburg. The purpose of this conference is to put the Millennium Goals, which...

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