Democracy School organizes Child rights session in Sana'a
The Source: sabanews.net - 30/08/2009
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Democracy School organized on Saturday an awareness session on the rights of children for 100 poorest children in Sana'a governorate. In a statement to Saba, Director Assistant of Child Protection against Discrimination and Violence Project Akraam al-Shami said the session is aiming to introduce children to their rights and introduce the international and national laws with regards to child rights.
Al-Shami pointed out that the project is implemented by the Democracy School in collaboration with European Union and in partnership with the Yemeni NGO's Coordination Authority to protect child rights within the program in each of Taiz, Hadramout and Aden.He pointed out that the school has already carried out, during the past two months, an awareness session targeting 1500 poor children with the aim to improve the importance of cleaning and protecting the surrounding environment.
Al-Shami pointed out the project will last for four months including a study carried out on samples of children from the governorates of Taiz , Hodeidah, Hadramout, Hajjah, Aden and the capital Sana'a on the discrimination phenomenon based on gender
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