Ibtisam drew our attention to this disturbing item:"Swedish press reveal serious facts on the markets for the sale of children in Iraq"
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Child Trafficking Allegations
Ibtisam drew our attention to this disturbing item:"Swedish press reveal serious facts on the markets for the sale of children in Iraq"
Monday, December 03, 2007
Prostitution ordeal of Iraqi girls
Mialy emerged from the shadows to send this story in which the BBC's Lina Sinjab investigates the growing problem of sex trafficking and prostitution among Iraqi refugees in Syria. Mialy writes: "thought you might be interested in this article. Unfortunately it's pretty shocking and sad the difficulties and sexual exploitation of young women and girls caused by the mess that is Iraq but it's often overlooked ..."TO VIEW STORY CLICK HERE
Friday, May 11, 2007
Infant mortality in Iraq soars as young pay the price for war
The Independent
Andrew Buncombe
Two wars and a decade of sanctions have led to a huge rise in the mortality rate among young children in Iraq, leaving statistics that were once the envy of the Arab world now comparable with those of sub-Saharan Africa.
A new report shows that in the years since 1990, Iraq has seen its child mortality rate soar by 125 per cent, the highest increase of any country in the world. Its rate of deaths of children under five now matches that of Mauritania.
Jeff MacAskey, head of health for the Save the Children charity, which published the report, said: "Iraq, Botswana and Zimbabwe all have different reasons for making the least amount of progress on child mortality. Whether it's the impact of war, HIV/Aids or poverty the consequences are equally devastating. Yet other countries such as Malawi and Nepal have shown that despite conflict and poverty child mortality rates can be reversed."
To see the full article please click on the title
Andrew Buncombe
Two wars and a decade of sanctions have led to a huge rise in the mortality rate among young children in Iraq, leaving statistics that were once the envy of the Arab world now comparable with those of sub-Saharan Africa.
A new report shows that in the years since 1990, Iraq has seen its child mortality rate soar by 125 per cent, the highest increase of any country in the world. Its rate of deaths of children under five now matches that of Mauritania.
Jeff MacAskey, head of health for the Save the Children charity, which published the report, said: "Iraq, Botswana and Zimbabwe all have different reasons for making the least amount of progress on child mortality. Whether it's the impact of war, HIV/Aids or poverty the consequences are equally devastating. Yet other countries such as Malawi and Nepal have shown that despite conflict and poverty child mortality rates can be reversed."
To see the full article please click on the title
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