The Shakespearian maxim “to be or not to be” has recently been transformed in Great Britain into “to learn or not to learn a foreign language”, with no space left for the “question”. _ Mario López-Goicoechea The world has changed drastically over the last twenty years. Economic power has gradually […]
Tag: Child
Walk along the Thames
This event, a sponsored walk beside the river, will take place on Sunday May 6, and aims to raise money for Colombian children in need. _ Children of the Andes, an organisation that for more than 20 years has helped Colombian children who face daily violence and poverty, are responsible […]
Turkey’s child Brides
Despite being illegal, the practice is still in use and leaves thousands of minors between 10 and 17 years old without a future, forced to marry men that, on some occasions, are six times their age in order to settle the financial shortages of their families or out of tradition. […]
The child prostitutes of Costa Rica
Commercial sexual exploitation of children is still rife in the streets and is really changing its image in order to avoid criticism from those who are trying to put an end to this social scourge in the Central American country. Isabel Soto Mayedo Figures from Alianza por tus Derechos (“Alliance […]