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A senior European Union delegation visiting Seyaj praised the organization’s efforts to ease the suffering of children and described its work as worthy of recognition and as a model for civil society organizations. EU officials said they were proud to support Seyaj and intended to continue backing its work. They highlighted the importance of partnershipContinue reading “EU Middle East Official and Ambassador During Visit to Seyaj: What You Are Doing Deserves Praise and Is a Model for Civil Society Organizations”

Seyaj succeeded in returning nearly one thousand boys and girls to primary-school classrooms in rural Al Hudaydah governorate in northwestern Yemen. The organization said this result came from a package of activities and campaigns it carried out between 2008 and 2011. These included awareness campaigns, rights-based education work, rural field studies on school dropout andContinue reading “It Targeted the Most Remote and Poorest Areas and Achieved Success Rates Reaching 200 Percent”

This article highlights international concern over hazardous child labor and the continued exposure of millions of children to dangerous work. Drawing on International Labour Organization findings, it notes that despite broad international commitments to combat the worst forms of child labor, the problem remains deeply rooted because of poverty, weak enforcement, and the pursuit ofContinue reading “One Million Children Worldwide Work in Hazardous Jobs”

This item reports the start of the seventeenth meeting of the Arab Childhood Committee in Doha. It highlights ongoing regional coordination around childhood policies, protection priorities, and child-rights agendas.

Seyaj welcomed the directions issued by Yemen’s Minister of Defense to investigate and refer those responsible for recruiting children into the armed forces to the judiciary. The organization said it possesses testimony, photos, and documents proving the presence of child recruits in the military and security sectors and expressed readiness to cooperate in the humanitarianContinue reading “Minister of Defense Orders Officials Responsible for Recruiting Children to Be Referred to the Judiciary”