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CRC @25: End Corporal Punishment

20 Nov 2014

Save the Children South Africa commemorates 25th anniversary of UNCRC with call to end corporal punishment
 
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Gauteng residents race to save children

20 Oct 2014

As many as 800 people signed up to run the “Race for Survival” at the Johannesburg Zoo yesterday in support of children in South Africa and around the world that continue to die from preventable causes.
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Save the Children speaks out on Daycare Nightmare!

10 Oct 2014

Save the Children South Africa was outraged by the contents of Carte Blanche’s Daycare centre child abuse story aired on Sunday night. 
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A mother's horror: son killed by hijackers

23 Jul 2014

Save the Children South Africa is outraged by the shameful and senseless killing of four year old Taegrin Morris in Reiger Park in a botched hijacking at the weekend. 

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SOWETO: Blanket of Hope for babies & mothers

8 Jul 2014

Yesterday, mothers, fathers, midwives and community members gathered in Soweto to show their commitment to saving women’s and babies’ lives.

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South Africans join forces for renewed action to end newborn deaths

8 Jul 2014

South African activists, health workers and celebrities join forces to urge renewed action to end newborn deaths

 
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Commitment to Ending Newborn and Maternal Deaths - Open Letter

4 Jul 2014

On Monday a significant international conference on women’s and children’s health, co-hosted by the Government of South Africa, will begin in Johannesburg.

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Brazil Prohibits All Corporal Punishment

2 Jul 2014

With a child population of nearly 60 million children, Brazil has become the largest country in the world to achieve prohibition of all corporal punishment, including in the home.

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Saving babies in South Africa

1 Jul 2014

You can tell a lot about a country from the way it treats its women and young children. If a country really believes in equality then it will invest in their health, safety, education and empowerment. 

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