Children imprisoned in the UK, 2008

Submitted by: The Prison Reform Trust The National Council of Women, concerned that: (i) we imprison over 6000 children (under 18s) in England and Wales each year, some as young as ten; (ii) the number of children imprisoned has more than doubled since 1989; (iii) of...

Children’s television, 2008

Submitted by: NCW Media Committee The National Council of Women of Great Britain, concerned about the dearth of high-quality British TV programmes for children aged 5- 13+, urges Her Majesty’s Government: (a) to provide funding and resources for British TV...

Trafficking in children, 2008

Submitted by: NCW Foreign Affairs Committee The National Council of Women in Conference assembled: (a) aware that children continue to be trafficked for both sexual exploitation and forced labour;(b) noting from the International Labour Organisation report in 2002...

The sexualisation and exploitation of children, 2010

Submitted by: Management Committee NCW The National Council of Women in Conference assembled: (i) noting with concern that our children are growing up in a culture which is preoccupied with sexualising the experience of childhood; (ii) aware that the world of...