22 January 2021|
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Social workers’ efforts to protect children in lockdown have gone unnoticed
22 January 2021
11 November 2020 –The news that the numbers of babies in England that have suffered serious injury or neglect during the pandemic has increased by a […]
How to be accountable to women and girls while addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)
20 January 2021
Jan 12, 2021 – UNICEF GBViE Podcast Episode 19 In the last 20 years, successive SEA scandals have made media headlines: revelations that peacekeepers in Bosnia […]
UNICEF and Microsoft scale Azure-based platform Primero to empower social workers and help more children
20 January 2021
December 2, 2020 – UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their […]
Mali: Deteriorating Security Situation Leads to Dramatic Increase in Grave Violations Against Children
17 December 2020
New York, 10 December 2020 – Children in Mali suffered a sharp increase in grave violations, particularly linked to the worsening security situation throughout the country. This […]
04 December 2020|
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New Findings About Children’s Mental Health During COVID-19
4 December 2020
COVID-19 has brought about a complex array of factors (uncertainty, social isolation, and parental angst) that have an impact on the mental health of children and adolescents. […]
26 November 2020|
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Child sex trafficking: It’s probably not what you think it is
26 November 2020
“You just have to dance, we can make a little money like that.” That’s what Shandel, then 13, said her boyfriend told her at a […]
Children with autism, caregivers lack support during COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., advocates say
16 November 2020
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has cut off supports for children with autism and their caregivers, leaving them feeling abandoned by the British Columbia […]
The pandemic has created a second crisis in India — the rise of child trafficking
27 October 2020
In recent years, India has strengthened its laws on child labour, but in the past six months — with COVID-19 taking a toll on the economy […]
Parents of 545 migrant children separated at U.S. border still can’t be found: lawyers
22 October 2020
Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early […]
15 October 2020|
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Children Betrayed by Our Judicial Systems
15 October 2020
The past decade has seen a gradual increase in terrorism-related crimes; a phenomenon that is accompanied by a growing trend of involvement of children and youth […]
Quebec rights commission to examine deaths of two children in Wendake
14 October 2020
Quebec’s human rights commission is investigating the recent deaths of two children in Wendake, whose situation had been reported to the province’s youth protection authorities. […]
01 October 2020|
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UN Ratifies First Unanimous Treaty on Child Labor
1 October 2020
A global treaty sponsored by the U.N. International Labor Organization (ILO) calling for greater protection for children against sexual exploitation, forced labor and armed conflict […]
Sudan: Peace Process Presents Opportunity to Better Protect Children as Grave Violations Continue
1 October 2020
Sixth Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan Despite substantial progress in ending the recruitment and use of children by […]
28 September 2020|
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Futures in Peril: The Rise of Child Labor in the Pandemic
28 September 2020
With schools closed and families desperate for income, millions of children are being forced into work that is often dangerous, arduous and illegal. It is […]
10 September 2020|
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The Girls and Women Fighting to Stop Child Marriage
10 September 2020
Twelve million girls are married every year before they reach 18, according to UN estimates. And in its first set of global statistics on child marriage […]
Ottawa agrees to certify 2 class action lawsuits over the treatment of First Nation children
4 September 2020
The federal government has consented to the certification of two class action lawsuits over funding for First Nation child welfare services and the state of […]
40 million children miss out on early education in critical pre-school year due to COVID-19
7 August 2020
NEW YORK, 22 July 2020 – At least 40 million children worldwide have missed out on early childhood education in their critical pre-school year as COVID-19 […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram’s Tactics Continued to Terrorize Children, While Implementation of Commitments by CJTF Strengthened Efforts to Protect Them
28 July 2020
Second Country Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Nigeria Boys and girls in northeast Nigeria continued to endure gruesome violations at […]
Urgent to Protect Schools from Military Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
17 July 2020
Ensuring the protection of schools and education as the world addresses the COVID-19 pandemic is of utmost importance reminds the Special Representative of the Secretary-General […]
Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children: policy and practice recommendations for global, national, and local actors
8 July 2020
Worldwide, millions of children live in institutions, which runs counter to both the UN-recognised right of children to be raised in a family environment, and […]
UN Official Welcomes New Legislation Criminalizing Child Recruitment
18 March 2020
Following an extensive period of consultations and advocacy from the United Nations, the National Assembly in the Central African Republic adopted recently the Child […]
COVID-19: IFRC, UNICEF and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations
12 March 2020
he International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidance to help protect children and schools […]
Protesters demonstrate in front of Pornhub HQ in Montreal on International Women’s Day
11 March 2020
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the offices of Pornhub in Montreal Sunday accusing the website of profiting off the sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of […]
10 March 2020|
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Youth Protection needs reform now
10 March 2020
In reaction to the article featuring an interview with family lawyer Valerie Assouline, I would like to express my wholehearted agreement with her position. I […]
NATO adopts first-ever policy on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse
31 January 2020
NATO has adopted its first policy on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse. The policy, which applies to all personnel, makes clear NATO’s […]
Yemen: SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Welcomed the Handover of Children Deprived of Liberty to Civilian Actors
31 January 2020
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, welcomed the release and handover by the Houthis of 64 children […]
Children – not terrorists! Bringing children home from ISIL
29 January 2020
An estimated 4640 children travelled to Iraq or Syria, either alone or with their families, to join the so-called Islamic State (ISIL). Since the fall […]
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams: new UN report
21 January 2020
Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced […]
Complaint filed with National Commission for protection of Child Rights against children being used for anti-CAA protests
16 January 2020
The complaint demands that a minimum age criterion be set which mandates that children below a certain cannot participate in protests. It also requests that […]
Children speak about the impact of deprivation of liberty: the case of Latin America
8 January 2020
The risk of violence faced by children affected by deprivation of liberty has been a priority for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence […]