2 October 2019
Online predators create and share the illegal material, which is increasingly cloaked by technology. Tech companies, the government and the authorities are no match. The […]
30 September 2019
GENEVA – The United Nations Committee which monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Friday welcomed children campaigning on climate […]
6 September 2019
Following a dramatic rise in the number of migrant arrivals on Lesbos in recent weeks, the Greek government this week moved 1,500 asylum seekers […]
13 August 2019
In July 2019, Mozambique and Cote d’Ivoire became the latest countries in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen laws to empower girls and women. Mozambique passed a […]
9 August 2019
MANILA – Cedric Tuazon is just 12 years old, but while his classmates are spending their weekends sleeping in or watching K-Pop, he’s thinking of […]
25 July 2019
In the latest criticism of Homestead, the country’s only (and increasingly embattled) for-profit detention facility housing migrant children, Amnesty International released a report Thursday claiming it should be shut down […]
23 July 2019
The new children’s rights protection model will delegate more functions to the state, said Latvian Welfare Minister Ramona Petraviča. Justice Ministry together with Welfare Minister […]
22 July 2019
At a Border Patrol holding facility in El Paso, Texas, an agent told a Honduran family that one parent would be sent to Mexico while […]
17 July 2019
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera signed a bill into law on Thursday that will lift the statute of limitations on sex abuse cases involving minors. Originally introduced in […]
9 July 2019
OTTAWA — About one in every two Indigenous children in Canada lives in poverty, says a study released Tuesday that also finds little evidence that […]
25 June 2019
Reports of babies and toddlers being left in the care of slightly older children in detention facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border reveal an ongoing atrocity. […]
14 June 2019
Mexico City’s Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced on June 3 that children in Mexico City would be allowed to choose the uniform they wear to school. […]
12 June 2019
At least 19 children have reportedly been killed in Sudan and another 49 injured since a military backlash against protesters began earlier this month, prompting […]
7 June 2019
NEW YORK, 7 June 2019 – An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said today in its […]
6 June 2019
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey pledged nearly two decades ago to stop using cocoa harvested by children. Yet much of the chocolate you buy still starts […]
4 June 2019
New Bill Holds Companies Accountable for Every Step of the Supply Chain People are becoming more and more aware that the things they buy – […]
3 June 2019
Court of appeal rules assessment to determine age of young refugees is unlawful Evidence of children being physically attacked, neglected or abandoned when wrongly treated […]
30 May 2019
Girls were armed with brooms and put on the frontlines, say charities. NAIROBI, May 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Schoolgirls in the Democratic Republic of Congo were […]
29 May 2019
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of children who are married, pregnant, laborers, die violently or miss out on school has fallen by almost […]
27 May 2019
Lagos, Nigeria — In a plush living room of a home in a wealthy suburb of Lagos, three teenagers are huddled around a computer. Kudirat Abiola, […]
21 May 2019
At least 38 children have been killed since April 1 FAIRFIELD, Conn. (May 20, 2019)— Thousands of families have fled from northern Hama to villages and […]
17 May 2019
Enforcement, Transparency, Training Needed to End Corporal Punishment. (Beirut) – Lebanon’s ban on school staff hitting, verbally abusing, or otherwise inflicting pain on schoolchildren in the […]
17 May 2019
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has challenged parents on their responsibilities of proper upbringing of children in order to reduce rate of child rights […]
15 May 2019
Child poverty is tightening its grip on Britain’s poorest families, research suggests. About two-thirds of children are living in poverty-hit families in pockets of some […]
14 May 2019
Amsterdam, May 14th – There is still a significant gap between international children’s rights and the daily reality of children around the world. Even in […]
14 May 2019
While the children born to migrants qualify for Venezuelan citizenship, they would need to formally register at a consulate or travel to Venezuela to obtain […]
13 May 2019
Tourist boom and orphanage tourism endangering children Child marriage rates among the world’s highest Refugee children and those in poverty most at risk As tourist […]
13 May 2019
This act covers every aspect of the lives of children and adolescents. They are broken down into: survival rights, development rights, participation rights, and protection […]
10 May 2019
The Department of Housing and Urban Development acknowledged that a Trump administration plan to purge undocumented immigrants from public housing could displace more than 55,000 children who […]
9 May 2019
Al Jazeera reveals how refugees in Bangladesh camps are vulnerable to proposals from single Rohingya men in Malaysia. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia […]
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