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Without family, U.S. children in foster care easy prey for human traffickers
Children removed from unfit families and put in foster care are terrifyingly vulnerable to being trafficked, a fact that Amy Andrews knows all too well. More
'Game-changer' phone app aims to end child marriage in Bangladesh
A new phone app could be a “game-changer” in the fight against child marriage in Bangladesh, where more than half of all girls are married before they are 18, children’s charity... More
Make every day a day for girls in ICT, says UN
From Switzerland to Somalia girls are creating their own apps; they are programming the robots they build. On Girls in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Day, the... More
Caffeine in pregnancy tied to childhood weight gain
Pregnant women who drink lots of coffee and other caffeinated beverages may be more likely to have kids who are overweight than mothers who limit caffeine during pregnancy, a... More
Teens who get more sleep may curb screen time
When teens get extra sleep on school nights, they might cut back mostly on sedentary activities like screen time without making major changes to their exercise habits, a small... More
Morocco struggles to curb rise in number of girls married underage
Moroccan schoolgirl Meriem was just 16 when her family pressured her to marry a man she had never met 20 years her senior. Young brides are best, the family said and she looked... More
Mom's depression tied to kids' emotional, intellectual development
A mother’s depression is linked with her children’s development from infancy through adolescence, according to a new study. Researchers studied 875 middle- or lower-class mothers in... More
Court rules gravely ill UK child cannot travel to Vatican hospital
A British court rejected an appeal on Wednesday from parents of a gravely ill 23-month-old boy to take their son to Italy for treatment, a case that has drawn international... More
U.S. clamps down on child-friendly packaging for e-cigarette liquids
U.S. regulators issued warning letters to more than a dozen companies selling e-cigarette liquids for using child-friendly images in their packaging. More
Child brides sold into sex slavery, domestic work, say Indian officials
Girls are being trafficked into domestic servitude or sex slavery after their parents illegally marry them off, said officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra on Tuesday.... More
Vaping tied to higher risk that teens will try marijuana
Teens who use e-cigarettes may be twice as likely to smoke pot as their peers who never try vaping, a U.S. study suggests. More
Carmakers and big tech struggle to keep batteries free from child labor
Car and tech companies are scrambling for supplies of cobalt, a mineral they need to power electric vehicles and smartphones. But they have a problem: Much of the cobalt used in... More
Vaccines are protecting more children than ever, but millions still miss out on routine immunizations – UN
At the start of World Immunization Week , the United Nations on Tuesday said that while vaccines are protecting more children than ever, more countries need to make immunization a... More
UN enlists youth in combat against violent extremism in Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia
With one in four of the world’s 1.2 billion youth affected by some sort of violence or armed conflict, the United Nations on Tuesday launched a project to support new, youth-driven... More
