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Israel’s ‘war on children’ leaves hundreds of Palestinian youngsters imprisoned
Ahed Tamimi has become a poster child for Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation. But what of the hundreds of other minors currently incarcerated by the Israeli state?... More
Cubs of the Caliphate: rehabilitating Daesh child fighters
While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves as the perpetrators. More
Hundreds of underage girls raped, sold for sex & murdered by child-grooming ring in UK
A 40-year-old pedophile ring has been exposed following a probe into child abuse in the sleepy British town of Telford. More than 1,000 kids have been abused since the 1980s, and... More
Florida approves limit, but not ban, on child marriage
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Florida approved a bill on Friday banning child marriage under the age of 17, one of the strictest measures in the nation, advocates said. The measure... More
India aims to give 500,000 trafficking survivors vocational training
India will offer vocational training to almost half a million survivors of human trafficking under a program launched this week by President Ram Nath Kovind. More
Fewer U.S. high school athletes play football amid concussion fears
Participation in high school football has been steadily falling in recent years amid mounting concerns about the potential for traumatic brain injuries to lead to lasting health... More
Two million children in Congo at risk of starvation, U.N. warns
More than 2 million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are estimated to be at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition if they do not get the aid they need, the... More
Egypt struggles to end female genital mutilation
In a tiny village in Egypt’s southern province of Assiut, 16-year-old Amany Shamekh, who wants to be an artist one day, recalls how she was illegally circumcised with a razor blade... More
In Central African Republic, Muslim child brides fight for daughters' rights
Forced at 14 to marry a man 13 years her senior, Sadatou Issa was forbidden to attend school and whiled away her time looking after her children and knitting clothes to sell from... More
UNICEF chief calls Syria's Ghouta 'hell on earth' for children
The head of the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Thursday the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta had become a“hell on earth” for children and aid was urgently... More
Over half a billion ‘uncounted’ children live in countries unable to measure their development progress – UNICEF
Latest data on development progress for children reveals that more than half a billion live in countries where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “quickly falling out of... More
Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing
Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and abject poverty – the deputy United Nations human... More
Investing in school meals ‘win-win’ for West African nations – UN
The United Nations food relief agency has urged Governments in West Africa to spend more money on school meal programmes as these investments not only contribute to children’s... More
Some 19 million newborns at risk of brain damage every year due to iodine deficiency – UN
Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year – 14 per cent – are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the... More
