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100 Women: Is child vaccination boosted by educating mothers?
Throughout history the empowerment of women has been linked to their education, which brings benefits not only to the women's own lives but to the lives of their children too. More
More than 8,000 children killed, injured in conflicts - UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called it unacceptable and appalling that more than 8,000 children were killed and injured in conflicts last year from Syria and Yemen to... More
Australian police ran world’s biggest child porn site for a year in massive undercover op
Task Force Argos, a Queensland police unit, took over ‘Childs Play,’ the world’s biggest child porn exchange, between October 2016 and September 2017, and impersonated the... More
U.N. panel calls on North Korea to end torture, child labor
A United Nations human rights panel said on Wednesday it had credible allegations that North Korean authorities had tortured or mistreated children forced to return from abroad or... More
Indian child brides sold in 'package deals' to men from Gulf states
For years, Haji Khan - a lanky man in his thirties - moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from... More
More trees help water sanitation, reduce child deaths: study
More trees at water sources improve sanitation and lead to fewer children dying from diarrhea in poor countries, a global study said on Monday. The study examined the health of 300... More
U.N. experts on women and children's rights decry Myanmar atrocities
The U.N. committees for women’s and children’s rights called on Myanmar’s authorities on Wednesday to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine state, which hundreds of... More
Pope tells web companies: use profits to protect children
Pope Francis told executives of leading internet companies on Friday to use “their great profits” to defend children from sexual exploitation and other dangers lurking online. More
Textile mill under fire after Indian teen dies working for $42 bonus
The death of a 14-year-old girl, who went to work for a bonus despite suffering from pneumonia, has renewed scrutiny of Indian spinning mills that supply the world’s big fashion... More
Going to school? Unlikely if you're a girl in South Sudan, report says
Girls are least likely to be in school in South Sudan, with nearly three-quarters of school-age girls out of the classroom, followed by Central African Republic, Niger and... More
Major companies fail to disclose slavery risks, say UK experts
Some of the world’s top brands including confectioners, jewelers and cosmetics giants are failing to disclose slavery and trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains,... More
Sex attacks leave Rohingya children fearful in Bangladesh's camps
Adjida kicked and screamed when the rough and dirty hands of the masked soldier moved up her legs and ripped off her clothes. The 13-year-old pleaded with him to stop when he... More
Venezuela's unrest, food scarcity take psychological toll on children
Venezuelan siblings Jeremias, 8, and Victoria, 3, were in their pajamas and preparing to go to bed when a tear gas canister smashed through their family’s kitchen window in early... More
Could new slavery numbers complicate efforts to end the global crime?
Despite being widely hailed as a turning point in the global fight to end modern slavery, a new estimate of the number of people living as slaves worldwide could in fact complicate... More
