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Sex trafficking, child marriages linked, study of Mexico finds

 Girls being trafficked for sex in northern Mexico often have been forced into exploitation as under-age child brides by their husbands, a study showed on Thursday. Three out of...

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Europe: 24,600 refugee children 'in limbo' at risk of mental distress, UNICEF warns

Nearly 75,000 refugees and migrants, including an estimated 24,600 children, currently stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Western Balkans are at risk of psychosocial...

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Nigeria: UN report details ‘grave violations’ against children by Boko Haram

 Children in north-east Nigeria continue to be brutalized as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict, a first-of-its-kind United Nations report...

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Breastfeeding senator breaks taboo, makes history in Aussie parliament

An Australian senator has made history, while causing a few heads to explode, by breastfeeding her baby in parliament. Greens Senator Larissa Waters nursed her two-month-old baby in...

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Underage sex now ‘normal part of growing up’ in Britain

Children are increasingly at risk of being sexually abused because underage sex has become “a normal part of growing up” in the UK, a new report argues. The Family Education Trust...

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Children's hospitals see suicidal thoughts & actions double in last decade – study

The number of children ages 5 to 17 who were diagnosed with suicidality or major self-harm more than doubled from 2008 to 2015, according to a new study based on data from 32...

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900 suspected pedophiles arrested as ‘darknet’ child porn kingpin jailed for 30yrs

Nearly 900 members of a global ‘dark web’ pedophile ring sprawling Europe and the Americas have been arrested following a two-year investigation, the FBI and Europol reported after...

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16 children were shot every day across US in 2012 – report

More than 5,800 children, the equivalent of 16 per day, were hospitalized with gun injuries in 2012, according to newly compiled figures.

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South Sudan crisis: One million child refugees

More than one million children have fled South Sudan because of escalating conflict, the United Nations says. A similar number of children are also displaced within the country, it...

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Over half of Rohingya girls who fled violence became child brides - U.N. survey

More than half of Rohingya Muslim girls who fled violence in western Myanmar ended up becoming child brides, according to a United Nations survey that also showed widespread...

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U.S. state could become first to enact blanket ban on child marriage: activists

A measure to ban child marriage could become law this week in New Jersey, which would become the first of the 50 states in America to outlaw the practice without exception,...

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India begins legalizing mica mining after child worker deaths expose

Authorities in eastern India have begun the process of legalizing mica mining, a senior government official said on Thursday, after a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation last...

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Pain and panic as northern Nigeria races to contain deadly meningitis outbreak

 When six-year old Mohammed Waziga arrived at a health centre in northwest Nigeria complaining of joint pains and drowsiness, he was given an injection and sent home without any...

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Kept in the dark about sex, girls in Guatemala suffer consequences

Angela is a gangly, giggly teenager in a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and sneakers. She also is the mother of a baby she bore at age 14 when she had sex with her teacher but did not know...

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In South Africa, mothers lead push to get pregnant women tested for HIV

In the small maternity ward of a run-down health clinic in Delft, a half hour drive from Cape Town, the wooden benches in the waiting area are filled with young women and girls from...

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