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U.N. documents nearly 1,500 child soldiers in Yemen
Nearly 1,500 children have been recruited by Yemen’s warring parties, mostly the Houthi rebels, since March 2015, the U.N. said Tuesday. The U.N. has verified the recruitment of 1,... More
Lebanon activists reject underage marriage draft law
Activists Monday decried a proposed draft law on child marriage that proposes judges approve requests for marrying off underage children, saying it does not do enough to guarantee... More
Mental conflict endures for former child soldiers
Haunted by indelibly painful memories, deprived of schooling and strangers to their own families -- for former child soldiers returning to normal life is often as tough as being in... More
South Lebanon police arrest father over child abuse
South Lebanon police have arrested a Syrian national suspected of abusing his daughter, the National News Agency reported Thursday. Police detained Mohamad A. in Nabatieh and he is... More
Child Rights Toolkit out in Lebanon
“Everywhere around us, everyday Children are denied their rights,” Tanya Chapuisat, UNICEF representative in Lebanon, said at the launch of the joint EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit... More
Online child sex offences treble in East of England
The number of suspected online child sex offenders identified across the East of England has nearly trebled in three years, the BBC has discovered. Last year more than 2,000... More
Norway asylum center worker charged with sexually assaulting ‘more than 10 children’
A social care worker in southern Norway has been charged with sexually abusing up to 15 refugee minors in different asylum centers between 2013 and 2016. More
Tory government cutting school funding for first time in decades – IFS report
The UK government will cut school funding for the first time in two decades, a new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) claims. According to the IFS, the real-term... More
Jailing parents for female genital mutilation ‘unlikely to benefit the child’ – police
An English police force has come under fire for claiming the prosecution of parents who allow female genital mutilation (FGM) of their children is “unlikely to benefit the child.” More
Women with genital herpes twice as likely to give birth to autistic child
Women who have a type-2 genital herpes infection during the early stages of their pregnancy are twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child, a new study has concluded. More
Women and child migrants raped, beaten and detained in Libyan 'hellholes': UNICEF
Women and children making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and starved in "living hellholes" in Libya, the United... More
Three years on, Britain's child sex abuse inquiry starts hearings
Britain's inquiry into historical child sex abuse scandals, some involving celebrities and politicians, finally opened its first public hearing on Monday after a sleuth of problems... More
Growing child labor in India's cities is just the tip of the iceberg, say activists
Urban India is employing an increasing number of children - many under nine years of age - in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and laboring on... More
Young refugees "traded like cattle" by smugglers urge UK to save child migrants scheme
Young refugees who came to Britain alone as children and were "traded like cattle" by smugglers have urged the government to ensure safe, legal routes to the UK after it announced... More
