Children
- Afghanistan, Africa, Boko Haram, Children, Conflict and arms, Europe, Forced marriage, Global development, Global education, Israel, Lebanon, Mali, Middle East and North Africa, Niger, Nigeria, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Ukraine, World news
Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls’ education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict
Educators working in extremely challenging conditions in Lebanon, Niger, Ukraine and Afghanistan explain what …
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Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN
Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to e…
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Arrests in China after more than 230 kindergarten children poisoned by lead paint in food
Principal at school in Gansu province reportedly wanted to attract more enrolments by ‘enhancing’ the colour a…
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Amid stifling summers Japan warns of future restrictions on children’s sport
As soon as 2060, global heating may send temperatures high enough to stop children in most parts of country fr…
- British empire, Children, Colonialism, Food, Health, India, Kylian Mbappé, Pensions, Second world war, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, UK news, Women
Britain’s bonfire of the atrocities | Brief letters
Destroyed documents | Football shirt dilemma | Wednesday misery | Awkward advert placementAngela Blazy-O’Reill…
- Afghanistan, Child rights, Children, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Law, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan women fight to hold Taliban to account over gender apartheid
What women face in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity, say activists pushing for recognition by UN Explai…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Children, Christianity, Curriculums, Education, Gender, Ghana, Global development, Islam, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Philippines, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Schools, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsE…
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Anger in China after women lock crying toddler in plane toilet to ‘educate’ her
After video of incident causes online outrage, airline says girl was taken to lavatory with grandmother’s cons…
- Children, Children's health, Global development, Global health, Health, Islam, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
Doctors deplore decision and point to country’s high neonatal mortality rate as bank, which opened in June, fo…
- Afghanistan, Children, Conflict and arms, Europe, Family, Global development, Israel-Gaza war, Life and style, Russia, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Ukraine, World news
‘Know how loved you were’: fathers write to their children from the frontline
As many countries celebrate Father’s Day, four men share their love, fears and dreams for their children in Ga…
- Afghanistan, Child marriage, Children, Global development, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban
Now living in comparative freedom in Iran, 26-year-old Mahtab Eftekhar describes facing motherhood at 12 and e…
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Japan to allow divorced parents to share custody of children
Change to civil code will bring Japan into line with other G7 countries, amid concerns existing law inflicts p…
- Children, Education, Global development, Global education, Literacy, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of c…
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Killing of teenager in China sparks debate about ‘left behind’ children
Death of 13-year-old boy has put spotlight on juvenile crime and the plight of children left behind by rural m…
- Adoption, Bangladesh, Children, Europe, Global development, Netherlands, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseas
Police start to interview witnesses following Guardian reports on adoptions to the Netherlands nearly 50 years…