カテゴリー: Children
Balaknama’s reports on sexual abuse, police brutality and child labour, written by teenagers, have transformed lives in IndiaIn a dingy basement office in Delhi, a semi-circle of young teenagers sit on woven mats discussing the news. It is the monthly …
Slashing funding to the programme from a promised £7m to just £1m sends a ‘stark message to the world’, says Save the ChildrenThe UK government has cut almost £6m in funding to a programme in Afghanistan supporting vulnerable women and girls.Save the …
Adaptation of a nightmare true story about a woman whose children were removed by the Norwegian state gets passionate too lateThis epic Hindi-language testament to tenacious maternal love has been neatly timed for release over the UK Mother’s Day weeke…
‘Barbaric’ to take away exam chance after all teenage refugees have overcome, headteacher saysTwo 16-year-old Afghan refugee girls will not be able to sit their GCSEs because the Home Office is moving them out of London weeks before their exams without…
Babysitting is all very well, but to truly lighten a woman’s load, partners must juggle physical, emotional and cognitive labour‘Like many men of my generation, I wanted to be a more present father than my own had been.” As I read the first sentence of…
The families of sick children have been pushed into poverty to access the country’s severely limited care services. Now a refuge is about to open its doorsDespite a combined economic crisis and drug shortage, Sri Lanka is poised to open its first child…
As a child, Ramzan’s fight for an education almost cost her her life. Worldwide, there are 222 million children out of school who urgently need our helpGordon Brown is chairman of the UN’s Education Cannot Wait fund and was UK prime minister between 20…
Osel Hita Torres joined a monastery after the Dalai Lama declared him a reincarnated spiritual leader, but at 18 he broke free and moved to Ibiza. A new TV series tells his storyAt the age of 14 months, Osel Hita Torres was recognised by the Dalai Lama…
Child malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have the cash to send themOver the past few months, at a state school in the centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka, it has become common for children to f…
Just 15% of children in PNG have their birth registered. Without a birth certificate, trafficking and exploitation are far easierWhen 11-year-old Mary’s mother remarried after her husband’s death, Mary was left in the care of an aunt who exploited her….
Survey reveals common practice is seen as ‘strange’ by parents handed child’s soiled nappies to take home Waiting lists for Japanese nurseries are finally falling, but many parents have found that securing one of the coveted places comes at a price – t…
Home Office accused of leaving mothers and traumatised children stranded for months while priority is given to Ukraine refugeesBritish couples who travelled to Pakistan to adopt children have been left stranded after the Home Office told them to expect…
UN expert says minors have been beaten and forced to endure mock executionsScores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year’s coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict immense s…
Research into 12- to 17-year-olds adds to concerns that Covid has left them more vulnerable in their countryOne in five children aged between 12 and 17 were subjected to grave instances of online sexual abuse while using the internet in the Philippines…
A lack of teachers and school uniform issues blamed for school closures but confusion is a sign of differences in vision for Afghanistan’s futureEarlier this week, girls across Afghanistan arrived for lessons on the day secondary schools were due to op…