カテゴリー: Children
The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade Samita (not her real name) is 17 and lives in the Lamjung district of Nepal. It was never easy, even before coronavirus, for her to att…
‘Woeful’ result puts country in bottom 15% for overall child wellbeing which Ardern says reflects previous government’s underinvestmentUnicef says New Zealand is failing children after a new report revealed the country’s poor childhood obesity and suic…
We are tantalisingly close to eradicating the disease. Things may slip backwards because of science, thugs and exponents of ignorancePolio arrives, if it announces itself at all, as a high temperature. Or a sore throat. Maybe a headache, or an upset st…
Head of children’s welfare agency says toll could start to emerge after lockdown created ‘perfect storm’ of stress for struggling familiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs hundreds of thousands of children return to classro…
For millions of young people, coronavirus restrictions have made access to food, water and shelter even more precariousTimothy, a teenager on the streets of Mombasa, wonders how he will eat. “Rich people can stay home … because they have a store well s…
Teddies appear in windows across the country – and the world – in a bid to entertain isolated childrenCoronavirus – latest updatesTougher New Zealand rules on Covid-19 could set it apart as ‘normal’ nation after lockdownSee all our coronavirus coverage…
I still wonder whether he would have survived with access to treatments we would have used in the UKThe boy’s hands were very cold. He was about 13 or 14 but looked younger, with untidy dark hair. He had been bitten by a snake and was now severely unwe…
China’s push for more births fails to convince a generation of only-childrenChina’s government has been trying to manage a public U-turn on one of its biggest, longest running and most powerful policy and propaganda campaigns for several years now, urg…
Efforts by policymakers to bolster the population after decades of strict family planning seem to be failingChina’s birthrate has fallen to the lowest level since the Communist country was founded in 1949, in a sign that efforts to head off a demograph…
Investigation finds children were being treated for ailments that can be cured with pills More than 700 children in Pakistan were infected with HIV, the virus that can cause Aids, through unsafe injections to treat them for conditions such as diarrhoea…
Investigation finds children were being treated for ailments that can be cured with pills More than 700 children in Pakistan were infected with HIV, the virus that can cause Aids, through unsafe injections to treat them for conditions such as diarrhoea…
Australian federal police say livestreaming of children performing sexual acts marks ‘alarming shift’ Australian paedophiles are paying as little as A$15 for children to perform sexual acts online while being filmed in the Philippines, according to the…
Human rights defenders alleged that teachers and social workers were involved in abuse of more than 500 boysTwo people have been detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services after they exposed a paedophile ring operating in some of the country’s sch…
Survivors are given a voice at first public hearings of investigation into historical abuse of thousands of children in state and faith-based care On the morning Annasophia Calman is due to testify in public about a childhood destroyed at the hands of …
From bottle feeding infants in the chamber to a playground on the front lawn, speaker Trevor Mallard has welcomed infants into the corridors of power Trevor Mallard thought his days nursing babies might be over when he became speaker of New Zealand’s p…