Child rights
- 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…
- Child labour, Child rights, Children, Global development, Human rights, Law, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
How many more poor child workers must die in Pakistan before change happens? | Zofeen T Ebrahim
Graphic videos of the last hours of 10-year-old Fatima Furiro have highlighted once again the abuse faced by c…
- Child rights, Children, Global development, Hinduism, Islam, Pakistan, Pakistan's blasphemy laws, Religion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan police drop blasphemy charges against eight-year-old
Hindu boy, accused of urinating in madrassa library, was youngest Pakistani to be charged for the crimePolice …
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Eight-year-old becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan
Hindu boy faces possible death penalty after being accused of intentionally urinating in a madrassa libraryAn …
- Child marriage, Child rights, Children, Children's rights, Coronavirus, Dalits, Forced marriage, Gender, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We can do anything’: the Indian girls’ movement fighting child marriage
At 17, Priyanka Bairwa refused her arranged marriage. Instead, she started Rajasthan Rising to help thousands …
- Africa, Child labour, Child rights, Children, Children's rights, Ghana, Global development, Nepal, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Uganda, World news
‘I had to step up’: Child labour in poorest countries rose during Covid, says report
Study finds children in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda in dangerous, exploitative work, with long hours and little pa…
- Afghanistan, Child rights, Global development, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, World news
Afghanistan paedophile ring may be responsible for abuse of over 500 boys
Social workers claim teachers and local officials are implicated, and believe thousands more children may have…