‘Sex work’ advocacy in California is harming children | Child Rights
In recent decades, so-called “sex workers’ rights” campaigners working to decriminalise pimping and buying of sex have attached themselves, just like trans rights activists, to…
US DOJ files lawsuit against TikTok, ByteDance for failing on child privacy | Social Media News
The US alleges that for years millions of American children under 13 have been using TikTok and the site ‘has been collecting and retaining’ their…
US Senate passes bill to protect children from dangerous online content | Social Media News
The United States Senate has overwhelmingly passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major…
Nearly 1,000 Indigenous children died in US boarding schools, report finds | Indigenous Rights News
Warning: The story below contains details of Indigenous boarding schools that may be upsetting. The US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).…
‘It’s evil’: Breast ironing leaves long-term scars for women in Nigeria | Women’s Rights
Abuja, Nigeria – When children turn 10, their first double-digit milestone is usually a time of excitement. But not for Elizabeth John, who could only…
Israel bombs UNRWA school as Gaza war crosses nine-month mark | Gaza
NewsFeedIsrael has now been attacking and killing Palestinians in Gaza for nine months. The latest assault was on an UNRWA-run school in a refugee camp…
‘Groundbreaking’: How children in Hawaii won landmark climate case | Climate News
EXPLAINERA group of children and young activists has won a constitutional case forcing a government department to curb emissions from the transport sector in Hawaii.…
Childhood trauma damages society – why aren’t our leaders recognising it? | Child Rights
Twenty-five years ago a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that, in the United States, traumatic life experiences during…
This Palestinian created a mobile school for children in Gaza | Gaza
NewsFeedPalestinian trainee lawyer Noor Nassar has created a mobile classroom to help children in Gaza who can’t go to school because of Israel’s war.Published On…
US surgeon general calls for warning labels on social media platforms | Social Media News
The United States surgeon general has called on Congress to require social media platforms to carry warning labels on their effects on young people’s lives,…
Violations against children in conflict reach ‘extreme levels’, UN says | United Nations News
Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023 with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries, including in the…
UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict | Gaza News
The United Nations is adding Israel to its so-called “blacklist” of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, an Israeli diplomat has…
Scarred by war children in Myanmar ‘cannot have the life they used to have’ | Conflict News
Ever since she witnessed a Myanmar military air strike on her school in February, kindergarten teacher Mi Hser has been haunted by the memory. The…
Children of the Darien Gap | Migration
A family flees violence in Ecuador for the United States, but first they must enter the Darien Gap, a perilous jungle. Swanny Flores fled Ecuador…
Child marriage is a problem in the US that needs urgent action | Child Rights
On April 4, the state legislature in Virginia voted to amend state law, raising the marriage age to 18. A couple of days later, Governor…
Aslan, a little Syrian boy’s journey to hear again | Child Rights
Idlib, Syria and Reyhanli, Turkey - When Khalid Abdel Razek Abu al-Zumar heard that his five-year-old son had been accepted into a programme that would…
Qatar pledges $3m to Ukrainian human rights body | Russia-Ukraine war News
Funds aim to provide support for children, others affected by armed conflict in Ukraine, Qatari foreign ministry says. Qatar has announced that it will provide…
Israeli attack kills 10, mostly children, in Gaza’s Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News
An Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least 10 people, including six children, hospital authorities said, as…
Cass Review: A victory for women, children and common sense | Women’s Rights
In England, a landmark independent review into gender care services for young people has exposed one of the biggest medical negligence scandals of recent times…
Nigeria’s Chibok girls kidnapping: 10 years later, a struggle to move on | Boko Haram
Maiduguri, Nigeria – It has been nearly a year since 26-year-old Rabiat left the Boko Haram enclave she was held in for close to a…