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…
Children playing on Eid use destroyed Gaza mosque as a slide | Israel War on Gaza
NewsFeedThe remains of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli attack in Gaza became a makeshift slide for a group of children as they played on…
Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after Chibok abductions | Armed Groups News
Lagos, Nigeria – In the decade since the armed group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 students at an all-girls school in the town of Chibok,…
Nigerian army rescues 17 students abducted from Sokoto state | Government
NewsFeedChildren who were kidnapped in two separate abductions in northern Nigeria have been freed. On Friday the army rescued one group taken from Sokoto, while…
Alaa’s sad Mother’s Day after Israel’s war on Gaza killed her children | Israel War on Gaza
Rafah, Gaza – It is nearly impossible to describe the feelings of a mother in the Gaza Strip on Mother’s Day. A mother who has…
Aspiring journalist Lama visits her destroyed home in Gaza | Gaza
NewsFeedThe aspiring journalist who’s gathered a social media following covering Israel’s war on Gaza, Lama Abu Jamous shares her first visit to her destroyed house…
UN says acute malnutrition spreading fast among children in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News
Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar for more talks with mediators after Hamas presented a new truce proposal. The main United Nations…
Thousands of children are on their own in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza
NewsFeedA Palestinian boy has been talking about living on his own in Gaza after his mother had to leave with his injured sister. UNICEF says…
Palestinian boy rescued after 9 days under Gaza rubble | Palestinian Authority
NewsFeedThis Palestinian boy was pulled out of the rubble of his home 9 days after it was destroyed by an Israeli air attack.Published On 1…
Six children die of malnutrition in Gaza hospitals: Health Ministry | Israel War on Gaza News
Six children have died from dehydration and malnutrition at hospitals in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory has said, as the…