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Child Rights

UN opens support 'hubs' to boost protection for families and children on move across Europe

New York, Feb 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS)As part of a joint effort to increase protection for the growing numbers of children and others with specific needs arriving in Europe, two United Nations agencies have agreed to set up special support centres for children and families along the most frequently used migration routes across the continent. more

Conflicts and violence take 'huge toll' on children in 2015 – UN envoy

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) Increasingly complex and widening conflicts have taken a huge toll on children in much of the Middle East in 2015, with parts of Africa and Asia fa ...

'Child soldiers are boys and girls we collectively failed to protect' - UN envoy

New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS) An upsurge in global conflicts and brutal war tactics continues to make children extremely vulnerable to recruitment and use by armed groups, the Unit ...

Social Media helped ease winter related hardship of more than 70,000 underprivileged children

New Delhi, Feb 5 (JEN): Every year, the cold waves which sweep the northern belt of India affect thousands of underprivileged children. In order to protect them from harsh winters, Godrej Ez ...

As flood of child refugees and migrants into Europe soars, UN calls for enhanced protection

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Child protection systems across Europe are completely overwhelmed as the rate of youngsters in the flood of refugees and migrants has soared to one i ...

Films with on-screen smoking should carry warnings to protect children: WHO

New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Noting that films showing on-screen smoking have enticed millions of young people around the world into tobacco addiction, the United Nations health a ...

Ban names former Save the Children CEO as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF

New York, Jan 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced the appointment of Justin Forsyth, a British national, as Deputy Executive Director ...

Future of 24 million children in conflict zones under threat: UN report

New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly 24 million children living in crisis zones in 22 strife-torn countries are being deprived of a school education, threatening their own future ...

Obama urges US citizens to stop gun violence

Washington, Jan 6 (JEN) Gun violence is one of the major issues plaguing the US right now, something President Obama wants to stop, calling it a phenomenon that makes him mad whenever he thi ...

Help ‘can’t come soon enough’ for thousands of children out of school in northern Mali - UNICEF

New York, Dec 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Despite the immense needs in conflict-affected areas of northern Mali, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is hampered by constrained access ...