Child Rights

Pope Francis will meet Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors during his July 24-29 visit, the Vatican says.Warning: The story below contains details of residential…

Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a…

Tom Andrews accuses Myanmar military of mounting ‘relentless attacks’ on children since seizing power in February 2021.The world risks creating a “lost generation” of children in…

Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25:00 From: Inside StoryThe United Nations issues a call to end the practice on World Day Against Child Labour.Every day an estimated 160…

From: WitnessA search for family leads Ewolo from Switzerland to Congo where a chance encounter leads to an unimaginable reunion.Forty-two-year-old street food trader Cristel…

“I don’t want it to happen again.” That is what 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo, a survivor of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, told United States…

The gunman who opened fire at a primary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers, barricaded himself in a classroom and “began shooting anyone that was in his way”, an…

Stories have begun to emerge about the 19 fourth-graders and their two teachers who were gunned down behind a barricaded door at their primary school in Texas, shedding light on…

PodcastPodcast, Essential Middle East Defense for Children International Palestine says 500 to 700 Palestinian children are arrested and prosecuted in the military courts each…

Thousands of people have been displaced and dozens killed as gang violence escalates in Haiti’s capital, officials say.The United Nations has expressed concern over the recruitment…