Topic: #KidsRightsIndex2021

Children queue for food at a school feeding scheme during a nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Blue Downs township near Cape Town, South Africa, May 4, 2020. Picture taken May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings Now a potential hunger crisis looms.

Devastating impact of COVID on children’s lives ‘far worse than first thought’

The devastating impacts of the COVID pandemic on children’s lives globally has been far worse than first feared, says an influential child rights organisation.Read more

08-06-2021|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Multimedia presentation highlights the global work of UNICEF UNICEF USA has teamed up with a leading multimedia provider to devise an...
Fewer under-5s dying worldwide – but ‘a long road’ until the end of preventable early deaths The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a...
Council of Europe takes stock of work protecting children’s rights since 2022 Freedom from violence for all children, equal opportunities and social inclusion, access to technologies and their safe...
War in Ukraine: children in cities forced to live underground for months Children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between...

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