United Nations agencies are behind an international coalition aimed at rapidly improving the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school closures.Read more
The newly-launched Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 is a major milestone in the continued effort to halve road deaths and injuries – many of which involve children – within...Read more
In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the UN Child Rights Committee has said that an individual country can be held responsible for the negative impact of its...Read more
Milan has unveiled a dedicated play space for children in the middle of the city to mark the 30th anniversary of Italy’s endorsement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Read more
UNICEF has unveiled a ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the HQ of the United Nations in New York to urge governments worldwide to prioritise the reopening of schools
Schools which are normally the second home for 168 million...Read more
Children’s rights are best preserved and respected in Iceland, Switzerland and Finland, but Tunisia and Thailand also fare well, says a new United Nations-based study. Read more
The United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres has issued an impassioned plea for the world to protect the rights and education of vulnerable children during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.Read more
Children, as always, are among the most at risk, as Africa faces the world’s worst humanitarian disaster for more than seventy years, reports Adrian Voce.
The United Nations has declared that the world is facing its...Read more
