India’s public was in shock on Thursday as authorities confirmed three children starved to death in the national capital of the fastest-growing economy in the world. Mansi, 8, Shikha, 4, and two-year-old Parul were declared dead in a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday, bringing malnourishment and hunger within India into[…]
British authorities are deploying children as spies in covert policing and security operations, a new UK parliamentary report revealed. Some of the minors tasked with gathering intelligence are under 16, the report by a House of Lords review committee said. The report, published last week, was produced in response to[…]
Ramadan can be very difficult for young children and while it is not accustomed for Muslim children to fast before they reach puberty, the sense of togetherness and the importance of charity that Ramadan emphasises is something any child can relate to. In recognizing the commitment of children to the[…]
More than 30,000 people have gathered in the US capital to protest against US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, as tens of thousands of others are expected to attend similar rallies planned across all 50 states. In Washington, DC, immigrant parents and children, activists, religious leaders and celebrities addressed the[…]
As South Africans mark the end of Youth Month, Bonteheuwel community members are mobilizing for a peace march on Saturday to call to attention the safety of children. Residents want high level intervention from authorities amid the ongoing drug and gang scourge in the area. The event is organized by[…]
Authorities are investigating a so called ‘sex list’ being circulated on social media. The list containing the names of 31 of children, believed to be from Atlantis, went viral on social media with the victims accused of being promiscuous. Western Cape department of social development spokesperson, Sihle Ngobese, says they[…]
The chairperson of the CRL Rights Commission says one of the issues to address while seeking alternatives to corporal punishment is how children are raised and whose values are valued. The commission’s Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva was speaking during a dialogue in Johannesburg on Tuesday on alternatives to corporal punishment. “The issue[…]
As the country prepares to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign, corporate South Africa is also responding to calls for a collaborative effort to put an end to the scourge. A bold new movement, called #NoExcuse, launches today and will run during the 16 Days of[…]
Parents who give their children a hiding will no longer be able to use the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ if they are later accused of assault. This comes after the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Thursday that parents can’t be exempted from the law, even when their[…]
By Shafiq Morton Sixteen year-old Ahed Tamimi of Nabi Saleh village, which is 20 kms from Ramallah on the occupied West Bank, twists a corner of her Palestinian keffiyya as she talks to me in studio in Cape Town. Her curly hair flops over her face like Violet, the teenage[…]
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