Indian national Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai have won the 2014 Nobel Peace prize for advocating children’s rights.
Cousin Hebert dreamt of creating a children’s play park in the back yard of his mansion.
This week holds the opportunity for us to show that we are serious about having a world where no child is born to die.
A new study has found that inflated praise does children with low self-esteem more harm than good.
In a bid to prevent the "hypersexualisation" of children, the French State Senate has voted to ban beauty contests for girls under the age of 16.
In a case before the ConCourt, critics say consensual teen sex has been criminalised.
Between November and January Media Monitoring Africa interviewed 82 primary school children between the ages of 11 and 13 about current news topics.
Having a baby in sub-Saharan Africa is riskier than anywhere else according to the latest State of the World’s Mothers report.
Children may constitute 39% of our population, but how often do we see or hear their voices in the news?
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/ 10 January 2012
The Constitutional Court’s is due to confirm or reject of a high court ruling that some sections of the Children’s Act are unconstitutional.
It’s possible for mothers to run a home and family successfully, while working full-time
If a teacher is able to communicate with each child through his or her chief values in life, miracles can be achieved, writes <b>John Demartini</b>.
Scientists have found that passive smoking can raise blood pressure levels in boys.
Do not expect children to be able to do next year what they can do today if they don’t get a chance to practice what they learn.
Having experienced depression, the writer feared motherhood would make the condition worse. But, for her, family life has had the opposite effect.
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/ 18 February 2011
Almost 60% of five-year-olds in some of Britain’s poorest areas do not reach a "good level" of behaviour and understanding.
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/ 10 February 2011
The access to the provision of free education is a worthy goal but it should not come at the expense of quality.
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/ 10 December 2010
A pioneering new initiative at a British hospital
is using MRI scans to assess whether children with epilepsy should have surgery.
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/ 26 November 2010
Stephanie Calman chose to have her children by Caesarean section and can’t understand why women like her are made to feel like failures.
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/ 18 October 2010
Children who spent more than two hours a day at a screen had a 60% higher risk of psychological problems.
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/ 13 October 2010
If you are contemplating moving house and are prone to doing so frequently, be sure it’s really necessary.
The unsung heroes of the early childhood development sector are often middle-aged black women who still remain largely unsupported by the government.
Some experts now believe that all shoes are best avoided in childhood, says <b>Sam Murphy</b>.
Human rights advocate Nelson Mandela and his wife have won a global award for helping to promote children’s rights over the past 10 years.
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/ 20 November 2009
Assuming leadership of an organisation with a twenty-year track record might seem overwhelming but it also means that one inherits a good foundation.
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/ 12 February 2009
It is normal for children in predominantly Muslim Senegal to go to a Koran school, but standards vary enormously.
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/ 15 October 2008
On being a so-called white, so-called middle-class, so-called liberal parent in South Africa in 2008, while trying not to lie and preserve innocence.
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/ 12 October 2008
Graca Machel appealed to Mozambique’s schools on Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution.
Two out of five South African schoolchildren say they have been raped, according to a study published on Tuesday.
The sex industry in Kenya is on the rise, as is the prevalence of HIV/Aids. Child sex work is not uncommon along the coast.
Award-winning film director Gurinder Chadha is calling for more films to be made specifically for children.
Parents have been warned not to give toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold remedies unless advised to do so by a healthcare professional.