Child Rights

Social workers play a crucial role in child protection, often overlooked by the public. This blog emphasizes the positive impact of social workers who support families and advocate for children's welfare globally and calls for investment in preventative and responsive child protection services to ensure every child thrives ahead of the Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children.

One-third of the total global child population—or 766 million children—were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the year between July 2023 and June 2024

Extreme weather events forced at least 38,000 people from their homes in Afghanistan in the first six month of this year

A Child Account from a 15-year-old Yazidi Girl, Viyan* who lives in an IDP camp, northern Iraq

Classes across the Philippines were suspended following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country.

"Harmful practices like FGM must never be allowed"

Children from Colombia’s Indigenous Wayuu community have composed a powerful song to draw attention to the drought and water scarcity.

Save the Children International launches its inaugural Global Media Awards to celebrate excellence in journalism for child rights.

As Thai children head back to school following a long summer break, a lack of funding has hindered many displaced children from Myanmar.

Save the Children press release on children speaking about how climate change is affecting their rights at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

More than half of Pakistan’s school age children – about 26 million - will be locked out of classrooms for a week due to an ongoing heat wave.

Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence, a Save the Children study has found.

About 73,900 households in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta have limited access to fresh water following a weeks-long heatwave. Save the Children.

Duarte Agostinho ECHR case: disappointing outcome for the six young applicants’ access to justice but children should not lose hope following Court’s

Mongolia’s extreme winter conditions, or Dzud, shows no sign of abating and Mongolia has lost 5.2 million livestock.

About 250 unaccompanied Rohingya children arrived in Indonesia in the last three months of 2023.

Flooding and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have affected about 15,500 children and 40,000 families.

The devastating impact of the climate crisis on children in Colombia’s largest indigenous group, the Wayuu, is illustrated in this powerful series of

A new ‘Girls Unstoppable’ programme has its sights on freeing up girls from chores and care work and getting them into girls clubs.

Girl cricketers who joined forces on and off the pitch to campaign against child marriage take part in their first provincial ‘all-girls' tournament

A year that saw a rise to at least 5 million cases and 5,500 deaths from dengue fever globally across most continents, Vientiane – the capital of La

Flooding in Demak and Grobogan regencies of Central Java has displaced about 11,500 people, including at least 1,100 children.

Children in Bangkok breathed unhealthy air for 70% of the year in 2023, Save the Children said, as the Thai capital reels from its latest air crisis.

Daniel, 11, hardly saw his friends and had limited social interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. Now, he's part of 'Play to Thrive'.

Rohingya refugee children who have been forced to flee Bangladesh and Myanmar are now asking authorities in Indonesia for more freedom to leave.

Children in Peru at the sharp end of the climate crisis have been given a huggable backpack

Children’s mental health suffers following deadly Japan quake, as many schools stay shut

Press release on participatory photo project by Save the Children in Colombia

“Listen to us”: What children want from COP28 children's voices

Save the Children press release on children and biobars in Cambodia

Quote from a long-standing Save the Children staff member in Gaza who is on the move with three children all aged under 10.

Humanitarian agencies operating in Gaza are reporting an unfolding humanitarian crisis on an unprecedented scale. There are not adequate facilities to

Anuska, a climate child activist from Nepal writes a poem about the Climate Crisis after attending the Climate March at UNGA.

Save the Children press release on the biggest climate case taken to the European Court of Human Rights

Ukrainian refugee children miss their family, friends, and pets, and worry about not knowing the local language

Arsenal’s Leah Williamson will make an impassioned plea to challenge gender stereotypes and level the playing field for girls around the world.

Save the Children child campaigner from Nepal and giant white bear travel from Nepal to New York

Clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in the south of Lebanon have closed schools and are putting children at direct risk

Most unaccompanied children seeking safety in Greece have their asylum claims rejected, leaving them without legal papers and vulnerable to abuse

Save the Children press release five ways heatwaves impact children's rights around the world

Cohort of Ukrainian school leavers opted to abstain from graduation this year with their final studies wrecked by 17 months of war

A girl will address the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York in person today for the first time in its nearly 70-year history, using her experience

Children have taken photos of rubble and their homes in Syria

We spoke to Dilmani, a 16-year-old Sri Lankan climate activist. She shares her thoughts and experiences of being affected by climate change.

Children in Albania rehearse their play The Windmill to draw attention to the climate crisis

Press release on thousands of children at risk of separation, abuse and neglect with up to 15,000 people arriving at the Mexico-US border.

Only one in seven children globally are protected by laws against corporal punishment

Earth Day - giant white Air Bear will begin journey around Nepal to raise awareness of air pollution

A bitterly cold winter after a summer of drought has left herder families in Mongolia without livestock and facing severe food shortages

10 month old Jaiyan* is treated for severe acute malnutrition

Save the Children supports launch of new web series in Nepal

press release on the one year anniversary of the volcanic eruption in Tonga

Q&A with Anushka, a Young Climate Activist from Nepal that pledges everyone to do more to fight the Climate Crisis

Press Release on the ban of female NGO workers in Afghanistan and its effect on child labour

In this blog Sacha Myers, former Head of Media for Save the Children Afghanistan talks about the impact of the school ban on girls in Afghanistan. Read it to hear firsthand the stories of Afghan girls who have been turned from students into child labourers against their own will.

At least 100 children were on Wednesday confirmed to have died after a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia this week – accounting for about a third of all fatalities – with the race on to find any remaining survivors and to provide shelter and emergency supplies for families left homeless, Save the Children said.

Leaders at COP27 have taken a small but critical step in securing justice for children most affected by the climate crisis, by formally recognising children as agents of change and setting up a fund for loss and damage, Save the Children said. But far more needs to be done to secure children’s futures, and on World Children’s Day, the child rights organisation urges leaders to draw inspiration from the voices of children who were heard loudly at this COP.

Pressure ramps up on leaders to provide a secure future for children at COP27

Youth and Future Generations Day at COP27: Cambodian child climate activists battling pollution from their floating schools

The climate crisis is pushing children and their families to flee their houses and their countries in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Extreme weather combined with other vulnerabilities such as poverty and inequalities, have undermined food, water, and even economic security.

World leaders must keep the hopes of 2.4 billion children in mind at COP27 - Save the Children

REPORT: One in three children globally face double threat of high climate risk and crushing poverty

Read the story of 10-year-old Myron* who escaped the violence in Ukraine and is now attending a summer camp supported by Save the Children in Poland.

A year on from the Taliban takeover, read the stories of children and their families living in Afghanistan.

Why our voices matter! How Children Can Work Together to Help Eliminate Harmful Practices

From Thailand to Vietnam and Nepal, we support LGBTQ+ children to speak out against discrimination, persecution and violence. To mark PRIDE month, we spoke to four young activists who are blazing a rainbow trail for LGBTQ+ children across Asia.

YEMEN: CHILDREN DEMAND PEACE AND RENEWAL OF TRUCE AS FIRST STEPS TOWARDS ENDING WAR

"I’m an aspiring climate activist as well as a child rights advocate from the Philippines"

AFGHANISTAN: Desperate mother agreed to sell her unborn baby as debt-ridden families are pushed to crisis point

Children in urgent need of life-saving support as Cyclone Gombe batters southeast Africa

Syria 11 years: Children still being bombed, facing hunger and malnutrition

An estimated 100,000 children living in orphanages and institutions in Ukraine are at risk of being left behind or being permanently separated.

Time for a safe back to school in Latin America and the Caribbean

Child recruitment in Colombia: fear in the river

“We can speak up for ourselves”: Why we need to listen to child refugee’s voices

Girls Speak Up

COP26: Empty words and not enough action show children and youth are not being heard

Safe Schools Conference: 300 children call on world leaders to protect schools from attack

Why children's voices are key at COP 26

Forgotten crisis: Families in Burundi languish as homes disappear under Lake Tanganyika

"We want to learn like everyone else”: Children have their say

A 15-year-old girl from Kosovo on how she is representing the voice of children at local, national and international level.

Albania’s “Children Stand Up” for Climate Action

Rohingya children: Five stories from five countries

Schools must be open, accessible and safe from attacks, say African children

14 Palestinian children and one Israeli child killed: “It was the worst night of my life”

"I decided to take the role of a climate warrior"

Campaigning for her rights: Asia, 17, from Tanzania

Yemen: Six years of war, six stories of children

‘Anywhere but Syria’: After ten years of war, the vast majority of children can’t imagine a future in the country

Children in the EU speak out about their rights and their future

“I want my daughter to live with love…to live with freedom”

“Our future is not negotiable”: Climate Activist Sohanur speaks

An Emergency Within An Emergency: The Psycho-social Impacts of COVID-19

“The ability to read is the best feeling in the world”

Children are the experts on their education and futures

Don’t be a zombie, take action!

“When there is a problem, we should not stay aside.”

“I started teaching the basic alphabet; they’ve all learned to write their name”

The COVID-19 pandemic and my rights

Children must not face the brunt of war

Sewing Success: Jesica’s Story

“When I got the radio set, I jumped to the sky”

“I was scared when my mother and sister were sick,” Nazib’s story

DRAWING A BETTER FUTURE

We should never give up on our rights

TO PRIORITISE EDUCATION IS TO PRIORITISE THE FUTURE

Read the words of Hadiza, a girl from Niger, on why education is the most effective weapon to change the world.

KAMAL’S STORY: WE WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE