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Universal Children’s Day: Protect the Rights of Every Child

Universal Children’s Day: Protect the Rights of Every Child

“Universal Children’s Day is more than a day to celebrate children everywhere. It is an annual opportunity to recommit ourselves to protecting the rights of every child,” said UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake today. United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on 20 November each…
Top Writers Write Short Stories for Children’s Rights

Top Writers Write Short Stories for Children’s Rights

Over 200 prominent writers including novelists, playwrights and poets, have joined a global literary campaign this week, penning ‘tiny stories’ of around seven lines each to highlight Universal Children’s Day and the injustice so many of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged children still face. The short story series kicks…
Splash: Axis Bank Rolls Out Children’s Painting Competition

Splash: Axis Bank Rolls Out Children’s Painting Competition

Axis Bank, a private sector bank in India, in association with NITI Aayog, IIT-Bombay, National Institute of Design, and ISRO, has announced ‘Splash 2016’, a pan-India painting competition for children in the age group of 7 – 15 years. The aim of the competition is to celebrate Children’s Day and…
Ek Muthi Sonu ke Naam: For Children Who Go Hungry

Ek Muthi Sonu ke Naam: For Children Who Go Hungry

Featuring the celebrated chef Vikas Khanna, a new video urges people to pledge a fistful to feed a child. A youth entertainment channel ‘Being Indian’ along with Quaker Oats has released the video titled 'Ek Muthi Sonu ke Naam'. Based on #QuakerFeedAChild initiative, the video urges people to think about…
Children in Syria Risk Their Lives to Go to School

Children in Syria Risk Their Lives to Go to School

With the start of the school year in Syria, over 1.7 million children remain out of school and another 1.3 million are at a risk of dropping out, according to new education data. Escalating violence, displacement, increased poverty, and an overstretched and under-resourced education system continue to force children out…
Campaign on Children’s Exposure to Violence Launched

Campaign on Children’s Exposure to Violence Launched

Futures Without Violence, in partnership with the Department of Justice, announced Wednesday the launch of the first national campaign that will raise awareness, teach skills, and inspire public action to address children’s exposure to violence and childhood trauma. The multi-year “Changing Minds” campaign will motivate teachers, coaches, counselors, health professionals,…
Study Says 385 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty

Study Says 385 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty

Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis released Monday by the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children finds that in 2013 19.5 per cent of children in developing countries were living in…