In the paper, UNICEF UK makes recommendations to the Scottish Government to ensure that its child poverty strategy maximizes progress towards ‘eradicating’ child poverty in the UK by 2020. The paper also includes background on child poverty in Scotland as well as recommendations for priority areas for action for the Scottish Government. clickity click click!

This comic teaches children about their rights and work in Namibia. Please note this is only relevant to the Namibian context where the age of majority is 21.

Nigeria’s foremost child rights activist has been named to a prestigious International Leadership program operated by the U.S. State Department. The nomination puts Dayo Israel in the ranks of more than 300 global leaders who are alumni of the program, says Tayo Elegbede, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria’s foremost child rights activist …

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Ayo Morakinyo, 26, an electrical engineer and Commonwealth Correspondent from Nigeria, argues that parents need help to take better responsibility for their children and encourage them to actually be in school, where they can learn the skills that will set them up for life. There is a group of six girls I sometimes see when …

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Inhumane tactics are used to create child soldiers, writes Malcolm McEachern, 22, a Correspondent from Halifax, Canada, now living in the UK.  The question is how to make those children part of society once the conflict is over. When someone thinks of child soldiers they may recall the Leonardo DiCaprio film Blood Diamond, which portrays …

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