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March 01
Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Support the Women and Girls Fighting for Rights
This International Women's Day (March 8) comes at a fiercely challenging moment. We can find inspiration, and hope, however, in the women and girls around the world who, often at… Read more »
February 23
Africa: Children's Futures At a Crossroads
At the start of 2024, we stand at a critical juncture: Geopolitical tensions are escalating, economic integration is unravelling, and multilateral cooperation is faltering. This… Read more »
Nigeria: Call for Scaled Up Funding for Much-Needed, Successful Joint Program in Nigeria
Nigeria is home to 15 percent of the world's out-of-school children. More than 7.6 million girls are not in school, and only nine percent of the poorest girls in the country are in… Read more »
February 21
Africa: It Is Imperative to Protect Children in War
All around the globe, the most vulnerable among us are suffering the gravest consequences of war. Children bear the brunt of the horrors inflicted by States and armed groups… Read more »
November 15, 2023
Africa: A Bigger and More Relevant Role for Youth Within the UN System - Part II
The UN Secretary General's Policy Brief on Meaningful Youth Engagement in Policy and Decision-making Processes offers several ideas on how to ensure youths have a bigger and more… Read more »
November 14, 2023
Africa: A New Youth Envoy - Symbolic Change or Real Hope? - Part I
The recent appointment of Dr. Felipe Paullier of Uruguay as the first Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs is a good news for the United Nations. Yet we need to ask… Read more »
October 30, 2023
Africa: African, Asian Parliamentarians Debate How People-Centered Policies Aid Development of Women, Youth
Asian and African parliamentarians have committed to accelerate the implementation of a people-centered development agenda as the African continent continues to face rapid… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Africa: To End Child Marriage in Southern & East Africa, Governments Need to Strengthen Laws & Implementation
Almost one third (32%) of women aged 20 to 24 in Eastern and Southern Africa - around 50 million - were married before 18 years old. To address this pervasive problem, the Southern… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Africa: Effective International Aid Depends On the Application of Girl-Centered Design
In a year that is rapidly becoming the costliest on record for climate-related disasters, the International Day of the Girl Child appeals to the global community for greater… Read more »
September 15, 2023
Africa: Youth Rally for Peace Through Climate Justice At the UN
"What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!" youth chanted in an unusually lively conference at the United Nations Headquarters. Read more »
July 03, 2023
Africa: How the Security Council Can Better Pursue Accountability for International Crimes Against Children
Around 2018, when Anwar was 14 or 15 years old, his father, a member of IS, forced Anwar to train with the group as a young teenager. He even made Anwar watch as he inflicted… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Nigeria: Questions Arise About Youth Commitment to Democracy After Nigerian Elections
As Nigeria's newly-elected president Bola Tinabu seems to be making his mark by undoing many of his predecessor's policies - another battle is being waged in the courts between him… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: Protecting Children in War - No More Time to Wait
In 2021 alone, almost 24,000 grave violations of children's rights in war were documented by the United Nations - these included killing and maiming, sexual violence, use and… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Sudan: Khartoum Is Falling - the Global Community Must Move Fast to Protect Children in Their Darkest Moments
As unprecedentedly fierce armed battles play out on the streets of Khartoum, more than 600 people are dead, thousands injured, and over 1 million displaced. Read more »
March 30, 2023
Mauritius: Quo Vadis Republic of Mauritius?
Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is Former President of the Republic of Mauritius Read more »
March 23, 2023
Burkina Faso: School Closures Keep More than One Million Scholars Away
Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Africa: Parliamentarians Pledge to Act On Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
Child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), sexuality education, religion, and tradition came under the spotlight during a conference, Arab and Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting to… Read more »
February 24, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Post-Election Reset Needs Youth-Centred Accountable Leaders
Youth have already transformed the narrative of the 2023 elections, and it would be crucial for Nigeria's newly elected president to consider their issues as he takes on the… Read more »
February 14, 2023
Africa: Outlook for 2023 - Children in 'Polycrisis'
The year 2022 was incredibly difficult for people around the world. We were confronted by a series of major crises, including a continuing pandemic, a major war in Europe, an… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Africa: Raising the Alarm On the Slow Pace of Family Law Reform
The writer is Campaign Manager - Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law Read more »
November 21, 2022
Africa: Crimes Against Children
An indisputable truth is that no child has ever chosen where to be born, which colour of skin to have, which ethnic community to belong to, what religion to practice and language… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: Leaders Told to Put 'Kids First' At COP27
Lea is a three-year-old from Mexico who loves ladybirds. Siddhiksha, a six-year-old from India, has a passion for trees and wild animals. Rachelle is a 12-year-old Tanzanian who is… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Africa: Poverty Impacts On Efforts to End Child Marriage, Say Parliamentarians
Child marriage continues to be a scourge in many African countries - despite legislation and efforts of many, including parliamentarians, to keep girls in school and create… Read more »
September 05, 2022
Africa: Infant Mortality Rates - The Dying Children Divide
The chances of a child dying before reaching age five years have dropped substantially worldwide during the recent past. However, a significant divide remains among countries as… Read more »
Africa: A Plea for the Creation of a UN Youth Assembly
There are many ways the UN can have a sizeable role in promoting the engagement and participation of youth and helping them becoming a central pillar of a new way of doing… Read more »
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