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A young girl at the Bhagyanagar Children’s’ homes, which supports children between 6 and 14 who have lost their parents or are children of migrant labourers. Many of the girls and boys are at risk of becoming involved in child labour before they arrive.
UNICEF/Sandeep Biswas

Concerned by amended child labour bill in India, UN agency urges stronger legal framework

27 July 2016
Voicing concern over the amended Child Labour Bill in India which could legitimize family work and further disadvantage children from poor families, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the removal of certain provisions and establishing a robust monitoring mechanism with a thorough list of hazardous occupations for a stronger child protection framework.
An increasing number of people, including families with children and the elderly, have encountered deadly ambushes as they try to escape areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
UNAMI

“Crisis of an entire generation” indoctrinated by ISIL

9 March 2016
General News

A new report endorsed by the UN that examines child indoctrination by the ISIL terrorist group represents the “crisis of an entire generation”.

That’s according to the senior researcher launching the report in the UK parliament on Wednesday, called Children and the Islamic State.

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Children play outdoors at a school in Curaçao, the Netherlands.
UNICEF/Roger Lemoyne

Governments must act to reverse alarming rise in childhood obesity, UN report warns

25 January 2016
Facing a global epidemic in childhood obesity with the number of overweight children under five on track to jump from 42 million to 70 million over the next decade, a United Nations report today called on governments to reverse the trend by promoting healthy foods and physical activity.