Children who sleep too much have less ability to learn
London: A team of British researchers has said that children with deficits in both vocabulary learning and cognitive skills tend to sleep more. According to media reports, a new study…
Mediterranean ‘becoming a cemetery for children and their futures’
More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent…
Children from middle-class families are the most affected by Corona, research
Glasgow: According to a new study, middle class children were the most affected in the global epidemic of Corona. Children suffering severe mental problems during the epidemic may affect their…
World News in Brief: Crisis deepens for Mali’s children, human rights updates from Brazil, Montenegro
UNICEF Representative in Mali, Pierre Ngom, told reporters in Geneva that dozens of children have been killed this month alone by non-State armed groups in the north and centre of…
Rights experts warn against forced separation of Uyghur children in China
Classroom teaching at these institutions is almost exclusively in Mandarin, with little or no use of the Uyghur language, they said in a statement. They warned that separating the children…
Teach children to wash their hands!
World Handwashing Day is celebrated on October 15 every year. The purpose of celebrating this day is to raise awareness among people around the world about the importance of hand…
Sudan: Children dying amid healthcare system collapse
According to the UN refugee agency (UNCHR) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the children were refugees living in nine camps in Sudan’s White Nile state. UN refugee chief Filippo…
UNESCO: 250 million children now out of school
The increase is partly due to the mass exclusion of women and girls from education in Afghanistan but can also be attributed to broader stagnation in education provision worldwide. The…
Over 330 million children worldwide living in extreme poverty
The findings show that 333 million children worldwide are living in extreme poverty – a decrease of almost 50 million over the course of the past decade. However, the report’s…
UNHCR: more than 7 million refugee children out of school
“With the displaced population rising every year, there is a significant and increasing proportion of the world’s children who are missing out on their education,” said Filippo Grandi, UN High…