Packed in “like razorblades”, children picked up on suspicion of involvement with Boko Haram are detained indefinitely in Giwa military barracks in Nigeria.

Children accused of affiliation with ISIS are being detained, and often tortured and prosecuted, regardless of their actual level of involvement with the group. This sweeping, punitive approach is not justice, and will create lifelong negative consequences for many of these children.

UK NGO War Child has released a subtle and marvelous film about the fantasy world of children trapped in wartime.

Each day in India, 180 children go missing, stolen and trafficked into child labor. Two out of three of them will never be found.

In rural Uttar Pradesh, one woman challenges men to cover their faces with veils and then successfully execute their work.

According to official figures, over 100,000 women and 50,000 children remain untraced across India. Rupa Devi and her two daughters are one of the latest missing person cases dismissed by local police.

Naresh Biswas, a community activist, has been working tirelessly with the Baigas of Baigachak for over two decades and has persuaded 700 families to return to their traditional farming and food cultures.

A new Gallup survey reveals that 1 in 4 Indians fears losing their land or home. A beautiful film by the Place Project explores the meaning of home for indigenous and urban poor people and makes the argument for strengthening land rights of the poor.

Women farmers offer a way to rethink our current food production system, which is heavily polluting and over-reliant on fossil fuels. 

The ABCs of Child Labor...15 products touched by child labor and child slavery. How many do you use?

Here are two seemingly unrelated facts: Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries when it comes to the effects of climate change. Around 30% of girls in Bangladesh are married before their 15th birthday. Hidden Connections is a 20 minute documentary revealing how these two facts are intertwined.

Australia is obliged to offer protection to refugees. Instead, many are processed at a detention centre on the remote, independent island of Nauru, 3,000km from Australia. 

Rare footage inside the refugee detention camps on Nauru shows the impact on children of indefinite captivity on the 21km square island nation of Nauru. 

The Greek coast guard goes out on a daily basis to rescue refugees from sinking boats. They feel as though they have been left to deal with an enormous humanitarian emergency by themselves, while more distant countries natter on about what to do and how many people they can be asked to absorb.

17-year-old Lilian tells the story of fleeing death threats in El Salvador and coming to the United States alone.

Violent crime perpetrated by the “maras”, as the gangs are known, has claimed the lives of 7,500 young Salvadorans since mid-2014. Tens of thousands of Salvadorans, among them large numbers of unaccompanied minors, feel they have no choice but to flee the country.

Thousands of children in Indonesia, some just 8 years old, are working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms. 

Millions of children risk pain, sickness, injury, and even death to produce goods and services for the global economy.

Central American children fleeing serious threats face formidable obstacles in applying for asylum in Mexico.

Human Rights Watch has documented wide discrepancies between Mexican law and practice. By law, Mexico offers protection to those who face risks to their lives or safety if returned to their countries of origin. But less than 1 percent of children who are apprehended by Mexican immigration authorities are recognized as refugees, according to Mexican government data.

“We do live in fear, and that’s violating our rights too. Nobody should live in fear. Not having the DREAM Act right now is affecting a lot of people. And it’s affecting our human rights, and I feel that the government might not realize that.  Or maybe it does, but I don’t know why it hasn’t been passed, if that connection is made. It’s inhumane.” 

The United States government and tobacco companies are failing to protect teenage children from hazardous work in tobacco farming, Human Rights Watch said today, in a report and video.
 

A lovely short film by photojournalist Sydney Combs on a community of Maasai women, who are supporting each other in starting small businesses to feed their families. 

Our current policies shortchange families and harm the development of young children.

Calling a teenager who is being exploited for sex a child prostitute reinforces the pimp's message of her worthlessness. The LA County Sheriff's Department has been working to reframe the problem and educate police officers and other county workers who come into contact with trafficked teenagers.

The Department of Labor's annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor focuses on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries and territories to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement mechanisms, policies and social programs.

Though France has strong child protection laws, unaccompanied child migrants picked up in the Hautes-Alpes after an arduous and dangerous mountain crossing are often adjudged older than they are, and deprived of the protection that is their due.

Kids from villages attacked by Boko Haram suspected of joining the group are detained indefinitely by the Nigerian military without being charged. Their families have no idea where they are.

Media Voices for Children joins 61 organizations to support the Wall Street Tax Act. Let’s get this done!

The Environmental Protection Agency has signaled its intention to review and roll back key protections for children exposed to pesticides in American agriculture.

The conventional view of Africa is that it is poor. In truth, far more money flows out of Africa than is paid in aid.

Poetry and personal testimony by children trying to regularize their immigration status. 

Around the world today, 50 million children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced within their own countries. More than half – a shocking 28 million – have been uprooted by horrific conflicts.