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Children's Rights - Page 2

September 3, 2026
Human Rights/World

Digital Abuse Exposes a Global Failure to Protect Children

More than 20 million children and adolescents aged between 12 and 17 experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse across 21 countries during a single year, according to

News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Plans Teaching Licences for All Teachers

All teachers in Sri Lanka, including those conducting private tuition classes, will be required to obtain a teaching licence once the proposed National Education Council is established, a senior Education Ministry official said. The official said a teacher would be

August 30, 2026

UN Experts Warn Against Normalising Taliban Rule in Afghanistan

Afghanistan/World

UN experts have warned States against normalising Taliban rule in Afghanistan, saying five years of increasingly entrenched restrictions have demonstrated the need for greater

Vietnam Proposes New Social Media Curbs for Children Under 16

Business

Vietnam is preparing to introduce sweeping new restrictions on the use of social media by children under the age of 16, according to a

UN Outrage After School Bombing in Iran Kills Scores of Children

March 5, 2026
Iran/World

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued a stark condemnation following reports of mounting child casualties amid intensifying violence in the Middle East, declaring that children must

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Germany Moves to Ban Social Media for Children Under 14

February 22, 2026
Germany/World

Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has passed a motion calling for a ban on social media use for children under 14, alongside tougher digital age verification checks for teenagers. The move,

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The Trial That Could Break Big Social Media

February 8, 2026
Diplomacy/Human Rights

On a warm morning outside a Los Angeles courthouse, silence carried more weight than slogans. Thirteen parents stood shoulder to shoulder on the stone steps, each holding a framed photograph of a

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Russian Schools Recast Orwell’s Rebel as a Dangerous Radical

February 7, 2026
Diplomacy/Education/News

Russian schoolchildren are being taught that Winston Smith, the protagonist of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, behaved like a dangerous radical whose actions mirror those of criminals and terrorists, according to a

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3000 Schools Run with Fewer Than 10 Teachers

February 6, 2026
Education/News/Sri Lanka

More than 3,000 government schools across Sri Lanka are functioning with fewer than 10 teachers, revealing a growing structural strain on the country’s education system, according to the Department of Census and

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When Religion Forgets Its Own Teachings

February 3, 2026
Columns/Sri Lanka

We are all human beings, and our nationality and religion are simply accidents of birth -Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (British American structural biologist and former president of the Royal Society) In this day and

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Sri Lanka Launches Grade One Admissions for 2026 as Education Reforms Take Effect

January 29, 2026
Education/News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has begun the admission of schoolchildren to Grade One for the 2026 academic year, with the process officially getting underway on January 29. The milestone marks the beginning of formal

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France Moves to Lock Children Out of Social Media

January 28, 2026
Diplomacy/Human Rights/News

France’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation that would prohibit children under the age of 15 from using social media, a decisive step backed by President Emmanuel Macron as part of

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Monk Slams Educational Reformers, MP Threatens Street Protests

January 13, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

The Most Venerable Thibbutuwawe Sri Sumangala Maha Thero, Maha Nayaka of Sri Lanka’s Malwatta Chapter, has publicly criticized the group responsible for the country’s ongoing education reforms, saying they appear to lack

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Sri Lanka: A Textbook Error, A Political Inferno

January 13, 2026
Education/Sri Lanka

A single mistake that was in a Grade 6 English textbook has ignited a huge firestorm in Sri Lanka. What should have been a straightforward quality control issue has instead become a

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