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Children's Rights - Page 2

June 30, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

When the Children Become the Target

On June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative

Business/Human Rights

France’s School Scandal: The Hidden Workforce Behind a Child Protection Crisis

In a quiet suburb just north of Paris, a three-year-old girl’s distress has become emblematic of a national scandal shaking France’s education system. What began as reluctance to attend preschool soon escalated into a harrowing disclosure: a staff member at

April 5, 2026

Barbecue, Empire, and Haiti’s Child Soldiers

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

A shaky video shot in the streets of Solino in October 2024 captures the reality unfolding in Haiti. In the clip, a contingent of young men

Why Mathematics Education Is Failing Talented Children?

Education/Health

A recent study published in Nature sheds light on a concerning trend in global mathematics education: the failure to support some of the world’s

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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Sri Lanka Minister Brands Leading Buddhist Monk a “Wildman” Over Sexual Hypocrisy

January 12, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation, Lal Kantha, delivered a sharp and unprecedented critique of a Buddhist monk in Mihintale, accusing him of moral hypocrisy and obstruction of national

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Sri Lankan Monk Says Government “Inexperienced” to Handle Education Reforms

January 10, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

The Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero, Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter of the Siam Nikaya, has openly questioned the current Sri Lankan government’s ability to implement effective educational reforms, describing

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