“Introducing a legislative close-in-age exception or reducing the age of consent would irrevocably dilute the statutory ...

The Union government has objected before the Supreme Court to any move to reduce the age of consent under child protection ...

The independent U_N_ investigator on human rights in Afghanistan says its Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and ...

Marking a critical push to combat all forms of violence against children in Sri Lanka, the International Conference on Child ...

The Women and Child Affairs Ministry has decided to fast-track ongoing judicial proceedings related to crimes committed ...

Amid a surge in bullying cases and reports branding the Philippines as the “bullying capital of the world,” Education Secretary Sonny Angara has directed all schools to establish or strengthen their ...

The National NGO Forum has called for an urgent national response to end child labour in illegal small-scale mining, widely ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched the Women- and Child-Friendly Village initiative in Sorong District, ...

Human trafficking is the second-largest crime in the world. It generates $150 billion a year, according to global estimates ...

According to the government’s latest submission to the SC, between 2018 and 2022, only 468 juveniles aged 16-18 were ...

Practitioners positive about potential of social care reforms, but evaluation reports concerns about case-holding alternatively qualified staff ...

Digital paedophilia refers to the sexual exploitation of children in virtual spaces, through tools like artificial ...