Background The health, social, political and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are disproportionately affecting girls and women by exacerbating existing systemic gender inequalities at all levels.1 This has potential implications for the incidence of child marriage. COVID-19 also has...
When conflict made life unbearable for 5-year-old Safa in her hometown of Aleppo, Syria, she and her family fled to Ghouta in southwest Syria, seeking safety. Little did her family know that the conflict would follow them, and they would become trapped in an area that came under regular bombardment...
ATHENS/BRUSSELS/GENEVA, 30 September 2020 - The Government of Greece, together with IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund today welcomed the relocation of 139 asylum seekers to Germany, which has brought the total number...
"Playing football was stopped, the school was closed, our parents refused to meet friends during coronavirus." (boy, 14) "My mother used to sell breakfast in front of the school, and when the school closed it affected our daily living." (girl, 16) While COVID-19 has presented new risks and...
Kids with addicted parents face a challenging future. We will experience the effects of a generation left behind at school for years to come. As fall creeps in, this is the time of year when students usually crowd into school hallways and classrooms. It’s a chance for kids to show off their first...
Shemar, a twelve-year-old from East Baltimore, is good at math, and Karen Ngosso, his fourth-grade math teacher, at Abbottston Elementary School, is one reason why. “I would try to pump him up and tell him, ‘You’re a good student,’ ” she said. But she knew that he didn’t get enough sleep, and he was...
A fictional book developed by and for children aims to help families understand and cope with COVID-19. The scale and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is difficult for adults to wrap their minds around, much less children. But young people still have questions, and they are...
A brief animated video, created by Putnam | Northern Westchester BOCES, welcomes elementary students back to the classroom and introduces the many ways school will look and feel different this year. ...
Research Question: How do parent-child relationships during the Yemeni Civil War impact the attachment styles of children with long-lasting consequences? Summary: The Yemeni Civil War has proven detrimental to the health of millions of children, as many have suffered from malnutrition, violence, and...