Tag: Children
‘Girl defenders’ call for laws to end child marriage in Philippines
The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated on October 11 in recognition of the rights and unique challenges girls face
The explosion of child abuse online
Unless there is less talk and more direct positive action to curb online sexual abuse of children, it will only continue to get worse
Million children to pray Holy Rosary for end of coronavirus pandemic
The children's Rosary campaign was initiated in 2005 in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and has since spread across the world
Child rights group seeks increase in age of statutory rape victims
A bill seeking to raise the age of consent and determination of statutory rape was approved at the committee level in the Senate on October 1
Pope Francis calls for special attention to children’s rights
The pope also denounced those promoting abortion as an ‘essential service’ in responding to COVID-19
Growing up
How do we know we are learning to love like Christ? St. Paul offers a checklist for self assessment.
Philippine civil society groups call on gov’t to address adolescent pregnancies
One in every 10 young women aged 15-19 years old in the country is already a mother or pregnant with her first child
Faith-based groups call on Pakistan to address rising cases of forced...
More than 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls are abducted, forced into marriage, and raped each year
COVID-19 pandemic threatens welfare of pregnant women, children
Safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls around the world during the pandemic is this year's World Population Day theme
Up to 10 million children may not be able to go...
Save the Children warns of ‘unprecedented global education emergency'
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