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27 Mar 2022 7 minute read

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A child’s right to be forgotten

Roxana Olivera tells a cautionary tale of her dogged attempts to get an abusive, intrusive photograph –...

27 Jul 2020 3 minute read

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In an uncertain global future, is it ethical to have children?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

15 Jun 2020 4 minute read

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Iranian child rights activists seek asylum abroad

Veronique Mistiaen speaks to an Iranian human rights activist currently in hiding.

15 Apr 2020 3 minute read

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Should I let my daughter pursue ‘girlish’ glamour?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

8 Oct 2018 6 minute read

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Our bodies, our rights

According to the UN, most surgeries on intersex babies amount to torture. Valentino Vecchietti calls for...

Protesters carry a banner: ‘Humanity doesn’t require a green card’

26 Jun 2018 4 minute read

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The new frontier spirit

The inhumanity of child separation was no accident. Rachel Curtis reports from El Paso.

6 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Against adult supremacy

Vyvian Raoul gives five reasons you really should care about youth liberation, even if you’re not young.

19 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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Arvind Gupta: making toys from trash

Making learning fun for young minds. Priti Salian reports from a classroom in Bangalore.

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Keeping schools open in Yemen

The courageous efforts of Yemeni teachers, as reported by Sawsan al-Refaei.

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Revolution in the classroom: Escuela Nueva

Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín praises Colombia’s best-known pedagogical export, Escuela Nueva.

4 Jul 2017 4 minute read

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Trafficked children reach a place of safety

A photo story of hope for abandoned kids in Togo and Benin

15 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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Congo’s girl soldiers struggle to return

Sandra Olsson examines the often overlooked role of female child soldiers and the difficulties endured at war...

1 Apr 2017 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Global babies: who benefits?

Surrogacy has become an international trade that needs tighter regulation, argues Miranda Davies.

20 Mar 2017 4 minute read

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Slovakia's failing marks on Romani children

Roma living in this central European country have suffered centuries of discrimination and stigma. Anna Blus...

20 Mar 2017 6 minute read

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What’s holding back Britain’s adoptions of foreign children?

In a country of over 65 million people, only 58 foreign children have been adopted in 2015. Henry Wilkins...

24 Feb 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

India's child trafficking and child beggars conundrum

An anti child trafficking campaign in India asks the public to photograph and share pictures child beggars, but it’s not as...

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