Young Generation
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India’s surge in COVID infections affecting young children
Doctors in several cities report an increasing number of COVID infections among children, with many of those infected by the…
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EU to step up fight against child abuse content
The EU plans to legislate to require technology companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse, according to the bloc’s home affairs commissioner,…
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Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
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Why kids should not have lots of toys (and what to do if yours have too many)
In the United States, children receive more than US$6,500 (A$9,073) worth of toys between the ages of two and 12. Authors…
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An RMIT University project is giving asylum seekers a chance to transform their lives
Farzaneh Dehghani has just achieved her dream to graduate as a civil engineer. Stephanie Corsetti SBS Ms Dehghani, who came to Australia…
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Record numbers of young Guatemalans migrate north, leaving families in limbo
Her 15-year-old grandson Kevin pulled a backpack over his shoulders and climbed into the car that would take him on…
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Buying picture books as Christmas presents?
Gifting children books can be about more than just giving them something to read. Helen Joanne Adam The Conversation Books…
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Afghan mothers forced to sell their children to survive as starvation threatens millions
Fatima is facing a torturous decision no mother should ever have to face: selling her toddler to prevent her other children…
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Grace under fire
Grace Tame raised her voice and started a revolution that would change the national conversation. Greg Hassall and Winsome Denyer…
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Kim Kardashian West helps fly Afghan women’s youth soccer team to UK
A plane chartered by the reality star and carrying more than 30 teenage players and their families, about 130 people…
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OPINION: First Nations kids make up about 20 per cent of missing children, but get a fraction of the media coverage
In Australia, on average, 48 young people under the age of 18 go missing every day. By Silke Meyer, Eugene Hyman,…
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Kowanyama Aboriginal language program revives cultural connection
Kowanyama, north-west of Cairns, is home to three distinct language groups that were almost eradicated. Mark Rigby ABC News But…
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Protecting Schools from Attack during Wartime
Nearly two decades ago, I first heard brave Afghan students and teachers describe armed attacks on their schools and threats to their…
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What’s behind the magic of live music?
Now, live shows – from festivals like Lollapalooza to Broadway musicals – are officially back. Mariusz Kozak The Conversation The songs that beamed into…
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Suicides among Japanese children at record high during pandemic, Japan education ministry’s survey shows
As the Covid-19 pandemic prompted school closings and disrupted classrooms last year, 415 children from elementary to high school age…
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An inquiry exposed sexual abuse within French Catholic Church — now what?
The inquiry that unearthed the scale of the abuse could also lead the way to reforms within the church. Lisa…
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