Young Generation
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‘Can you come to my party?’: What it’s like to have your novel studied at schools
For Maxine Beneba Clarke, the excitement of being included on school reading lists was quickly matched by the realities of…
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Climate change: Don’t let doom win, project tells worriers
At the opening in Norwich, students told BBC News they felt hopelessness, anger and despair about climate change. Georgina Rannard…
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Christian Porter denied justice plea from Indonesians jailed in Australia when they were children
Former attorney general refused to refer cases to WA court of appeal, despite an earlier ruling finding a miscarriage of…
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Kenya’s drought hits children the hardest
The drought in Kenya threatens the survival of Turkana communities Kossivi Tiassou Deutsche Welle Many children suffer from malnutrition and…
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Houthis Commit to End Violations Against Children in Yemen
Seven years into a catastrophic war in Yemen, the Houthis have signed an action plan with the United Nations, pledging…
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Teen climate activist subjected to sexist and racist abuse amid federal court climate case
Teenage climate crisis campaigner Anjali Sharma has revealed the torrent of sexist and racist abuse she has received while fronting…
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To tackle sexual violence at universities, topple the corporatised, box-ticking culture
On Wednesday, a survey of more than 40,000 Australian university students revealed that one in six has been harassed in…
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Africa’s Governments Can Do More to Protect Pregnant Students
Across Africa each year, tens of thousands of adolescent girls drop out of school or suffer discrimination or exclusion from schools because…
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Australian government has no duty of care to protect children from climate harm, court rules
A legal decision finding the Australian government owes the country’s children protection from harm caused by climate change has been…
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Documents reveal violence, self-harm and chaos inside Melbourne’s Parkville Youth Justice Precinct
The WorkSafe documents reveal a disturbing picture of life inside the facility with both young people and the staff who…
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Victoria under pressure to raise criminal age as Aboriginal youth justice strategy unveiled
“I wanted to be with family … when I first got there I knew I had to get out of…
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Reunifying First Nations families: the only way to reduce the overrepresentation of children in out-of-home care
At the time of the National Apology in 2008, there were 9,070 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home…
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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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