Jump of 35 % in teen pregnancies in the Philippines prompts calls to increase...
Source: Save The Children
MANILA, 29 February 2024 – Sex education in homes and schools and more adolescent-friendly health services are crucial in the Philippines...
Save the Children expands programming for vulnerable children with new Country Office in Brazil
Source: Save The Children
RIO DE JANEIRO, 28 February 2024 — International child rights organisation Save the Children is opening a new Country Office in...
Speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce
Source: New Zealand Government
Acknowledgements
Good morning. Can I start by acknowledging Simon and the team at the Chamber. Thanks for the invitation to be here...
Child Poverty – ‘Deeply concerned’ – KidsCan says worsening child poverty shows urgent government...
Source: KidsCan
The latest child poverty statistics – showing 36,000 more children living below the poverty line – are hugely concerning, but not surprising, KidsCan...
Universities – Stout Research Centre appoints 2024 JD Stout Fellow and awards Lydia Wevers...
Source: Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Rebecca Macfie has been appointed as the 2024 JD Stout Fellow by The Stout Research Centre for New...
Gaza: families forced to forage for food left by rats as 1.1 million children...
Source: Save the Children
Families in Gaza are forced to forage for scraps of food left by rats and eating leaves out of desperation to survive...
UKRAINE: 42 civilian casualties every day in two years of war
Source: Save The Children
KYIV, 24 February 2024 – Two years since the escalation of war in Ukraine, more than 10,500 civilians have been killed,...
Gaza: Families forced to forage for food left by rats as 1.1 million children...
Source: Save The Children
GAZA, 22 February 2024 – Families in Gaza are forced to forage for scraps of food left by rats and eating...
Child Poverty – Thousands more children living in poverty, with even more at risk...
Source: UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Child poverty statistics out today show a marked increase in the number of children in Aotearoa living in poverty over the previous...
Politics – CPAG: PM Luxon on track to break election promise on child poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group
Latest child poverty statistics that show an extra 23,400 children are living in material hardship are a stark warning for New...
Save the Children: “Liveable incomes crucial to children’s wellbeing now and their futures”
Source: Save the Children
Save the Children is calling on the Government to commit to investing in policies to lift more children and whānau out of...
Child poverty data shows Government must take action
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to take action on poverty and the cost of...
