Cautious hope for girls’ education in Afghanistan as secondary schools reopen
Source: Save The Children
Hasina*, 14, at a Save the Children community-based school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo credit: Claudia Vessey/ Save the Children
KABUL, 23 March – Secondary schools...
Annual Conference going virtual
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Annual Conference going virtual
A difficult call has been made to hold the ASMS Annual Conference...
UKRAINE: 5 ways to talk to children about conflict
Source: Save The Children
LONDON, 25 February 2022 – As hostilities in Ukraine escalate, children may see and hear things about the crisis in the...
Hong Kong: National Security Law has created a human rights emergency
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections,...
Save the Children’s statement on the ceasefire announced in Gaza and Israel
Source: Save The Children
Jason Lee, Save the Children’s Country Director in the occupied Palestinian territory, said:
“We welcome the news of a ceasefire. Attention must now turn...
AFGHANISTAN: Save the Children appalled by reports that formal ban on girls’ education will...
Source: Save The Children
KABUL, 23 March – Today, Taliban leadership announced that all secondary school classes for girls are to be suspended, pending further...
AUSTRALIA – Save the Children ready to support children impacted by flooding
Source: Save The Children
With 18,000 people evacuated, and a further 15,000 on alert in NSW, the unique needs of children must be a priority
Save...
‘Help Afghans at risk’, Save the Children CEO urges the international community
Source: Save The Children
Save the Children CEO Inger Ashing called on the international community today to simplify and expedite visa processes for Afghans fearing...
BORN INTO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Source: Save The Children
The climate crisis is a children’s crisis.
The climate crisis is changing the world as we know it, with grave implications for the rights of children now and future generations...
‘Counting Ourselves’ – Advocacy Research Should Be Treated With Caution
Source: Family First
Transgender research coming out of the University of Waikato’s Trans Health Research Lab should be treated with the upmost caution because of...
U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST ICC STAFF CREATE CHILLING EFFECT FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to today’s announcement of U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), Daniel Balson, advocacy director at Amnesty International USA,...
MP Slams Sham Process of Abortion Select Committee
Source: Family First
Media Release 14 February 2020National MP Agnes Loheni – a member of the abortion select committee – has slammed the process of...
