Tag: Children

Research links owning a smartphone at age 12 to higher risks of depression, obesity, and poor sleep in children

Latest Global Burden of Disease 2023 study reveals nearly one million children die yearly from growth failure, highlighting regional disparities and urgent need for intervention.

Landmine Monitor 2025 reveals children as nearly half of 6,279 landmine/UXO casualties in 2024—highest in 4 years. Myanmar, Syria lead amid 61 conflicts.

UNICEF modeling reveals funding cuts could add 1.1M child HIV infections and 820K deaths by 2040. Urgent action needed ahead of World AIDS Day to protect progress

Girls worldwide are boldly challenging traditional gender norms in creative and often hidden ways for safety. A new global study by Plan...

Over one in four children worldwide, around 610 million, live with mothers who have faced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse by intimate...

Explosive weapons caused nearly 12,000 child casualties—including deaths and injuries—in 2024, marking the highest number ever recorded. This figure represents a disturbing...

Over 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries suffer severe deprivation in at least two vital areas such as nutrition, sanitation,...

Forty two per cent percent of Australian adults, more than eight million people, experienced traumatic events as children. This early adversity includes...

The number of married couples with two incomes and no children, often known as DINKs, has grown sharply in the United States...