February 13, 2017
It’s Time to End Child Marriage in New York
State Law is Out of Step with International Norms
![Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-child-marriage-womens-rights-now-nyc.jpg?itok=CXZhmpHe)
February 13, 2017
Witness: Child Marriage in the US
![Fraidy Reiss at a Chain-In protest in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-womens-rights-us-child-marriage-fraidy-3.jpg?itok=KEIir_4G)
February 13, 2017
Harassment Is Denying Refugee Children on Nauru an Education
![Children sent to Nauru by Australia for “offshore processing,” August 2016. Parents and children reported that students from families of refugees and asylum seekers are frequently bullied by Nauruan students.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/nauru_bars_003.jpg?itok=8_klmPou)
February 13, 2017
Pakistan: Mass Forced Returns of Afghan Refugees
UN Refugee Agency Complicit in Government Coercion
![An Afghan refugee family forced out of Pakistan stands by a hired truck laden with their possessions after an overnight journey, October 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/img_9455_1.jpg?itok=OeDmY0MQ)
February 10, 2017
Despite Minor Reforms, the Iranian Penal Code is Still Failing Children
Child Offenders Still Being Sentenced to Death
![Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Tehran, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/3.jpg?itok=asX2cbQE)
February 10, 2017
Britain Has Sullied Its Proud History of Helping Child Refugees
UK Government Ends Program to Protect Lone Children
![A statue in front of London’s Liverpool Street Station commemorates the Kindertransport. A plaque at the base expresses “gratitude to the people of Britain for saving the lives of 10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children who fled from Nazi persecution](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/kindertransport-statue.jpg?itok=QrZdauKo)
February 9, 2017
Did a Child Get Sick Farming the Tobacco in Your Cigarette?
Companies Shouldn’t Profit From Child Labor in Indonesia’s Tobacco Fields
![Tell tobacco companies to STOP profiting off the backs of child workers in Indonesia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/image.jpg?itok=ErPRvnDy)
February 9, 2017
Migrant Children Turned Away from Schools in Russia
Denying Access to Education on Lack of Residency Status is Illegal
![The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Moscow.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-russia-eca-ministry-education-science.jpg?itok=cuN_V0XJ)
February 9, 2017
Belgium Can Protect Kids During War by Protecting Schools
![Congolese rebel fighter abandoned classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/drcschools1015_reportcovermainr.jpg?itok=4EBiXkDX)
February 8, 2017
UN: North Korea Exploiting Children
Forced Labor and Discrimination Will Top Child Rights Committee Briefing
![NK CRC Presser 20170207](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/nk_crc_20170207.jpg?itok=fJkkMY67)
February 6, 2017
Afghanistan’s Civilian Casualties Hit Record High in 2016
Deaths and Injuries of Children Soar From Unexploded Ordnance, Aerial Operations
![Afghan men carry empty coffins for the victims of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan July 24, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-afghanistan-asia-civilian-deaths.jpg?itok=SOXkgsrY)
February 6, 2017
An Experience of Pain and Anguish
African Governments Should Do More to End Female Genital Mutilation
![Pion H., 12, was 10-years-old when her father tried to force her to undergo female genital mutilation (FG M) and marry a much older man.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-01-tanzania-africa-fgm.jpg?itok=fhgd9dUb)