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Legalising in-vitro-fertilisation, which will give babies genetic material from mother, father and a female donor, is believed to help eliminate mitochondrial disease which affects arround 100 children each year.

UNICEF estimates that at least 12,000 children have been taken or recruited in South Sudan’s civil war for use as soldiers last year.       

Terrorist group Boko Haram has been suspected to be behind the third incident this year in which children have been used to carry out attacks in Nigeria.

Despite the international appeals to halt the execution, Saman Naseem was hanged on Thursday. He was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 years.

The deputy principal of an Anatolian high school suggested that “male students could follow girls who wear short skirts to make them feel uncomfortable, after which the students would eventually have to dress ‘properly.’”

A sperm donation register will be established to help children trace their genetic identity under a new law to be approved by the government next week.

Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant’s resignation is the second to result from hearings before the commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.

Experts discuss lifting the 'no touch' policy for Ebola patients to tackle the high mortality rate of 80 percent for children under five years due to lack of care.

Both parties to South Sudan’s conflict are actively recruiting and using child soldiers, some boys as young as 13 years old. 

More than 221 women and girls were raped in Tabit over 36 hours in October last year, a new report reveals. Since the attacks, the Sudanese government has blocked UN investigators from entering the town to try to prevent victims and witnesses from sharing information about the crimes.

This animation film was created by children who are members of the Advisory Panel of the Children's Rights Centre at the...

Conservatives failed to strengthen the existing ban on gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. The referendum, which would have made it more difficult to change the legislation in the future, failed due to a low turnout of far less than the required minimum of 50 percent.