Mental Health

Youth Mental Health and How to Overcome Them

A "rolling crisis" in youth mental healthcare is causing a growing number of children and teenagers in distress waiting weeks for help. Child psychiatrist and paediatrician Hiran Thabrew at Starship Hospital acknowledges that the mental health system is under-resourced and...
children

How Japan’s Family Law Reform Prioritizes Child Welfare

Japan's Ministry of Justice has published an outline recommending several changes to its civil codes, focusing on issues related to children's interests after divorce. The Family Law Subcommittee, formed in March 2021, has debated issues such as parental authority, adoption,...
Palestinians

Gaza’s Unfolding Children’s Rights Crisis: A Youth-Driven Predicament

Hamas's surprise attack on Israel has resulted in scores of deaths, with at least 614 children out of 1,900 killed in Gaza as of Friday evening. The Defense of Children in Palestine, an organization in the West Bank, has verified...
poor child india

Children’s development affected lack nutrition, what things are needed?

It is necessary for everyone to take care of the nutritional value of the diet for better health. From children to elders, everyone should take care of this. Health experts say this becomes even more important when it comes to...
Syrian camps

Women and children in danger in Syrian camps

As Syrian camps full of families of Islamic State fighters become more dangerous, it is being said that children will have to be evacuated, even if their mothers do not want to go. But there is controversy over the separation...
poor child india

220 million children in India vulnerable to climate disaster and poverty

This has been said in a new study. The report titled 'Generation Hope: 2.4 billion reasons to end the global climate and inequality crisis' said nearly 350 million children across Asia are vulnerable to both poverty and climate disaster, including...