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As Latin America battles gender-based violence, countries are passing laws to support children whose parents are killed.
A global UNICEF study suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy. Its recent Report Card suggests one in five youth in Canada face frequent bullying, one in five are lonely and one in four struggle to ...
Colombia Bans Child Marriage, Boosts Child Protection The United Nations The decision by members of congress in Colombia to abolish a law allowing marriages from the age of 14 - with parental consent ...
Andrea Tague Montaña, gender and development officer at UNICEF in Colombia, agrees that the decision is a positive move. “Child marriages and early unions are understood as harmful practices that not ...
Children are a quarter of all migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF officials estimate.
Colombia's government voted Thursday to ban child marriage, after previously allowing those as young as 14 to get married.
Data from the United Nations shows 23% of women aged 20 to 24 in Colombia were married as a child. The global average is 20%, according to UNICEF. Colombia’s Congress has voted in favour of banning ...
Colombia has passed a landmark law banning child marriage, making it illegal for anyone under 18 to wed, even with parental consent. The new legislation closes a 137-year-old legal loophole and aligns ...
UNICEF reveals a shocking statistic: one in eight girls and women globally have experienced rape or sexual assault before turning 18.
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