Fair Play for Children News — Children in the World & Society

Jan Cosgrove
39 min readNov 3, 2024

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including Child Labour, Child Soldiers, Children’s Rights, Children Legal, Children and Justice, Children and Gambling, Climate Change

Fair Play for Children website: http://www.fairplay31.online/index.html

Access previous stories to 28th October 2024

28th November 2024: 150 new stories worldwide inc 10 video

Children’s social care: are the new reforms tackling the right issue? — Room 151

Thousands more children’s social workers needed over next 10 years — new LGA research

Gov’t Bill Targets Serious Youth Crime Crackdown | Mirage News

Amid escalating dropouts | Child labour widely spreads in Al-Bokamal city

Social justice groups seek quicker closure of juvenile lockups | News From The States

Bryan Stevenson to Advocates: “Hopelessness is The Enemy of Justice” — The Imprint

Who are the children recruited by Haitian gangs? Ordinary kids seeking hope in impossible …

Who are the children recruited by Haitian gangs? Ordinary kids seeking hope in impossible …

Myanmar military recruits nearly 2,000 child soldiers since 2021 coup — ENG.MIZZIMA.COM

Three children who vanished in Utah two years ago found in small desert town | The Independent

https://www.gov.nu.ca/en/newsroom/national-child-day-2024-2024-11-18

A Vision for Progress, Not Regression, on Youth Justice — The Imprint

Children’s Commissioner urges major reduction in number of children deprived of their liberty

Government unveils reforms intended to rebalance children’s social care system in favour of early intervention and crack down on profiteering

A Vision for Progress, Not Regression, on Youth Justice — The Imprint

Council failed looked after child with special educational needs because of “bewildering” lack of basic knowledge, Ombudsman finds

Thousands of children placed in council care more than 20 miles away from home, analysis shows

Association of Directors of Children’s Services hails decision by ministers to end payment by results as “hugely positive step”

Watch now: Disabled Children’s Social Care: Law Commission consultation paper walkthrough

18th November 2024: 59 new stories worldwide inc 3 video

Unpacking children’s rights under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards | UNICEF

IFRC Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Children from Violence Amid Rising Crises and Disasters | IFRC

ASEAN accelerates progress in eliminating Worst Forms of Child Labour

Keeping Young People Out of the Justice System — National Conference of State Legislatures

New York Tackles Racial Disproportionality in Juvenile Justice Decisions — The Imprint News

Keeping Young People Out of the Justice System — National Conference of State Legislatures

Number of children with ‘gambling problem’ doubles: Local MP call for action — Luton Today

Lidia Thorpe grills federal government on upholding… | National Indigenous Times

There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations, possible atrocity crimes in Gaza — ohchr

11th November 2024: 99 new stories worldwide inc 5 video

Leveraging AI to Bring ILA’s Children’s Rights to Read to Life

Ramaphosa stresses child safety in marking National Children’s Day

Call for inputs on the rights of the child and violations of the human rights of children

Shein reveals child labour cases as it steps up supplier audits — MSN

DRC: Cobalt mines, child labour and the green transition | Save the Children International

Justice Minister Long opens new Youth Justice Agency headquarters — MSN

3rd November 2024: 78 new stories worldwide inc 3 video

Germany: Special Rapporteur calls for consistent approach to child protection across the country

Give more attention, voice to children’s rights, SCI tells govt — Vanguard News

2024 Immigration Statistical Dossier: an urgent call to protect the rights of unaccompanied

Eliminating child labour is a collective responsibility | India — Law.asia

H.R. 9076 Passes the House, Moving to Senate for Consideration

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Jan Cosgrove
Jan Cosgrove

Written by Jan Cosgrove

National Secretary of Fair Play for Children, Also runs Bognor Regis Herald online. Plus runs British Music Radio online