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

49 min readApr 16, 2025

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

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

Stories to 4th April 2025

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11th May 2025: 115 stories worldwide inc 4 video

Trump Administration Must Keep Funding Lawyers for Migrant Children, Judge Orders — WSJ

Federal cuts to children’s advocacy group hits Coastal Georgia counties hard — WABE

Children involved in serious violence — Russell Webster

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Regional Children’s Advocacy Center Grant — The Imprint News

The Use of Solitary Confinement on Youth — National Conference of State Legislatures

Youngsters make artwork for Hartlepool park after ASB problems

Aid being ‘weaponized’ in Gaza despite warnings, says UN humanitarian office

Families are struggling to survive in Gaza: Statement from UNICEF — Question of Palestine

Unexploded Ordnance a Daily Threat for Ukraine’s Children | UNICEF USA

UNICEF: Helping Children in Bolivia

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in …

Global Funding Crisis: Aid Cuts Anywhere Threaten Security and Prosperity Everywhere

Government forges ahead with citizen’s arrest revamp despite UN breach warnings

Iran blocks newborn’s birth certificate over ‘banned’ name

Easter peace and children in war — Catholic news — La Croix International

Saudi Arabia: UN experts call for immediate release of child offenders | OHCHR

The Use of Solitary Confinement on Youth — National Conference of State Legislatures

Dem Senators Want Answers on Justice Grant Terminations — The Imprint News

How West Des Moines’ Youth Justice Initiative is giving at-risk kids a second chance

Children of a (Policy) Revolution: The Introduction of Universal Child Care and its Effect on Fertility

Ex child soldier begs for end to practice — IOL

Army, rebels ‘recruit child soldiers’ in E Chad— IOL

Over 250,000 children are used as soldiers in wars throughout the world — MSN

UNICEF Child Protection — X

Dangers of ‘kidfluencing’: Child protection advocate shares ways to protect kids online

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Regional Children’s Advocacy Center Grant — The Imprint News

Former gambler, who started age 12, raises concerns on loot boxes — ReadWrite

Glasgow school children being taught about gambling harm in the community

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4th May 2025: 89 stories worldwide inc 2 video

Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme with EU on the table — but under different name

Online gambling is the growing hobby of high school students — ReadWrite

Strong feelings are part of growing up and it’s okay to talk about them. You don’t have to go …

For the Future, By the Future: Youth Volunteer for the World’s Children | UNICEF USA

UAE: UN expert welcomes strong commitment against sale, sexual exploitation and sexual …

DRC: UN officials raise alarm at the dramatic impact of prolonged conflict on women and …

The National Council of Austria adopted a resolution titled “Protection and Assistance for …

Masonite-Canada-Forced-Labour-and-Child-Labour-in-Supply-Chains-Report.pdf

Fight against child labor is surviving ESG backlash | Pensions & Investments

UN: Child soldier use rising in Mali

Child soldier to rap star: Sudan’s hot export — IOL

War declared on Africa’s child soldiers — IOL

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill set for Lords debate — UK Parliament

National CASA Loses Funding Amid Trump Administration’s Cuts — The Imprint News

26th April 2025: 128 Stories worldwide inc 6 video

Record levels of British children are living in poverty — Labour could do more

Children’s care spending at ‘all-time high’ as early intervention outlay plummets — Room 151

Charities and councils warn of children’s social care ‘breaking point’ | The Independent

LGA: 1700 children referred to children’s social care every day

Teaching Syria’s Children the Dangers of Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance

Center for Restorative Youth Justice expands services to Missoula — KULR8.com

Reformers Fight Against Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Sentences

Americans open to looser teen labor laws amid tariffs, worker shortages

Solidarity Center Files Lawsuit to Challenge Termination of Global Labor Rights Programs

The Fight Against Child Labor Is Surviving the ESG Backlash — Bloomberg

Measure to roll back child labor laws now goes to House for consideration — Florida Phoenix

IDF says unaware of incident in which soldiers allegedly used Palestinian boy to get to father

But say Nothing of the Genocide of Tamil Child Soldiers Childhood — LankaWeb

I was a child soldier — and here’s how we can protect children — IOL

What will deportations mean for the child welfare system? — Brookings Institution

Sources close to Elon Musk believe number of children is much higher than publicly known

17th April 2025: 178 new Stories worldwide inc 7 Video

UK Social Care Committee Examines Gambling Harms and Ongoing Reforms

Are our kids becoming fair game for companies skirting the greyer areas of gambling law?

A triple pandemic: COVID-19, violence against children, and the crisis in family courts — Frontiers

ICC confirms $57 million for victims of Ugandan warlord | Courthouse News Service

Call for evidence launched to mark World Autism Acceptance Day — Committees

Gateshead Youth Justice worker honoured by royalty at national awards ceremony

Aid Blockade in Gaza Leaves Children at Grave Risk | UNICEF USA

First UNICEF flight lands in Yangon carrying vital supplies for children and families impacted …

UNICEF calls for immediate end to attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine as nine children …

What about the rights of the child? — PressReader

Screening tool gets second look amid bump in youth detention rates | Bridge Michigan

Four bills address trauma, rights, protection for youth offenders in Arkansas

The US may be reversing course on child labour — Financial Times

Kansas Leans Heavily on Law Enforcement to Handle Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect

Mandatory Reporting Saves Lives — The Imprint News

Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child: mid-term review of achievements …

Special Rapporteur on sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children to visit UAE

A Perfect Storm for Sudan’s Children | UNICEF USA

Restoring Hope and Joy for Children With Disabilities in Yemen | UNICEF USA

New law to protect children ‘long overdue’, says commissioner | Cyprus Mail

Save the Children — The Fair Cobalt Alliance

Fair Labor Association urges US to reverse global labour grant cuts — Yahoo Finance

All-night shifts for teen workers? Critics see looser child labor laws harming students

US labor groups sue over ‘ignorant’ cuts of programs fighting child labor abroad

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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

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