It’s coming to the end of the year, when we take a moment to reflect on the year gone by. What have we achieved? What may we have lost? But mostly, when the...
South Sudan: Baby Emmanuel, a healthy Christmas baby
Early on Christmas morning, as the sun edged into the sky and festive preparations began, Babunie, 27 years old and heavily pregnant, walked through the gates...
Ebola Crisis: doing whatever it takes
The Ebola epidemic which has coursed through West Africa began almost exactly a year ago with a boy in the forests of Guinea. Helping to stop the spread of the...
Pakistian school attack and every child’s right to education
Every child in every country should feel safe and secure in school. No right-minded person would disagree with such a simple, fair and just idea. That is why we...
International Migrants Day: it’s often too simple to differentiate between migrants and refugees
I’m British, but my mother’s family is Russian. They fled the Russian Revolution and found a safe home and a new future in the UK. I have never needed to...
Finding inspiration in Malala: how we’re helping children go to school in northern Syria
Despite the international attention Malala's experience has brought to the issue, education, and children who try to access it in areas affected by crisis, is...
South Sudan: One year on hope hangs in the balance
One year ago today the world’s newest country erupted in bitter conflict. For many families in South Sudan, the hope that their children could finally thrive...
Universal Health Coverage Day: ‘health for all’ isn’t pie in the sky
Today, for the first time, we celebrate Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. Sometimes hailed as a ‘new’ concept, the right to health was actually included...
Children’s rights are human rights: Why human rights must be at the heart of development
So while this Human Rights Day we celebrate that, in the 25 years since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the world has seen a...
UK: on Human Rights Day, think of the children
Human rights begin “in small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the...