Adolescent key challenges in focus
Adolescent key challenges in focus: Poor mental health, rising obesity, exposure to violence, and climate change are among the key challenges facing adolescents, according to...
Tag: Violence
New report on restraint and restrictive practices in Australia
Use of forced restraint and restrictive practices against people with disability violates international human rights: Australian governments must end the use of forced restraints and...
Pledges towards women’s empowerment and health
WHO pledges extensive commitments towards women’s empowerment and health: The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment...
Adolescence: a critical time to address gender inequality
Early adolescence is where gender inequalities most markedly emerge, according to new research from across 40 low- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific. The research,...
Countries failing to prevent violence against children
Global status report on preventing violence against children calls for more government action and warns of ‘dramatic impact’ of COVID-19. Half of the world’s children,...
Saliah’s story for MSF
Saliha is a patient at MSF’s women’s health clinic in Kamrangirchar, a densely populated slum in the south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. She...
