Tag Archives : minors

Across the globe, 150 million girls under 18 years are victims of sexual violence. Many of these young people suffer from Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), difficulty sleeping, depression, and alcohol consumption habit. Being children of the communities where they belong, their parents, guardians, relatives, and neighbors bear the primary responsibility [...]

The UN Security Council urges Member States to act vigorously to end impunity for those who violate children’s rights by recruiting them to become child soldiers. The agency also reiterated its condemnation of the employment of children in war by combatant sides, as well as violence and sexual abuse of children who are victims in armed conflicts. Recruitment [...]