South Africa’s food system is failing children – what must change

Child malnutrition in South Africa casts a long shadow across the life course. For example, stunting or being short for their ...
China Daily

Africa among hardest hit as Mideast tensions threaten to push more children into poverty

Up to 23.4 million additional children could fall into poverty by the end of the year as a result of the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, with Asia and Africa expected to be the hardest hit, ...
Forbes

Upholding The Rights And Well-Being of Children In South Africa

I recently traveled with UNICEF USA partners on a program visit to South Africa. With 45 percent of the population under age 24, South Africa is a land of rich diversity, dynamic growth and complex ...
Jurist

UNICEF warns of high rates of global child poverty

A UNICEF report revealed on Thursday that over 19 percent of children globally live in extreme poverty, with the majority concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The organization urged ...
The Conversation

Child support in South Africa: mothers speak about the struggle to get fathers to pay in a system rigged against women

Child maintenance – the duty to support a child – is more than a right. It ensures children have their basic needs met. It also means single mothers don’t have to shoulder the responsibility of ...