Children

Child marriages still plague Indian society

Poverty, inequality and ancient customs are barriers to official attempts to end the practice

Ending child marriage in Rohingya refugee camp

Leaders engage with their community to provide information on the negative impact of child marriage

Korean institute opens 2nd AIDS orphanage in Uganda

Kkottongnae spreads wings in East African nation to provide care, education for kids whose parents succumbed to disease

Missing out on Thai child support

Timor-Leste nuns seek to take difficulties out of learning

Dili's Yayasan Bhakti Luhur center is looking to ensure disabled children with learning difficulties are not left behind

India confirms death penalty for child rapists

Church leaders doubt the tougher law will stop the increasing problem of sexual attacks on children

Bangladesh vows strict laws amid road crash protest

Angry students take to Dhaka's streets against lax traffic rules after 2 people mown down by bus

Schoolgirl's strangling sparks outcry in Sri Lanka

Remote areas like Jaffna 'no longer safe' for girls and women as drug traffickers unfazed by military, activists say

Indonesian children prone to radicalization

Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise issues stark warning in wake of Surabaya family attacks on churches, police

Philippines targets children in war on drugs

Church leaders have expressed concern over proposal to conduct mandatory drug testing on school students

Church frets as Vietnam's child workers risk life and limb

Catholic groups building homes for poor families, helping to plug hole in welfare system

Safe spaces for Cambodian kids

Young woman teaches Phnom Penh locals how to keep children safe from predators