Save the date: 2nd Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children
Date: November 18-19, 2026, Location: Manila, Philippines The Government of the Philippines, in partnership with WHO and UNICEF, announces the Second Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children – bringing together global leaders and partners to advance proven solutions and drive action to end all forms of violence against children. Conference registration will soon […]
WHO and Pakistan initiate consultations to protect 112 million children from violence
The Ministry of Human Rights and the World Health Organization are leading discussions with all provinces and partners to establish a national plan to address and prevent all forms of violence against children. Read more
Pakistan sends ‘important signal’ of hope in a gloomy world of pushbacks on women’s rights | The Guardian
The city of Islamabad has moved to ban child marriage, which politicians say is a mark of the country bucking global trends to stand behind its women. During last week’s tense debate over whether the Pakistan senate should pass a bill banning child marriage, Naseema Ehsan stood up to speak. “I got married at 13 years old […]
Ministers Launch International Taskforce to End School Violence | Center for Global Development
Eleven countries have come together to launch a new international taskforce to tackle violence in and around schools. The taskforce will be co-chaired by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the Government of Sierra Leone. Ministers and senior officials from Colombia, Germany, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Uganda, UK, Zambia, and Zimbabwe endorsed […]
Stakeholders from across the Region reaffirm their commitment to ending violence against children | WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
On 6 May 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) brought together high-level stakeholders from across the Middle East and North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions for a webinar to follow up on the First Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, held in Bogotá in November 2024. The […]
Portugal raises minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years old without exceptions | Girls Not Brides
Portugal has taken a significant step in protecting the rights of adolescent girls and boys by raising the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years old with no exceptions. Previously, individuals aged 16 and 17 could marry with parental consent. This legislative change aims to eliminate child, early, and forced marriages (CEFM), ensuring that all […]
Kuwait raises minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years old | Girls Not Brides
Kuwait has taken a major step to protect the rights of adolescent girls and boys by raising the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years. The new law, enacted under Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, came into effect on 16 March 2025. The law amends Article 26 of Law No. 51/1984 (Personal Status Law), now prohibiting the […]
What does safe mean to you? Photography contest
What does safe mean to you? This is the question which global youth agency Restless Development asked young, aspiring photographers (18-25) worldwide to consider, in a specially commissioned photography contest and project for the global campaign to end violence against children led by the WHO. Their answers and the photos which brought them to life, form a beautiful, moving […]