She is only 12 but Nyakim Mut is already a good cook. She has to be. She has nine younger siblings and cousins to feed.

KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Child rights campaigners in Uganda have welcomed a new law that restricts fast-track foreign adoptions in which children - often with living parents - can be ...

A new report out from UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, says that at the global height of the pandemic, nearly half a billion children could not access remote learning during lockdowns.

Kampala, Uganda — Uganda's disability rights advocates have renewed their push for stronger social protection for children with disabilities, calling on government to introduce a National Child ...

Child marriage and teenage pregnancy remain widespread, driven by poverty, harmful cultural practices, and weak social protection systems. In Karamoja Sub-region, one of Uganda’s most vulnerable ...

Meager Government Aid Leaves Children Working Long Hours for Little Pay The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many ...

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