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Greece

Refugee children hit hardest by Greek-Macedonian border limbo

With some 12,000 migrants massed at the Greek-Macedonian border, the most vulnerable residents of the makeshift refugee camp there are suffering the

05/03/2016

My Europe Series

Victims of domestic violence struggle for justice

Far too many women, and it _is_ more often than not women, are subjected to domestic violence. Some wives and mothers are driven to breaking point and kill their tormentors. Can they expect justice? D

04/03/2016

Belgium

EU launches emergency aid fund as Greece struggles with migrant crisis

Greece calls for help with build up of migrants on its borders - UN says children are most at risk

02/03/2016

Vatican

Australian sex abuse victims call for Papal promise to protect children

Australian victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy have called for a face to face meeting with Pope Francis. They want a Papal commitment

02/03/2016

World News

How many children have drowned since Alan Kurdi and that photo?

More than 300 migrant children have died attempting the Turkey-Greece sea crossing in the six months since the much-publicised death of Syrian

01/03/2016

United Kingdom

BBC under fire over handling of Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal

The BBC has come in for strong criticism over its handling of allegations against one of its late stars, Jimmy Savile, accused after his death of

25/02/2016

World News

Fears over fate of '10,000 missing refugee children'

Some 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees are thought to have gone missing in Europe with fears that criminal networks are now actively targeting the most vulnerable.

25/02/2016

World News

Every day child migrants drown in the Med, the UN reveals

On average two children have been drowning every day in the eastern Mediterranean the UN’s refugee agency has revealed. It started its calculation

20/02/2016

My Europe Series

Paedophilia cold case burns French clergy

A group of former scouts have broken the silence about the abuse they went through decades ago. They want the highest authorities of the French

19/02/2016

World News

Paedophilia Cold Case burns French Roman Catholic Church

18/02/2016

World News

Threat of deportation of baby girl to offshore migrant centre sparks Brisbane protest

Protesters have turned out in support of medical staff in Australia, who are refusing to release a baby girl facing repatriation to an offshore

13/02/2016

Syria

'It's just not true' - Russia rejects claims that it's bombing civilians in Syria

Russia has rejected accusations that it’s been bombing civilians in Syria. The denial came at a security conference in Munich, as Moscow pressed on

13/02/2016

World

Ghana's president threatens to 'commit murder' against child marriage

Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, in a bid to support a campaign against child marriage, threatened to commit murder if anyone attempts to

11/02/2016

Yemen

Yemen: UNICEF raises alarm about child malnutrition in 'the forgotten war'

In Yemen, more than a million children under five face the risk of acute malnutrition and acute respiratory tract infections according to

10/02/2016

World News

Europol sounds alarm over 10,000 missing migrant children

Europol has alerted the authorities to an aspect of the migrant crisis ignored until now; the fact that 10,000 children have gone missing, and will

02/02/2016

Argentina

DNA dashes hope of Argentina activist searching for stolen child

The woman thought to be the lost granddaughter of an activist who searches for babies stolen during Argentina's military dictatorship was someone else, DNA tests show.

26/12/2015

Pakistan

Peshawar school massacre anniversary marked

One year after Pakistan’s worst militant attack, families of children killed or wounded in the Peshawar school massacre say the local government has

16/12/2015

World News

Call South Sudan's leaders to account on child soldiers says report

The army base at Pibor in Southern Sudan is new, within a stone’s throw of the school whose classrooms its soldiers occupied for several years until

15/12/2015

Real Economy

A portrait of poverty: Europe’s women & children

In Real Economy this week Maithreyi Seetharaman looks at the challenges governments face in tackling poverty with the help of some of those closest

07/12/2015

World News

Zuckerberg to give away 99% of his Facebook shares to good causes

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have promised to give away 99% of their shares in the company to good causes as they

02/12/2015