Diary of a Changemaker: Shalini at the Women Deliver conference 2019
Shalini is a 24 year old young changemaker from India who got the chance to represent the issues of many young girls in India at the prestigious Women’s Deliver Conference 2019, due to a joint...
Meet Miga, a child rights activist from Mongolia
Today, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights are hosting a follow-up meeting to last year’s successful Day of General Discussion on...
A journey from the streets to Lord’s – a journey no less than a dream!
Over 2 million children are living on India’s streets – with little access to education, clean water, sanitation and nutrition. Nearly 80% of street children don’t even have a legal identity and 70...
Save the Children shields education from attack at International Safe Schools conference
Last week, government delegations from almost 100 states, and over 50 organisations from the UN, civil society and academia gathered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain to discuss steps to ensure better...
Save the Children India gets children to set the agenda for General Elections 2019
India is the world’s largest democracy and in a few weeks, will hold its General Elections. The pace of the 2019 General Elections is already building up with various political parties forming...
Priyanka – defender of children’s rights
18-year-old Priyanka is in tenth grade in Meherpur, Bangladesh. She can confidently say that after finishing her final exams next year, she will be the first member of her family to go to college....
From Nigeria to the UNGA, girl champion Maryam campaigns to end child marriage
In West and Central Africa, girls are amongst the most excluded and vulnerable groups, often faced with gender-based injustice, These often lead to to life-changing consequences such as unequal...
What can we learn from campaigns run by the world’s children and young people?
Save the Children’s Patrick Watt reports back from some INGO soul searching on ‘Engaging a New Generation’...
Taking the cause of girls' rights to public on International Day of the Girl
It is tragic that girls are one of the most marginalised groups in Pakistani society. Did you know that 12.4 million girls are out of school and approximately 21% of the girls in Pakistan are...
International day of the Girl: let’s celebrate a girl who's rewriting the future
Education is a potential game-changer for gender equality. It can provide a critical foundation for girls’ empowerment, set them on a pathway to meaningful employment and economic independence, and...
Girls’ rights in Kosovo: A blog by Trina, our girl delegate
Trina Hoti is 17 years old, was born in and lives in Prishtina, the capital city of Kosovo. She is currently a girl delegate at the European Week of Action for Girls in Brussels where she is...