KidsRights Index 2026: Child-friendly version
The KidsRights Index 2026, now in a version written for children and young people.
KidsRights Index 2026: Children increasingly used as weapons of war and obesity reaches epidemic levels
KidsRights Index 2026 reveals a growing global child rights crisis as conflict-related sexual violence against children rises by 35% since 2024, children are increasingly targeted as part of warfare, and childhood obesity reaches epidemic proportions worldwide.
Childhood obesity becomes a global pandemic
A KidsRight longread on the childhood obesity crisis the world keeps ignoring. Because for the first time in history, more children worldwide are living with obesity than with underweight. It is a milestone that should have made front pages everywhere. It largely did not.
One in five children grow up within range of a war zone
A KidsRights Index longread on the children's rights crisis caused by armed conflict worldwide.
KidsRights Index 2025: ‘Global children’s rights crisis deepens as mental health emergency reaches tipping point’
KidsRights Index 2024: ‘Study reveals 21% rise in violence against children worldwide: Polycrisis for children deepens due to rise in conflicts and continued Covid-19 fallout’
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