In September 2025, we begin a new edition of the Mutual Learning Program (the seventh already!).

The 2024 Global Ministerial Conference marked a historic milestone, generating over 370 pledges from more than 100 member states to end violence against children.

This working paper by Joan Lombardi, senior advisor to the Collaborative on Global Children's Issues, and Lauren Simmons provides a brief overview of the risks and potential of early childhood and the changing climate and showcases a dozen innovative approaches where early childhood and climate sectors have successfully converged.

This article reviews the political factors shaping orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) care systems in low-income countries, highlighting weak governance, limited political commitment, and heavy dependence on external actors. It introduces a social science–based framework of eight key factors—spanning policymaking, governance, and context—to guide research and strengthen OVC care systems.

Join RIADIS and SPOON for a webinar discussing the role of nutrition and feeding practices in promoting the rights of children with disabilities.

In January 2025, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom launched a bold an

Corporal punishment is the most commonly experienced form of violence against children. Evidence shows it harms children’s health and offers no benefits for children, parents, or societies.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) are working with the international community to develop Global Research Priorities for Combating Human Trafficking/ Forced Labour.

This short film was produced by the Global Youth-Led Movement on Ending Violence Against Children for the launch of the World Health Organization’s first-ever report on the public health impact of corporal punishment of children (August 2025).

This technical report, from WHO, describes the prevalence, risk factors for, and consequences of child corporal punishment, which it defines as “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light”.