Unacceptable physical abuse is causing long-term damage to the lives and futures of far too many children in East Asia and the Pacific, according to this report. The report, titled Child Maltreatment: Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences in East Asia and Pacific, (109)is the first-ever comprehensive analysis of existing studies undertaken by experts and academics about...

Violence and exploitation remain a harsh reality in the lives of many children around the word. Millions of boys and girls around the world are subject to violence, exploitation and abuse. Some are forced to work under harmful conditions. Others face violence or abuse in their homes, their schools, their communities or in institutional care...

The study reviews the implications of climate change for children and future generations, drawing on relevant experiences in different sectors and countries of promoting child rights and well-being. It traces in considerable detail the pathways through which shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns create serious additional barriers to the achievement of the child survival, development...

In rich countries children's basic needs have been generally met but there is scope for further progress in child well-being, according to the seventh report card from the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence. Small North-European countries dominate the top half of the table. Although Australia rates below average in relation to the material well-being...