News of kids

After Gaza hostage release, Israeli family demand 'answers' on wife, sons

Today 07:41 Bibas family demands "answers" from Israel and Hamas over fate of child hostages, Argentine mother following kidnapping in Gaza.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN committee ‘deeply concerned’ for children amid cutbacks

28-09-2024 07:44 The United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses alarm over Milei administration cutbacks as it publishes a new report on children’s rights; Experts warn of programme closures, replacement of officials and budget reductions.

by Mattis Nurit

Child poverty in Argentina

Child benefits, food stamps, social policies ‘cannot be a stopgap’

28-09-2024 06:58 In the first half of 2024, child poverty reached 71 percent with over 1.5 million kids newly impoverished, according to a report from the ACIJ NGO. Despite cuts in the budget dedicated to children in diverse programmes, the AUH (Asignación Universal por Hijo) payment is reaching the highest number of people since 2021.

by Sabrina Chemen

ANA LLOBET INTERVIEW

‘We need the public’ – NGO on search for Argentina’s 100 missing children

22-07-2023 06:23 More than 100 kids are being sought across the country, reveals Ana Llobet, president of the Missing Children Argentina NGO. “Many more are lost than those denounced," she assures, expressing particular concern about individuals that disappeared years ago and whose cases remain unsolved.

by Anabella Gonzalez

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UCA: 6 in 10 children and adolescents in Argentina are poor

16-05-2023 15:07 Data from UCA’s influential Observatorio de la Deuda Social indicates that some 8.2 million people aged under 17 were living in poverty at the end of 2022.

News of kids

After Gaza hostage release, Israeli family demand 'answers' on wife, sons

UN committee ‘deeply concerned’ for children amid cutbacks

Child benefits, food stamps, social policies ‘cannot be a stopgap’

‘We need the public’ – NGO on search for Argentina’s 100 missing children

UCA: 6 in 10 children and adolescents in Argentina are poor

Eruption of organised crime changes Chile’s daily customs

Stories that caught our eye: January 24 to 31

Hamas to free Israeli-Argentine hostage in next ceasefire swap

Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife

Argentina may send Armed Forces to beef up Triple Frontier security

Di Pace: “Pasamos del plazo fijo a herramientas más efectivas para obtener rendimientos positivos”

“Ladri Depósito”: Javier Milei volvió a cargar contra Lali Espósito y la cantante le respondió

Milei le dijo "inútil" a Kicillof, "poca cosa" a Cristina Kirchner y le dejó un "palito" a Macri por su gobierno

El carnicero de TikTok se quejó de los precios de la carne: los dos cortes "poco conocidos" que recomendó

El gobierno de Kicillof cruzó a Milei por los "centros de hormonización": "Muestra ignorancia y homofobia"