Medical professional associations should enact standards of care for intersex children that rule out medically unnecessary surgery before patients are old enough to consent.

What does child marriage mean for girls’ lives? And why does child marriage persist?

New York State took an important step toward ending child marriage, as Governor Andrew Cuomo on June 20, 2017 signed legislation to dramatically reduce the circumstances under which children can marry.

The United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, which went into effect on August 16, 2017, could benefit millions of people affected by toxic mercury.

Flawed and inadequate procedures leave unaccompanied migrant children on the Greek island of Lesbos housed with unrelated adults, vulnerable to abuse, and unable to access the specific care they need.

Students across the Philippines experience bullying and discrimination in school because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

Attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups are having a devastating impact on education in Pakistan.

Armed groups in the Central African Republic have occupied, looted, and damaged school buildings, preventing children from getting an education.

Since 2007, the military use of schools or universities has been documented in at least 29 countries with armed conflict or insecurity.