World Children Day: UNICEF urges Lagos lawmakers to take bold action on children’s rights

The Chief of UNICEF’s Lagos Field Office, Celine Lafoucriere, has called on Lagos State lawmakers and policymakers to take bold, measurable steps to protect and uplift children, stressing that global declines in child rights must not shape the Lagos narrative. She appealed on Wednesday at the World Children’s Day Policy Dialogue with Legislators and Children’s…

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UNICEF, FG urge media to protect children’s rights

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation have called on media practitioners to place children’s interests at the forefront when reporting on child rights issues. Speaking at a two-day training on ethical journalism and child rights reporting organised by the Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) in collaboration…

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