10 Good News Stories for Kids in 2024

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Children at the Khone Phapheng Falls, Laos, December 3, 2019. © 2019 Sergi Reboredo/VWPics via AP Photo At the end of each year, Human Rights Watch likes to take stock of human rights progress for children around the globe. From strengthening children’s access to education to better protecting kids during wartime, here are some of our favorite examples from 2024.Tajikistan and Laos banned all corporal punishment of children, joining 65 other countries with such bans. Five countries—Burundi, the Czech Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, and Uganda—pledged to…

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