Children articles

Don't write in the profit margins

Children should be allowed to be children, not taught to 'turn over a profit', argues Steve Parry.

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Juan and his younger brother (peeping out from behind the bricks in the photo below) occasionally snatch moments of play, but their work is never done.Fernando de Berro

The unwelcome return of development pornography

John Hilary on a degrading spectacle that keeps coming back.

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YES: Nayna Patel is the medical director at Akanksha IVF Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India. More than 825 surrogate babies have been born at her clinic. Her work has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and on the BBC. She runs the Anand Surrogate Trust for the benefit of the surrogates and their families.

Is surrogacy a legitimate way out of poverty?

Doctors Nayna Patel and Mohan Rao go head to head.

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'Everybody preferred children'

Combating child prostitution in Brazil is more urgent than ever – especially with the expected influx of foreign tourists for the 2014 World Cup, writes Olivia Crellin.

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A New Delhi construction worker holds her baby close.Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Only the best... it has to be a boy

Rajashri Dasgupta explodes a few myths about educated middle-class women in India.

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YES: CHANTÉ JOSEPH is the Member of the Youth Parliament for Brent in northwest London, as well as regional secretary. She sits on the Youth Select Committee for transport and is a member of the London Youth Involvement Project. She is 17 and is studying for the International Baccalaureate.

Argument: Should 16-year-olds get the vote?

Politics academic Andrew Mycock and UK Youth Parliament member Chanté Joseph go head-to-head.

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Girl-friendly: new toilet facilities at the Ga’an Libah school in Somaliland.NGO Africa Educational Trust

Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV'

A new birth offers a sign of hope for Lauri Kubuitsile.

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Article title	From magazine	Publication date
Don't write in the profit margins	Global banking now	May, 2015
Growing upside down	Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable?	April, 2015
Migrant families ripped apart	Democracy in the digital era	January, 2015
The unwelcome return of development pornography	NGOs - Do they help?	December, 2014
Is surrogacy a legitimate way out of poverty?	Big oil RIP?	November, 2014
Weed-killing breast milk?	The politics of language loss	June, 2014
The end of the line	Fracking - the gathering storm	December, 2013
'Everybody preferred children'	Time to rethink disability	November, 2013
Keeping Prerna	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
Only the best... it has to be a boy	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
Argument: Should 16-year-olds get the vote?	How the war on pirates became big business	September, 2013
A toilet makes a difference	How the war on pirates became big business	September, 2013
Why can’t the 1% play nicely?	Demolition job	April, 2013
Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV'	Protection racket	June, 2012
Christmas Carols	Mothers who die	March, 2009
Jail babies	We need to think about toilets	August, 2008

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Society / Children

Articles about Children, ordered by date.

Don't write in the profit margins

Children should be allowed to be children, not taught to 'turn over a profit', argues Steve Parry.

Growing upside down

For thousands of Peruvian children, daily life means working to help feed the family. Fernando Del Berro meets one of them.

Migrant families ripped apart

Sophie Cousins on Lebanon's decision to send home the children of migrant workers.

The unwelcome return of development pornography

John Hilary on a degrading spectacle that keeps coming back.

Is surrogacy a legitimate way out of poverty?

Doctors Nayna Patel and Mohan Rao go head to head.

Weed-killing breast milk?

The end of the line

Indian railway stations are a magnet for impoverished children looking for a better future. What usually awaits them is abuse and exploitation. Terina Keene on an initiative helping them find a way out.

'Everybody preferred children'

Combating child prostitution in Brazil is more urgent than ever – especially with the expected influx of foreign tourists for the 2014 World Cup, writes Olivia Crellin.

Keeping Prerna

Daily wage-earner Kajri is defying her husband to save her daughter. She confided in Ankita Balloh.

Only the best... it has to be a boy

Rajashri Dasgupta explodes a few myths about educated middle-class women in India.

Argument: Should 16-year-olds get the vote?

Politics academic Andrew Mycock and UK Youth Parliament member Chanté Joseph go head-to-head.

A toilet makes a difference

Girls in Somalia now have a better chance of completing their education. Katharina Wecker explains.

Why can’t the 1% play nicely?

The people who would have been labelled bullies in school are described as captains of industry in the adult world, says Steve Parry.

Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV'

A new birth offers a sign of hope for Lauri Kubuitsile.

Christmas Carols

Poem by Margaret Atwood

Jail babies

Children imprisoned with their mothers worldwide

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