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January 2025
‘Game changing’ £25M boost for INTERPOL and Scots data unit to tackle exploitation of children
Record investment to arrest offenders and safeguard young people
January 2025
Huw Edwards case far from isolated, says Childlight
Around 1.8 million offending in UK each year - but problem is preventable
January 2025
Make failure to report sexual abuse a crime, says Scottish-based global child safety institute
Former INTERPOL director calls for legal sanctions after Archbishop of Canterbury scandal
January 2025
International collaboration brings child abuser to justice
- Youth football coach Patrick Mbauni Muriithi has been given a life sentence for abusing boys by a court in Kilifi, Kenya. - A collaboration between Kenyan authorities, Edinburgh-based institute Childlight, and Interpol helped bring Muriithi to justice. - Call from Childlight CEO for govenments to treat hidden pandemic of child abuse as a global emergency.
January 2025
Child Marriage is costing Nigeria more than US$10 Billion a year
- Landmark study reveals the first estimate of the economic burden of child marriage in Nigeria. - Failure to address child marriage is costing Nigeria more than ₦3500 billion1 every year. - Charity calls for review of child rights legislation in Nigeria.
December 2024
Over 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse
One in eight children face harm, the world's first global estimate has found. With ten cases every second, Childlight calls it a global health emergency – but says it's preventable, not inevitable