1 in 3 Liberian children never attend school, and only 17% complete grade 9. A big reason why: registration fees. Our new @hrw.org report shows how fees cause children to start school years late, drop out, and resort to child labor.
More here: www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...
Children near Ethiopia's largest gold mine suffer chronic health conditions, women have miscarriages & stillbirths.
In response, the UN child rights body just urged Ethiopia to tackle the mine's pollution. The govt should do so, promptly:
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
April 16 marks an important step in the struggle for justice for children in Kabwe, Zambia.
Today, a complaint has been filed before the AU child rights body ACEWRC on behalf of children exposed to toxic lead from a former mine in Kabwe.
#LeadFreeKabwe
www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
The mass lead poisoning of children in Kabwe, Zambia, over decades is a catastrophe I saw with my own eyes
- Families and NGOs are now asking the African Union to demand a clean-up
@hrw.org
1/2
www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
Toxic lead from a Zambian mine has poisoned generations of children. This week @hrw.org & IHRDA will spotlight the case & call for justice:
PANEL: Spotlight on Kabwe
🗓 16 April 09h00 – 10h40
📍 ACERWC CSO Forum, Lesotho
With experts, activists & Kabwe residents
Join online tinyurl.com/458yy5kd
The UN’s call for urgent action at the Lega Dembi mine in #Ethiopia underscores what residents have said for years: children are getting sick, pregnancies are being lost, & pollution persists. It’s time for the government and Midroc to deliver.
Read @jkippenberg.bsky.social :
https://bit.ly/4rqmYzS
In Zambia and beyond, victims of mining pollution need justice. This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we are putting the spotlight on the environmental disasters in Zambia putting children's futures at risk.
makanday.org/world-enviro...
‼️Important development on toxic lead contamination in Kabwe, Zambia‼️
Today, a complaint has been filed before the African Union child rights body ACEWRC on behalf of children exposed to toxic lead from a former mine in Kabwe.
#LeadFreeKabwe
www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
While Zambia's mining disasters in #Kabwe and #Copperbelt poison people & environment, the government as well as China, the US & EU rush to get access to "critical" minerals:
e360.yale.edu/features/zam...
Jo Becker
Juliane Kippenberg
Juliane Kippenberg
Juliane Kippenberg
Juliane Kippenberg
Juliane Kippenberg
Juliane Kippenberg
Damian Carrington
Human Rights Watch
Zambia should provide accountability for its failure to clean up a contaminated mine site that is responsible for the ongoing lead poisoning of children.
Residents living near Lega Dembi mine, located in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, have complained of serious health impacts for years, including miscarriages, stillbirths, and children born with long-term h...
A child with a hearing disability was deprived of his hearing aids during a deportation process in the United States. Without them, he could not communicate or understand what was happening. No child should face immigration detention. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
Registration fees and other costs to attend public schools in Liberia are a major barrier to education, forcing many children to delay enrollment, miss school, or drop out altogether.
Mining Should Not Come at the Expense of Human Rights By Juliane Kippenberg Mining pollution has been a fact of life for 15-year-old “Joyce” as long as she can remember. Joyce, whose real name is d…
Residents living near Lega Dembi mine, located in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, have complained of serious health impacts for years, including miscarriages, stillbirths, and children born with long-term h...
Zambia should provide accountability for its failure to clean up a contaminated mine site that is responsible for the ongoing lead poisoning of children.
www.hrw.org
Zambia should provide accountability for its failure to clean up a contaminated mine site that is responsible for the ongoing lead poisoning of children.
Zambia is expanding development of its rich deposits of critical minerals, which are needed for the global shift to renewables. But poisoning from past mining and a huge toxic spill at a mine site are...
