Family, children, and youth policy and administration

South Korea has been criticized for failing to protect children’s rights after a dam collapse in Laos caused dozens of deaths last year. The United Nations has advised the country to “closely look into” its overseas projects for possible violations of such rights.The United Nations ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is encouraging the private sector to pay attention to implementing obligations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to promote children’s protection.The issue was discussed at a private sector consultation meeting in Vientiane on Wednesday. Vice President ...

A training programme for young people about the best ways to draw attention to the Convention on the Rights of the Child through radio and social media is taking place in Pakxan district, Borikhamxay province.The three-day event from Tuesday to Thursday this week is hosted ...

(KPL) A workshop to discuss children-related issues was organized on June 17 in Samakkhysay district of Attapeu province, co-chaired by Associate Professor Dr. SomOck Kingsada, Vice President of the Lao Front for National Development (LFND) and Mr Sisavanh Sengphaiboun, President of Attapeu LFND. More than 40 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called on all sectors of society to join together to protect, encourage and help children to develop so that they grow up to become productive citizens.The premier made the call in his message to mark International Children’s ...

(KPL) The Lao Front for National Development (LFND) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have organized a workshop on improving situation of vulnerable children.President of the Lao Front for National Development (LFND) Saysomphone Phomvihane and UNICEF Representative Octavian Bivol have participated a 2-day (April 24-26, 2019) workshop in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos remains committed to realising the rights of the child with authorities holding workshops to discuss concluding observations for all sectors at central and provincial level in order to develop their action plans.This was the message at a consultation workshop with development ...

Laos will continue to work with Unicef and other development partners to promote and protect the rights of children. In doing so, Laos aims to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 under the Convention of the Rights of the Child.More ...

A Lao delegation has reaffirmed the government’s continued support for children’s rights through the development of regulations, education, health services, and other fields. More ...

Save the Children launched a new global report, ‘The Many Faces of Exclusion’ where it ranked countries based on a range of indicators related to childhood.More ...