the World Risk Index ranked the Philippines as the country with the highest disaster risk. What’s more, widespread poverty is a major obstacle to children reaching their full potential; girls and boys ...

Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18. The impoverished ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In addition to the establishment of the $4 million fund for victims of child labor, JBS also will hire a child labor compliance specialist to review ...