Emphasising children’s rights over their own bodies should play a key role in protecting them against genital cutting and modification, a new study says.

A new systematic review has found that parents and other child caregivers who have alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children in their care than parents and caregivers with no alcohol-related diagnoses.

A global review finds that nearly five per cent of infants experience physical aggression from caregivers, revealing a largely hidden public‑health issue.