AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoPregnancy News: Hilary Swank, 52, has announced she is expecting her third child, three years after welcoming twins. Adoption Law: Malaysia’s proposed amendments would lower the legal age limit for an adopted child from 21 to 18, bringing it in line with other laws. Girls’ Education: Nigeria launched a plan to tackle child marriage, measuring progress by girls kept in or returned to school. School Access: A $552 million World Bank-backed Nigerian programme aims to reach 29 million children and build 13,000 classrooms. Anxiety and Parenting: A study found that repeated reassurance and helping anxious children avoid stressful situations are associated with more severe social-anxiety symptoms; it does not show that these parental responses cause anxiety. Online Safety: Greece is moving to regulate social media access for children under 15, while UK MPs are being urged to strengthen a draft child-safety bill. Child Welfare: Bulgaria’s latest report gives its care for children an average score of 3.28, citing fragmented services and persistent poverty affecting more than 30% of children.
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