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Child malnutrition in South Africa casts a long shadow across the life course. For example, stunting compromises children’s physical growth and their brain development in ways that limit their education and employment prospects.

Our most urgent concern: The impact on children. An open letter to the Ministers of Justice and Constitutional Development, International Relations and Cooperation, Home Affairs and Police.

Our legal action is due to the severe delays by Home Affairs in the processing of applications for late registration of birth, and the significant consequences this has for children who spend years without birth certificates.

The newly launched Development Southern Africa special issue prioritises the fight against stunting, calling for South Africa to move beyond temporary relief measures and to invest in structural solutions that address the root causes.

For young people exiting alternative care in South Africa and Northern Ireland, the support they need to help them navigate life outside the only home they have known, is almost identical.

A call to stop the slow violence of child malnutrition and put children at the centre of the food system.

Listen to, watch or read interviews and analysis related to disrupting the intersections of violence against women and children.

Launch of South African Child Gauge 2025, hailed as “a vital compass for public policy and social justice”, brought together researchers, policy makers, funders and activists in a united call to end violence against women and children

South Africa’s efforts to break intergenerational cycles of harm must treat violence against women and children as interconnected crises – SA Child Gauge 2025