While challenges regarding contraception and family planning exist throughout West Africa, progress has been made as various actors have implemented best practices to address the barriers that hinder the safety of women.

Throughout Nepal, brick kilns employ thousands of families annually for the seasonal work of crafting and shipping bricks. As families migrate between work in brick factories and agricultural work at home, more factors block their children from a complete and quality education.

A combination of inaccessible maternal health care in rurality, distrust of medical facilities, and adolescent pregnancy are the main reasons for the persistence of obstetric fistulas in modernity.

Over 14.7 million children, or every 1 in 5 children, in the United States are affected by childhood obesity.

Suicide is the leading cause of death among adolescents in South Korea.

Over 50% of children in Ghanaian residential homes reported exposure to violent discipline, and approximately 25% of them reported not receiving any responsive care

Undernutrition is a serious problem in Guatemala, causing suffering, developmental issues, and even premature death. Undernutrition is linked to about 45% of deaths among Guatemalan children under the age of 5.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its resulting violence, both government-sanctioned and unsanctioned, are some of the main dangers to children in this region.

The United States needs to take more measures to ensure that if children end up in the home of an abuser, the victims of the abuse are recognized, fought for, and helped in the ways they deserve.

Malnutrition poses a high mortality risk for children, with nearly half of all deaths of children under 5 being related to severe acute malnutrition.

Malnutrition has been recognized as a global issue and has a high prevalence in poorer countries like Cambodia. Children are most affected by malnutrition, especially those under age 5.

Child labor is extremely prevalent worldwide and, especially in Ghana, where 21% of children ages 5–17 are involved in child labor.

Child labor is an important issue in Myanmar that many families face.

Sexual abuse can occur in any situation, but when coupled with the routine vulnerabilities experienced by children in the foster care system, its likelihood increases.

Child sex trafficking is a rising problem in the United States, and estimates place the number of current victims in the hundreds of thousands.

Inefficiencies in systems for families and children experiencing parental separation play an integral part of larger social issues, including poverty, mental illness, and educational disparities.

Because children working on Lake Volta are fishing nearly all hours of the day, they are not attending school or getting any form of an education.

Over 77% of children living in Cambodian orphanages have at least one living parent.

In the United States, 15.5 million children are living in poverty. Individuals who experience poverty as a child are more likely to experience poverty as adults as well.