Child Rights Act: UNICEF Urges Journalists To Protect Children’s Identity

UNICEF Urges Nigerian Journalists to Protect Children’s Identities Under Child Rights Act - TV360 Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on journalists across Nigeria to safeguard the identities of children in their reporting, in line with the Child Rights Act (CRA 2003), to prevent exposing minors to public scrutiny or harm. The appeal was made during a two-day training workshop on ethical reporting of children, organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation for media p…

Child Rights Act: UNICEF Urges Journalists To Protect Children’s Identity

Journalists have been charged with protecting the rights of children by avoiding the disclosure of their identities in reports, in order to prevent them from being exposed to the public. The appeal was made during a two-day training workshop organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation on Ethical... The post Child Rights Act: UNICEF Urges Journalists To Protect Children’s Identity appeare…

UNICEF Urges Journalists to Adopt Ethical Reporting in Children’s Matters

The United Nations Children’s Fund has appealed to journalists to adhere to ethical best practices when reporting issues involving children, particularly survivors of abuse and violence. The appeal was made on Monday during a Northeast and North Central Regional Workshop on Ethical Reporting of Children going on in Gombe state. Delivering a Keynote on behalf of the UNICEF Country Representative, a communications consultant, Sussan Akila, emphasi…