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KidsRights Index 2026: Child-friendly version

Every child has the right to understand their rights and how they are respected worldwide. That is why the KidsRights Index 2026 is also available in a child-friendly version. Children and young people can read the findings themselves, and act on them.

Download the child-friendly KidsRights Index 2026

Change begins with
young changemakers.

Young people around the
world are taking action...

...from the ground up,
from the inside out.

All over the world, children and young people are standing up for justice. They are protecting and advocating for children’s rights, and developing solutions to problems that affect us all. They are the generation shaping the world right now.

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How we empower young changemakers

Young people standing up for children's rights deserve more than applause. They deserve research that proves their story, a stage that reaches world leaders and a movement that doesn't stop. That's why KidsRights works across these three areas at once.

Over 800 State of Youth chapters
in more than 70 countries.

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"‘Our words must be accompanied by our deeds. It is not enough to identify a problem, we must also seek its solution. This is what it means to be a leader, a Changemaker, a campaigner.’"

- ABRAHAM M. KEITA, 2015 WINNER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE