Kevin Watkins
Kevin Watkins is the CEO of Save the Children UK.
Aid donors will soon gather in Oslo to mobilize international support for northeast Nigeria. Success could bring hope and the prospect of recovery for millions of vulnerable people, while failure will… read more
Children living in conflict zones are being targeted for violence on an unprecedented scale, despite their “protected” status under human-rights laws. As world leaders gather in New York this month fo… read more
Last February, at a meeting in London, international donors promised to get all of Syria’s refugee children into school by the end of 2017, and pledged $1.4 billion to make it happen. Six months later… read more
Buried among the 169 targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the UN last September, was the vital pledge to eliminate “preventable child deaths” by 2030. It is a cause for o… read more
It has been suggested that the world is overestimating the role of education in economic development. But, while education is not a quick fix for slow growth, it is virtually impossible to name a coun… read more
With the right regulatory environment and sufficient financing, renewable-energy technologies could transform Africa’s energy sector, bringing power to millions of the region’s citizens. Given the ext… read more
Europe's political leaders, confronted by the rise of anti-immigrant populism, are turning their backs on desperately vulnerable people fleeing war, human-rights abuses, and economic collapse. But the… read more
The number of chances that the world will have to address climate change is dwindling. One of them comes with this week’s G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, where leaders of the world’s advanced and … read more
When governments gather in Warsaw next week for a crucial round of climate negotiations, expectations will be running at an all-time low. But it does not have to be this way: The meeting should galvan… read more
