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31 Oct 2024
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World more dangerous than ever for children with crimes in conflict at highest level in 2023
Save the Children report reveals the number of grave violations committed against children in conflict reached highest level ever in 2023, with over 31,000 documented cases
An average of 31 children a day killed or maimed
Biggest increases in crimes against children recorded in the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan
473 million children – or 19% of the world’s child population – lived under the weight of war in 2023
The cost of conflict skyrocketed to US $19.1 trillion last year, while investments in peace and conflict prevention remained low –with a $4 trillion gap needed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
30 Oct 2024
Over 2.8 million children under five forced from their home across Sudan
New figures reveal over half of the 11 million displaced – or 5.8 million - are children under 18, and over one quarter – or 2.8 million - are children aged under five.
29 Oct 2024
LEBANON: At least two children killed every day in five weeks of war
The humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to rapidly deteriorate; the latest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 60 people, including two children. Over 100 children – an average of 2 children a day – have been killed since the war started on 23 September, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.
28 Oct 2024
PHILIPPINES: Education disrupted for more than 90% of school children in wake of Storm Trami
The storm, which prompted widespread evacuations and affected 805,000 families, has disrupted learning for more than 19 million students.
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INTERAGENCY STATEMENT CALLING ON UN Member States to take urgent steps to protect people deprived of their liberty across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
We, the undersigned organizations, call on all UN Member States to take urgent steps to protect people deprived of their liberty across oPt and Israel
“Delete the Children” campaign launched in South Korea as schools face sexually explicit AI ‘deepfakes’ crisis
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WEST AFRICA FLOODS: Nearly 950,000 people displaced and children sheltering in schools just weeks before school term starts
Hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education
Sudan: Major cholera outbreak as heavy rains hit displacement camps and no end to fighting
Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak caused by widespread flooding.
Pakistan: Over half of flood-related deaths are children as heavy rains displace thousands
More than 150 children killed by floods and heavy rains in #Pakistan since July - over half of all deaths with thousands displaced.
STATEMENT: BABY AMONG THOSE KILLED IN DEADLY ATTACKS IN UKRAINE
"Even far away from the frontline children can never be truly safe from attacks"
UNIQLO AND MAGNUM PHOTOS LAUNCH GLOBAL EXHIBITION CAPTURING LIVES OF CHILDREN IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS
A powerful new photography exhibition documenting the lives of children experiencing conflict and crisis
THREE IN FOUR CHILDREN IN UKRAINE LIVE IN FEAR AS ATTACKS ONCE AGAIN ESCALATE
Three in four children in Ukraine are living in constant fear amid an escalating mental health crisis, with recent missile and drone attacks
