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9 Dec 2024
global
Saving Lives Amid Blockades: How Save the Children brought hope to Gaza
Since August 2024, families across Gaza have faced an escalating humanitarian crisis and extreme food shortages. Save the Children International launched an urgent operation to deliver lifesaving food aid to the most vulnerable communities in northern and southern Gaza.
2 Dec 2024
Vanuatu Teen Climate Activist to Address Historic Climate Justice Hearings at the International Court of Justice
Vepaia, a young climate activist from Vanuatu, is heading to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to testify, advocating for the inclusion of children’s rights in the climate justice debate, and calling for an advisory opinion that acknowledges states’ obligations to tackle the climate crisis and protect future generations.
25 Nov 2024
global
ONLINE SAFETY: TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR TEENAGERS SAFE
We have worked with Save the Children’s experts in online safety to develop tips for parents, teachers, leaders of children’s clubs, social workers and anyone else who may interact with teenagers to help them stay safe online.
25 Sep 2024
global
Five ways the rights of children have progressed in the past 100 years
Children’s lives have changed for the better in many ways in the 100 years since the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child were endorsed
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Ending Child Poverty is a Policy Choice
Over half of the world’s people living in poverty are children. Expanding child-centered social protection programs is proven to reduce child poverty.
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This Ramadan in Gaza, there will be no dates to break the fast.
Five months into this war, conditions to provide food to children in Gaza are getting worse. This Ramadan in Gaza, things are the wrong way round.
![Weam*, 8 and his mother Feryal* in a tent reading a book together Weam*, 8 and his mother Feryal* in a tent reading a book together](https://i.stci.uk/dam/CH1956285_Weam,-8-and-his-mother-Feryal-in-a-tent-reading-a-book-together-(1).jpg-ch1956285.jpg/38q6ib01xa8qvjn1o4iu44eww8ijy270.JPG?g=top&w=392&h=261&format=webp&itok=Qn_lMi_s)
I'm a Syrian and a Humanitarian: What 13 years of conflict really looks like
Thirteen years of conflict in Syria have led to fear, loss and mass displacement for children. What does the future look like for Syria?
Five tips on how to talk to children about war
Guide by child psychologist with tips on what to do when children want to talk about war.
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Fighting Gender Inequality in Sierra Leone
Girls in Sierra Leone are stuck in a poverty, health complications, violence & dependency cycle, resulting in one of the highest child marriage rates.
![Aerial photos for the damage caused by the floods that hit Southern Somalia on May 2023 Aerial photos for the damage caused by the floods that hit Southern Somalia on May 2023](https://i.stci.uk/dam/CH1822094_Aerial-photos-for-the-damage-caused-by-the-floods-that-hit-Southern-Somalia-on-May-2023.jp-ch1822094.jpg/4phs2gnsv5m6r3aob578rh7gm7j58058.jpg?g=top&w=392&h=261&format=webp&itok=y-0NK4Ck)
Everything you should know about refugees and internally displaced people
More than 1 in 73 people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes. This number has almost doubled in the past ten years.
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When words fail, we must turn to the law
A crisis. A horror. A tragedy. All words we’ve heard many times over to describe the situation in Gaza. All woefully insufficient.
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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Child Protection: An Ethical Roadmap?
“Ask Save the Children” is a generative Artificial Intelligence tool intended to equip teachers, community leaders, and child protection professionals