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5 Nov 2024

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Online Safety: What Adults Can Learn from Children

Across all cultures and ages, children are suspicious of people they don’t know online, and we see them developing strategies to protect themselves. But it shouldn’t be just their responsibility to stay safe online - they need adults, especially their parents and caregivers, to step up and help. 

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16 Oct 2024

“I want to go back, even if my house is bombed” - Lebanon’s children’s hope to reclaim their dreams

Nadine Malli who works with Save the Children in Lebanon, has 10 years of experience working within the humanitarian sector. Currently, she is part of Save the Children Lebanon’s ongoing emergency response. Here she shares a testimony of her experiences.

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A doctor's story of hunger in Gaza

Nearly all 1.1 million children in Gaza are unable to get enough to eat after a year of Israeli bombardment and near-total siege. Children are dying because of malnutrition, dehydration and disease. Doctor Jamal Imam* is a Palestinian nutrition specialist working for Save the Children in Gaza and shares his experience.

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25 Sep 2024

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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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Noor with her children, inside her waterproof tent provided by Save The Children, Sindh, Pakistan

Climate justice or just more blah blah blah? Pakistan puts world leaders’ promises to the test

The world should be watching to see if the world’s high-income countries and historical emitters back their ambitious talk with real cash.

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"Shocked, outraged, heartbroken" - The ban on female aid workers in Afghanistan

A blog from a teacher working for Save the Children in Afghanistan on the recent ban on female aid workers

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Children are bearing the brunt of the world’s ills. Let’s ensure their voices are heard

Inger Ashing reflects on the challenges children are facing & explains why we must listen to kids when it comes to issues like the climate crisis or conflict.

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Far From Home: Children’s coping strategies on the Central Mediterranean Route

Blog about the experiences of children going on the hazardous journey from the Horn of Africa to Europe along the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR).

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Healthcare Should Not be a Privilege: We need Strong, Integrated Health & Social Protection Systems NOW

Every year advocates globally hold governments, and stakeholders to account on their commitments to UHC and health progress for all children.

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The impact of migration, hunger and drought on gender-based violence in Niger

The impact of conflict in combination with the rising cost of living is contributing to general economic hardship in communities in Niger, which is being worsened even further by the impact of the climate emergency and COVID-19. All of these challenges are affecting girls’ welfare. Limited access to food, jobs and income can put women and girls at increased risk of gender-based violence and negative coping mechanisms such as child marriage and sexual exploitation.

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From students to labourers: The reality for Afghan girls living under the school ban

In this blog Sacha Myers, former Head of Media for Save the Children Afghanistan talks about the impact of the school ban on girls in Afghanistan. Read it to hear firsthand the stories of Afghan girls who have been turned from students into child labourers against their own will.

Elaf*, 17, plays the keyboard while her sister Malak*, 12, watches, North East Syria

The right to rehabilitation & assistive technology: A must for Children with Disabilities

There are nearly 240 million children with disabilities in the world. These children are 20 per cent less likely to have expectations of a better life compared to children without disabilities. In 2016, it was estimated that globally 52.9 million children younger than five years old experienced a developmental disability, such as sensory impairment, intellectual disability, and autism spectrum disorders, and 95% of them lived low-middle income countries. To change this, children with disabilities must be supported through early intervention and their rights to rehabilitation and assistive technologies must become reality.