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17 Oct 2024

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Save the Children announces finalists of the Global Media Awards 2024

Save the Children is proud to announce the finalists for its inaugural Global Media Awards 2024, representing outlets from around the world whose innovative & impactful reporting has raised awareness about the challenges & achievements of children whose unique rights were first recognised exactly 100 years ago.

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17 Oct 2024

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West and Central Africa: About 10 million children forced out of schools by worst flooding in recent years

The unprecedented heavy rains across Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have created a worsening education crisis. 

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Nowhere safe in Gaza as attacks in the north and hospital ablaze in the south put the lives of children and families at risk

Up to 400,000 Palestinians are trapped across northern Gaza, and a deadly fire is spreading through Gaza's Al-Aqsa hospital sheltering thousands  in the so-called “humanitarian zone” following an Israeli airstrike. 

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14 Oct 2024

SUDAN: OVER 2 MILLION BABIES BORN INTO 18 MONTHS OF DEVASTATING CONFLICT

It is estimated that about 4,000 babies are born on average every day in Sudan, which has entered its 18th month of conflict. 

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Child hunger in Sudan almost doubles in six months with three in every four children affected

Conflict in Sudan is driving hunger to record levels

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SAVE THE CHILDREN’S GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDS 2024 OPENS FOR ENTRIES

Save the Children International launches its inaugural Global Media Awards to celebrate excellence in journalism for child rights. 

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Devastating new figures reveal Gaza’s child hunger catastrophe

Devastating new figures reveal Gaza’s child hunger catastrophe

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SPIKE IN VIOLENCE FEARED FOR CHILDREN AS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCES DEPLOY UNLESS URGENT ACTION TAKEN, NGOs WARN

Children in Haiti could face new dangers as international security forces deploy this week to tackle the violent armed groups overrunning the country.

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SUDAN: Over 1,500 children subjected to extreme violence as conflict breaks records for crimes against children

The number of children killed, injured or facing other grave violations in Sudan soared six-fold in 2023 to a record high

Gaza's missing children: Over 20,000 children estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves

Gaza's missing children: Over 20,000 children estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves

Gaza's missing children: Over 20,000 children estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves

Cousins Kuji*, 19 and Kpemeh*, 18 wear their Ending Child Marriage Champion t shirts in Kailahun, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone bans child marriage following campaign joined by girls across the country and Save the Children

Sierra Leone has one of the highest child marriage, early pregnancy and maternal mortality rates in the world

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35 million children are under threat in most active Atlantic hurricane season ever - Save the Children

About 35 million children are living in areas exposed to Atlantic hurricanes during what could be the most active hurricane season in recorded history