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12 Oct 2024

Principals of Affected United Nations entities and International Non-Governmental Organizations renew their call for the immediate release of detained personnel

We are extremely concerned about the reported referral to “criminal prosecution” by the Houthi de facto authorities of a significant number of arbitrarily detained colleagues.

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11 Oct 2024

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A girl marries every 30 seconds in countries ranked fragile and child marriage hotspots – New Report

Save the Children’s latest Global Girlhood Report 2024: Fragile Futures released on International Day of the Girl reveals devastating link between child marriage and fragile states.

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GAZA: AT LEAST 3,100 CHILDREN AGED UNDER FIVE KILLED WITH OTHERS AT RISK AS FAMINE LOOMS

The occupied Palestinian territory is now ranked as the deadliest place in the world for children: about 30% of the 11,300 identified children killed in Gaza were younger than five and Gaza currently has the highest rates of child malnutrition globally.

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9 Oct 2024

Education disrupted for sixth year for 1.5 million children in Lebanon, with half of public schools used as shelters

This is the sixth year of significant disruptions to education for children in Lebanon, who have been hit by multiple complex crises for decades without being able to fully recover.

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Raisa Haq, Project Officer – Child Protection, Cox’s Bazar Area Office

18 aid agencies call on governments in the region to allow refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to disembark

18 aid agencies call on governments in the region to allow refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to disembark

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‘Worst fears confirmed as first COVID-19 case hits north of Yemen’

‘Worst fears confirmed as first COVID-19 case hits north of Yemen’

Saada*, 10, with her cat in her home in Harar, Ethiopia. She attends a girls’ club at her school, which empowers girls and boys to talk openly about female issues, from child marriage and FGM to sanitation and menstruation.

Save the Children welcomes important landmark decision in Sudan to criminalise Feminine Genital Mutilation

Save the Children welcomes important landmark decision in Sudan to criminalise Feminine Genital Mutilation

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‘Promising start for financing to end COVID19’

‘Promising start for financing to end COVID19’

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COVID-19: More than seven million children in Afghanistan at risk of hunger as food prices soar due to lockdown

COVID-19: More than seven million children in Afghanistan at risk of hunger as food prices soar due to lockdown

 A new wave of locusts around farming area near Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Locusts, floods and COVID-19: a potentially deadly combination for malnourished children across the Horn of Africa

Locusts, floods and COVID-19: a potentially deadly combination for malnourished children across the Horn of Africa

Save the Children Hong Kong has distributed 5,000 bottles of hand sanitisers and more than 20,000 face masks to deprived children and their families in Hong Kong through a number of partner organisations, to help protect them from the coronavirus.

COVID-19: Millions of children in lockdown in Asia at risk of domestic violence

COVID-19: Millions of children in lockdown in Asia at risk of domestic violence

Mohammad*, 15, West Bank

After tear gas use against West Bank students double, coronavirus restrictions see incidents drop to zero

After tear gas use against West Bank students double, coronavirus restrictions see incidents drop to zero