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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.
Girls living in extremely fragile countries were found to be two times more likely to marry than girls in countries experiencing periods of greater stability.
10 Oct 2024
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.
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.
9 Oct 2024
STAFF ACCOUNTS: Siege and bombardment of Sudan’s El Fasher pushes children, adults to the limits of survival
Eight aid workers describe their experiences of the brutality of the constant bombardment in El Fasher.
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Sudan: Armed groups occupying health facilities, looting, cutting off lifeline for country’s children as numbers in need surge
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NGOs call for halt to returning children in institutional care centres from Poland to Ukraine
NGOs call for halt to returning children in institutional care centres from Poland to Ukraine.
Bangladesh: Dangerous Cyclone Mocha expected to make landfall on Sunday putting 1.5 million children at risk
More than 1.5 million children are at risk, as Cyclone Mocha is expected to make landfall near the Bangladesh border.
Thousands of children at risk of separation, abuse and neglect following the end of title 42
Press release on thousands of children at risk of separation, abuse and neglect with up to 15,000 people arriving at the Mexico-US border.
Food aid suspension due to Gaza escalation of violence could leave thousands of Palestinians hungry
A press release on the escalation of violence in Gaza and its impact on food aid