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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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Canada repatriates 10 children from Syrian camps as thousands of other foreign nationals remain in limbo
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Horn of Africa: Flash flooding destroys homes, livestock for families facing the world’s worst hunger crisis
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JOINT INGO STATEMENT: BAN ON WOMEN AID WORKERS IN AFGHANISTAN MUST BE LIFTED
Save the Children and INGO statement on Afghanistan ban on UN women aid workers
Ukraine: One in eight landmine casualties is a child as detonation accidents spike
A press release on landmine casualties in Ukraine, 1 in 8 is a child
UKRAINE: TRAGIC MILESTONE AS CHILDREN’S DEATH TOLL PASSES 500
A press release on the number of children killed in Ukraine, which has now passed 500.