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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.
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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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Vanuatu: Clean water and food still out of reach a month after triple disaster
Clean water and food are out of reach for half the population in Vanuatu following two tropical cyclones and an earthquake in just one week
UKRAINE: CHILDREN IN DIRE NEED AS WAR PLUNGES NEARLY HALF OF FAMILIES INTO ‘EXTREME’ POVERTY
wo out of five families in Ukraine are in extreme need of livelihoods and basic items, Save the Children said today
Children in Yemen face highest risk from landmines and explosive devices in at least five years: Save the Children report
One child was killed or injured on average every two days in Yemen last year by landmines or other explosive devices, the highest rate in five years,
“We’ll fast even with just bread and water”: Families in Türkiye are struggling ahead of first holy month of Ramadan after devastating earthquakes
A press release on families displaced by the earthquakes in Türkiye who are in urgent need of food, water and basic hygiene and sanitation items
Nearly half a million children in Malawi unable to attend school due to Cyclone Freddy
Nearly half a million children in Malawi unable to attend school due to Cyclone Freddy
Long road ahead for children's recovery as international community pledges €7 billion in earthquake funding to TÜRKİYE and Syria
Statement on donors' conference for earthquake relief to support Türkiye and Syria
SYRIA: Children terrified of sleeping in tents as storms and flooding damage shelters of families already affected by the earthquakes
Press release on floods in northern Syria, affecting displaced families
20 years since US-led invasion, the forgotten children and women of Iraq are struggling to rebuild their lives
A press release to mark 20 years since US-led invasion of Iraq, where 1.2 million people are internally displaced.
