Children and Armed Conflict
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SYRIA: "We must make this the turning point for children in Syria", says Save the Children
As Syria faces a critical turning point with cautious optimism for the future, the needs of children have never been higher with an urgent increase in funding required to meet immediate needs, Save the Children said.
UKRAINE: HALF A MILLION BABIES BORN INTO FEAR AND VIOLENCE IN 1,000 DAYS OF WAR
New analysis, released on World Children’s Day, shows more than half a million babies have been born in Ukraine between February 2022 and August 2024.
World more dangerous than ever for children with crimes in conflict at highest level in 2023
Save the Children report reveals the number of grave violations committed against children in conflict reached highest level ever in 2023, with over 31,000 documented casesAn average of 31 children a day killed or maimedBiggest increases in crimes against children recorded in the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan 473 million children – or 19% of the world’s child population – lived under the weight of war in 2023The cost of conflict skyrocketed to US $19.1 trillion last year, while investments in peace and conflict prevention remained low –with a $4 trillion gap needed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Children among more than 100 killed in Gaza in worst school attack in 10 months
Save the Children press release Gaza school airstrike 100 killed children
SUDAN: Violent attacks on schools and education surge fourfold in one year of conflict
Aid agencies including Save the Children, who work on education in Sudan, warn that the country is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world
Deaths by starvation and disease may top deaths by bombs as families squeezed into deadly “safe zones”, two months into Gaza crisis
Save the Children press release on how deaths by starvation and disease may top deaths by bombs in Gaza two months into the crisis
UN Security Council must reconvene and pass resolution for ceasefire – Aid agencies
Joint aid agencies statement on failure of the UN Security Council to authorise resolution demanding humanitarian ceasefire
How rising conflict is contributing to the worst hunger crisis in decades
Millions of children are facing the worst global food crisis in decades. Here’s how we can help children fight for their childhood.
“If I had a magic wand, I would make Sudan a much better place”: distressing experiences of children revealed in drawings after two months of violence
Drawing by Maram who is supported by Save the Children in a child-friendly space in Sudan
