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Step up investment to end violence against women and girls: UN deputy chief

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed has called for greater investment in preventing violence against women and girls, an issue that transcends all borders and cultures.

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UN agency heads unite in urgent plea for women and children in Gaza

The heads of three UN agencies on Wednesday highlighted the disproportionate suffering faced by women and girls amidst the ongoing crisis in Gaza, urging a collective response to...

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UN agencies urge action to safeguard maternal, child health amidst climate crisis

UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced by pregnant women, babies and children due to worsening climate catastrophes.

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Child deaths from wasting are predictable and preventable: WHO chief

Worldwide, 45 million children under five are wasted, meaning they are dangerously thin for their height, and roughly one million die each year from the condition, the Director-...

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Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are already being killed every day, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday, after six...

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Children’s rights in jeopardy 34 years after landmark UN treaty

Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly under threat due to conflicts, rising poverty and climate impacts, the head of the UN...

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Gaza: ‘Thousands of children killed’ within a few weeks

The UN chief said on Monday that in the current conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza, where thousands of children have been killed in the past few weeks...

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UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children

Grave violations against children, including killing, maiming and abductions, are taking place in the Gaza Strip, according to the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund,...

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Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say

Children have been killed, maimed, abducted and denied assistance in Gaza, and the parties to the conflict must “stop this horror”, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief Catherine...

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Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation

More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone three days without electricity amid intensifying Israeli military...

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1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity – UNICEF

1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a...

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Child death rates on the rise in England

There were 3,743 deaths in children in the year ending March 2023 - up from 3,452 the previous year, estimates for England suggest.

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A child killed on average every 10 minutes in Gaza, says WHO chief

A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council on...

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Children in Gaza need life-saving support

The escalation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip is having a catastrophic impact on children and families. Children are dying at an alarming rate – thousands have reportedly been...

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Meta and Snap must detail child protection measures by Dec. 1, EU says

Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) and social media company Snap (SNAP.N) have been given a Dec. 1 deadline by the EU to give more information on how they protect children from...

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