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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... More
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... More
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. More
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... More
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... More
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... More
5,500 women in Gaza set to give birth ‘in race against death’
In just a matter of weeks, some 5,500 women are due to give birth in Gaza, where doctors in overstretched hospitals are delivering babies with little or no anaesthesia - sometimes... More
Protecting children from violence, abuse and neglect in Lebanon
In recent months, harrowing revelations of severe abuse of children have ignited public outrage in Lebanon. These distressing cases, however, are merely the visible manifestation of... More
Sudan: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed alarm on Friday over reports that in Sudan, women and girls are being abducted, chained and held in “inhuman, degrading slave-like... More
Statement by UNICEF on the deaths and injuries of children in Jabaliya camp
“The scenes of carnage coming out of Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip following attacks yesterday and again today are horrific and appalling. “While we do not yet have estimates of... More
Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’
Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more than a million face dire shortages of essentials and a lifetime of trauma... More
In Gaza, children pay a high price for Israeli retaliation
Since Tuesday evening, horrific scenes from Gaza City’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital have emerged. Bloodied women, children and nursing staff lie motionless on the floor. Some have been... More
Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia enrolled in school, efforts must now focus on expanding access to education for all children
Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia are enrolled in national school systems, one month after more than 21,000 school-age children fled their homes. Efforts must now focus on... More
UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance
Over the past 18 days, the Gaza Strip has borne witness to a devastating toll on its children, with a reported 2,360 fatalities and a reported 5,364 injuries due to unrelenting... More
