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At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza as airstrikes continue unabated
At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 17 days, and a further 27 killed in the West Bank, with constant airstrikes reducing thousands of buildings across... More
Sudan: Thousands of young children may die, deprived of food and healthcare
In war-torn Sudan, food insecurity and disruptions to essential services could cost the lives of more than 10,000 children under five by the end of the year, the World Health... More
Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. That... More
1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn
An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday. An... More
Protect children at all times and at all places, UN envoys tell nations
Senior UN officials on Thursday reiterated the call for protection of children and ensuring their rights at all times, as enshrined in international law, and ending impunity for... More
Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease
The spread of violence from Port-au-Prince to Artibonite, Haiti’s main rice-growing region, is exacerbating an already critical humanitarian emergency, the UN Children's Fund (... More
Mediterranean ‘becoming a cemetery for children and their futures’
More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent... More
UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education
The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step up efforts to ensure that half of humanity is not shut out of the... More
‘You can’t even face your own parents’, activist against cyberbullying tells Human Rights Council
Anxiety, emotional distress and even child suicide are among the damaging consequences of cyberbullying, and better prevention strategies involving big tech must be developed, the... More
Ban smoking and vaping in schools worldwide urges WHO
Young people continue to be “relentlessly” targeted with tobacco and nicotine products, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, in a call to ban smoking and vaping “... More
AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo
A sleepy town in southern Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge. The... More
Gold and mercury, not books, for Venezuela’s child miners
At 10 years old, Martin cannot read, but he is an old hand at detecting traces of the gold he and his young cousins dig for at an opencast mine in southeastern Venezuela. In the... More
Polio outbreak in Ukraine closed: WHO
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a poliovirus outbreak in Ukraine officially over. WHO said it was a “public health success story” that Ukraine had managed to... More
Crashes are the first cause of mortality for young people aged 5-29
The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, Mr Jean Todt, and Jean-Charles Decaux, co-CEO of JCDecaux, launched today a new UN Global Road Safety campaign... More
