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Data released by a  non-profit organisation in Pakistan on Wednesday revealed as many as 20 children , who had gone missing from their homes, were sexually abused and then killed during the year 2023 across the country. 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.

Sudan: Children dying amid healthcare system collapse

In war-torn Sudan, more than 1,200 children under five have died in camps in the space of four months from a combination of measles and malnutrition, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

UNESCO: 250 million children now out of school

The number of children missing out on any schooling has increased by six million, bringing the total to 250 million, according to new figures released on Monday by the UN Education, Scien ...

African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts

Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, ...

Mali: 200,000 children at risk of starvation, warn UN agencies

A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition b ...

One in every 10 children works - instead of going to school

New York: Around the world, some 160 million children work to earn a living, instead of going to school. That’s almost one in every 10 children.

315,000 grave violations against children in conflict over 18 years: UNICEF

New York: A staggering 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict took place between 2005 and 2022, said UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Monday, describing it as a “st ...

Tibetan children separated from mothers in Chinese Colonial Boarding Schools, activists protest in NY

Lhasa: Tibetan rights groups National Congress, US-Tibet Committee, Students for Free Tibet (SFT), Chushi Gangdruk NYNJ, and other non-governmental organisations recently participated in ...

Dreams in crisis: Children send world leaders postcards from the edge

New York: Dreams thrive, even in crisis, with a new UN-led campaign spotlighting the next generation and their ambitions, urgently scrawled to the world on postcards from some of the most ...