Lending his support to a call for more funding for education in emergencies spearheaded by the UN global fund Education Cannot Wait (ECW) the UN chief insisted in a video message that no-one should be denied their chance to learn. A full 222 million children today experience blighted education today, Mr. Guterres noted. To help them, 18…
“Even without verified numbers it’s tragically clear the number of children killed, the number of children orphaned is going to keep on rising”,” said UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder. In Türkiye, the total number of children living in the 10 provinces before the emergency was 4.6 million, and 2.5 million in Syria. Growing…
A church in Lisbon, file photo Since 1950, almost 5,000 children have been sexually abused by Christian priests in Portugal. Last year, after hearing complaints from 500 victims, an inquiry commission issued a detailed report. The head of the commission, Pedro Strecht, while addressing the press conference in Lisbon, said that 4 thousand 815 victims…
Virginia Gamba, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, who is currently preparing her latest report, said data gathered so far reveals that trends showing high levels of violations are continuing. Nearly 24,000 grave violations were verified in 2021, the last reporting year. Most involved killing and maiming, as well as recruitment and…
social media A city bus collided with a daycare center in Laval, Canada, killing two children in the accident. According to the police, 6 children of the daycare have been injured in the accident and are being treated at the hospital. The bus driver has been arrested, charged with manslaughter and reckless driving. Police say…
Photos courtesy of Foreign Media Between Sunday and Monday night, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the entire region, including Turkey and Syria, as a result of which thousands of people were killed and thousands of buildings turned into piles of rubble. In Turkey, rescue teams pulled 2 children and a woman alive from the rubble of…
“We are very disturbed that in recent years the residential school system for Tibetan children appears to act as a mandatory large-scale programme intended to assimilate Tibetans into majority Han culture, contrary to international human rights standards,” they said in a statement. Erosion of identity Residential schools provide educational content and an environment centred around…
The first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in children marked a step up in action to ensure all boys and girls with HIV can access life-saving treatment, and that HIV-positive mothers can have babies free from the virus. Ministers and representatives laid out plans which include providing testing to more pregnant…
The war in Ukraine, has resulted in high food and energy prices, global hunger, and inflation – just one example of the way that crises, affecting millions around the world, including children, affect each other. The report, “Prospects for Children in 2023: A Global Outlook”, also looks at a range of other significant areas, from…
“Children continue to pay the highest price of violence,” the statement declared. “As the situation remains very volatile, UNICEF fears that an increasing number of children will suffer.” Just a few weeks into the new year, seven Palestinian children and one Israeli child had been killed and many more injured. Since 26 January alone, the terrorist attack outside…
