(Huffington Post) – On the commemoration of the Human Rights Day on 10 December, let us remember the 75 million children whose humanity is challenged in crisis-affected countries around the globe. These children have a face, an identity and a name. Farida in Afghanistan, Akello in Uganda, Sara in Gaza and Aida in Ethiopia, are among […]
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(Huffington Post) – Fleeing the horrors of war, thousands of Syrian children have lost their innocence to violence, sexual abuse, grief and pain. So, when they reach a place safe from the threats of conflict, the battle for their mental health is often just beginning. Link
(Medium) – Today, in the small village of Kavumu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 18 defendants are set to go on trial for the systematic rape of 46 young children over a period of four years. The case represents a landmark step in the fight against rape in Congo, a country marked by […]
(New York Times) – The camp was supposed to be a refuge. Falmata’s life had been stolen by war ever since the sixth grade, when she was abducted from her home and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram’s fighters for the next three years. Link
(Huffington Post) – Every child deserves an education without fear of violence or attack. Every school should be a safe place for children to learn, play and fulfil their potential. But every year millions of children and young people have their education disrupted – by conflicts, direct attacks on schools, military occupation of schools, abuse and […]
(The Independent) – More than 300 incidents that could violate international law have been tracked by the Ministry of Defence in Yemen since the conflict began two years ago. In the past year 66 “incidents of potential concern” have been recorded, according to Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth office.This takes the total […]
(UN News Centre) – The United Nations advisor for Syria said Thursday that obstacles stopping humanitarians from delivering aid and carrying out medical evacuations in besieged parts of the war-ravaged country are not being lifted, and “children are dying” as a result. “We need help from the parties on the ground, by the Government, by all […]
(Huffington Post) – Barely a mile from Jordan’s border with Syria, inside a grubby 15sq metre tent, a flurry of hands dart into the air. They belong to refugee children, all desperately keen to answer their teacher’s question: What comes after ‘today’ in English? Link
(BBC) – In the breakfast room of Baghdad’s grandest hotel, among the businessmen and official delegations, they look so out of place – four pale-faced children, aged between about three and six. They’re wolfing down their bowls of cereal with determination, but in silence. You can tell they’re not on a family holiday. There are […]
(The Guardian) – Child deaths are on the rise in Syria’s war, according to estimates that show one in four civilians killed in 2016 was under the age of 18. The authors of a study published in the Lancet Global Health said aerial bombing in urban areas had “a disproportionate lethal impact on civilians, particularly children”. […]
