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Faisa* holds her daughter Ikran*, 7 months, as she is assessed for malnutrition using a MUAC band which shows red

NUMBER OF CHILDREN FACING MALNUTRITION IN CONFLICT FAILS TO IMPROVE AS GLOBAL GOAL TO END HUNGER OFF TRACK

As leaders meet at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), an analysis of the latest data by Save the Children found in 20 conflict-affected countries, more than one in three children- were stunted. 

Displaced people on the move in Sudan

INGOs call for urgent protection of civilians fleeing Al Fasher as world leaders met at United Nations

Markets, hospitals, mosques, and displacement camps have been repeatedly targeted, leaving families without food, medicine, or safe shelter. Civilians attempting to flee face extortion, ethnic targeting, sexual violence, and killings along the routes, while prohibitive costs make escape impossible for most. 

A portrait of Roby Lay, Humanitarian Specialist at Save the Children Indonesia.

World leaders urged to join forces in a new UN declaration to protect aid workers in deadliest year yet: Save the Children

The Australia-led Declaration – launching today at the UN General Assembly in New York –aims to strengthen compliance and implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2730, which calls on States to respect and protect United Nations and humanitarian personnel in accordance with their obligations under international law. 

BOUGHT AGENCY IMAGE SEE USAGE RIGHTS: A boy stands before an impact crater at the site of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah, Gaza

GAZA: Failure by the UN Security Council to pass a ceasefire resolution is an abdication of legal and moral responsibility to children

“It is clearer now than ever before that not only the Government of Israel but also the international community has the moral and legal responsibility to stop this. If now is not the moment, when is?"

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BOLIVIA BANS CHILD MARRIAGE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGN BY CHILDREN AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING SAVE THE CHILDREN

Bolivia becomes the 14th country in Latin America to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalise the practice. 

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FINLAND: One in three girls facing sexual abuse online with messages often becoming sexual in under an hour – Save the Children

A survey of 4,106 children aged 11 to 17 found that at least 31% of respondents had been contacted by an adult online, and two-thirds of those had experienced sexual abuse.

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Kenya: One-third of children found to be malnourished in Turkana as aid cuts, crocodile attacks compound hunger crisis

 Mothers in northern Kenya are struggling to feed their children due to drought, crocodile attacks curtailing fishing, locusts decimating crops, and aid cuts reducing nutrition services, Save the Children said.

Young girl observes a gathering with Save the Children and people of Rafah, Gaza

GAZA: Leaders of major aid groups call on world leaders to intervene following UN genocide conclusion

The leaders of over 20 major aid groups in Gaza call for urgent intervention after a UN commission concluding, for the first time, that genocide is being committed.