UNICEF reported that at least two million children have been forced from their homes since the hostilities erupted four months ago in Sudan, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED
A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF. UNICEF
The United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, said, “denial of education to Afghan girls and employment to Afghan women is gender discrimination, which should count as a crime against humanity” to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). UNIFEED
South Asia has the highest percentage of children exposed to extreme high temperatures, compared to all other regions, according to a UNICEF analysis. UNICEF estimates that 76 percent of children under 18 in South Asia – 460 million – are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35°C. UNICEF
According to UNICEF, the number of child migrants crossing a stretch of jungle dividing Colombia and Panama has rapidly increased in 2023 and now exceed the whole of 2022. UNICEF