Archive for October 6th, 2023

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06/10/2023

DR Congo: Children Killed, Injured, Abducted, and Face Sexual Violence in Conflict at Record Levels for Third Consecutive Year – UNICEF

Human Wrongs Watch

UN-verified cases up by more than 40 per cent in the first half of 2023.

Two children play football in a desert field.
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 28 September 2023 (UNICEF)* – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on track to have record levels of verified grave violations against children for a third consecutive year in 2023.

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06/10/2023

Number of Unaccompanied Children Crossing Deadly Central Mediterranean Sea Migration Route to Italy Increases by 60% – UNICEF

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Deaths and disappearances on the Central Mediterranean route tripled this summer compared to the same period last year

On 26 September 2023, a child and his father, migrants from Tunisia, sit near Italian Red Cross tents at the ‘hotspot’ reception centre on the island of Lampedusa, Italy.
UNICEF/UNI443194/AntonioliOn 26 September 2023, a child and his father, migrants from Tunisia, sit near Italian Red Cross tents at the ‘hotspot’ reception centre on the island of Lampedusa, Italy.

GENEVA/ROME, 29 September 2023 (UNICEF)* – More than 11,600 children crossed the Central Mediterranean Sea to Italy without their parents or legal guardians between January and mid-September 2023. This is an increase of 60 per cent compared to the same period last year, where around 7,200 unaccompanied or separated children made the perilous crossing.

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06/10/2023

1 in 10 Babies Worldwide Are Born Preterm, with Complications

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(UN News)* — An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday [].

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A premature baby receives care at a hospital in Al-Mukalla City in Yemen.
© UNICEF/Ali Bahumaid | A premature baby receives care at a hospital in Al-Mukalla City in Yemen.
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The data is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies born early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy worldwide.
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Health experts blame poor maternal health and malnutrition for the high numbers.

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06/10/2023

‘Protect Children at All Times and at All Places’

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(UN News)* — Senior UN officials on Thursday [] reiterated the call for protection of children and ensuring their rights at all times, as enshrined in international law, and ending impunity for crimes against them.

South Sudanese refugee children walk home together after school in the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Uganda. (file)

© UNICEF/Jiro Ose | South Sudanese refugee children walk home together after school in the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Uganda. (file)

In 2022, the UN verified 27,180 instances of grave violations targeting children – use in conflict, killing and maiming, rape and sexual violence, abduction, attacks on schools, and denial of humanitarian assistance, said Virgina Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict.

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