Archive for July 6th, 2024

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06/07/2024

Drought Emergency in Zambia: Child Marriage, HIV and Hunger on the Rise for Women and Girls

Human Wrongs Watch

SOUTHERN PROVINCE, Zambia, 3 July 2024  (UNFPA)* -– “They don’t have any food, and the teenagers can become vulnerable,” said nurse Suvannah Sinakaaba, in the village of Hakankula in Zambia’s Monze District. “HIV rates are quite high among adolescents; some engage in sexual activities with fishermen, because they want [financial] help.” 

A group of girls standing outside a school.
In Zambia’s drought-hit Southern, Western, Central and Lusaka Provinces, acute malnutrition is high among pregnant and breastfeeding women and risks are rising of gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse. © UNFPA Zambia/Julien Adam

Zambia is acutely exposed to the global climate emergency, hit by frequent – and deadly – droughts, floods and heat waves.

Now in the grips of its driest agricultural season in more than 40 years, the President has declared a national emergency: Crops have been wiped out, livestock have died, and poverty and food insecurity are deepening for more than 9.8 million people.

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06/07/2024

Alarming Drop in Global Funding to People in War and Crisis

Human Wrongs Watch

By the Norwegian Refugee Council*

Halfway into 2024, only 18 percent of the funding needed for humanitarian assistance globally has been received.
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What’s happening in the Central African Republic?: https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2024/whats-happening-in-the-central-african-republic/. This family fled their village of Loura in CAR after atrocities were committed against civilians. Photo: Marion Guenard/NRC
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“At a time when the world is falling apart for millions of people, we are seeing an increasing trend of international neglect. I have never before seen such a glaring gap between the need for lifesaving aid and available funding…

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06/07/2024

Migrants and Refugees Continue to Face ‘Extreme Horrors’ Not Just at Sea, but Also on Land Routes to Africa’s Mediterranean Coast

Human Wrongs Watch

Geneva (IOM)* – Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, human rights violations and exploitation not just at sea, but also on land routes across the African continent, towards its Mediterranean coastline.

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A group of migrants trek together in Tadjoura, Djibouti. Photo: IOM/Alexander Bee

This is according to a new report released today [5 July 2024] by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), titled “On this journey, no-one cares if you live or die” (Volume 2).

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