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More than 20,000 girls married illegally every day
More than 20,000 girls are married every day below the minimum age permitted by national law, according to new research from Save the Children and the World Bank marking the International Day of the Girl.
700,000 children among millions of people in Puerto Rico facing aftereffects of Hurricane Maria
More than two weeks after the hurricane hit the island, electricity, fuel, and clean water are still scarce.
Save the Children welcomes UN request for international investigation in human rights abuses in Yemen
The UN’s Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling for an international investigation into human rights abuses in Yemen. The move follows months of pressure from human rights organizations and NGOs to investigate abuses that continue to occur in the war-torn country.
Hundreds of children sleeping on the streets in Mexico City after devastating earthquake
Hundreds of children are sleeping rough on the streets of Mexico City as residents try to get to grips with the destruction brought on by this week’s earthquake.
Hurricane Irma: Millions of children at risk as Atlantic’s ‘most powerful’ storm in a decade heads towards Dominican Republic and Haiti
Millions of children in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are currently exposed to the devastating impact of what’s been dubbed the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade.[1]
South Asia floods: At least 2.4 million hectares of cropland destroyed as floodwaters begin to recede
September 6, 2017 – As floodwaters begin to retreat in many of the worst affected parts of South Asia, farmers are counting the massive cost of the flooding disaster, which has destroyed more than 2.4 million hectares of cropland across India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
1.8 million children out of school as South Asia floods put long-term education at risk
At least 18,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed by South Asia’s worst flooding in years, which is putting children’s education and long-term well-being at risk, warns Save the Children.
Save the Children Partners with the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives to Bring Birth Home
August 29, 2017...Save the Children and the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM) announce a new program to transform the experience of birth for Indigenous families across Canada.
