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Ban on female aid workers could push Afghan children back into work – Save the Children
Nasreen* (16) and her sister Sana* (11) at their home in Afghanistan - Sacha Myers / Save the Children
STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON GIRL'S EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN
Toronto, 23 December, 2022 -- The Taliban tightened restrictions on girls' education above grade six in Afghanistan yesterday, suspending all remaining private schooling for girls and clamping down on schools in provinces which have, until now, remained open for girls above grade six.
Save the Children names Fahad Sami as Vice President of Operations
TORONTO, ON (December 12, 2022) — Save the Children today announced the appointment of Fahad Sami as its new Vice President of Operations (VPO).
Two weeks since deadly Indonesia earthquake, 38,450 children left homeless, facing “ticking time bomb” of disease and infection – Save the Children
Toronto, December 5, 2022 – More than 114,683 people, including 38,450 children, have been left homeless by the deadly earthquake that struck Cianjur in Indonesia last month, forced to shelter in overcrowded tents that are ticking time bombs of disease and infection, Save the Children said. The agency called for more aid to be delivered as a matter of urgency.
UN MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESPOND TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST CHILDREN IN IRAN: SAVE THE CHILDREN
Toronto, 22 November 2022 - Save the Children calls on the UN Human Rights Council meeting later this week to firmly condemn and respond to reports of killing, maiming, and detention of hundreds of children in Iran and to establish an independent investigative mechanism.
