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Extreme Weather Disrupts Education of 242 Million Students Globally

Extreme weather events in 2024 disrupted the education of 242 million students globally, predominantly in low-income countries, causing significant learning loss and highlighting the urgent need for climate-resilient education systems.

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Extreme Weather Disrupts Education of 242 Million Students Globally

Extreme weather events disrupted the education of 242 million students globally in 2024, with nearly half of Manila's classrooms empty at the start of the school week due to a weather advisory; this disproportionately impacts low-income countries and vulnerable populations, necessitating climate-res...

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Haitian Children Face Violence and Food Insecurity Amidst State Collapse

In Haiti, 1.2 million children face constant violence from gangs controlling 85% of Port-au-Prince, while 3 million will need urgent aid by 2025 due to widespread food insecurity and lack of access to education and healthcare, highlighting a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by decades of political in...

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UNICEF's Gaza Emergency Response: A $88.2 Million Funding Gap

Following a 15-month war, UNICEF in Gaza provides vital aid to children, including water, nutrition, healthcare, and family reunification, but faces an $88.2 million funding shortfall in 2024.

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No Poverty
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DRC Conflict: UNICEF Reports Massive Surge in Child Rights Violations

UNICEF chief Catherine Russell reported a fivefold increase in rape cases in eastern DRC between January 27 and February 2, with 30% of victims being children, due to the ongoing conflict involving the M23 and Rwandan forces, leading to mass displacement and increased child recruitment.

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No Poverty
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Extreme Weather Threatens 51 Million Children in Eastern and Southern Africa

A UN report highlights that 51 million children in eastern and southern Africa face life-threatening risks due to extreme weather, with 64 million under 5 in severe food poverty, and six countries declaring states of emergency due to climate-change-related crises.

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Zero Hunger
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242 Million Students Globally Affected by Extreme Weather Disruptions in 2024

Extreme weather events disrupted the education of 242 million students globally in 2024, with the majority in low-income countries facing additional challenges like school closures and displacement, highlighting the urgent need for climate-resilient education systems.

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Sudan Civil War: Widespread Sexual Violence Against Children

In Sudan's civil war, UNICEF documented 221 rapes of children since early 2024, including four one-year-olds, alongside 77 more sexual assaults; the Sudanese government documented 193 additional cases, mostly in forced marriages, highlighting underreported sexual violence as a weapon of war, particu...

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Gender Equality
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UNICEF Helps Ukrainian Child Recover from War Trauma

Three-year-old Katya, from eastern Ukraine, spent the first months of the war in a basement, but now attends UNICEF-supported classes that help her recover and socialize after experiencing the trauma of war and displacement.

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Good Health and Well-being
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Pakistan's Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign Aims to Protect 45.4 Million Children

Pakistan launched its first nationwide polio campaign of 2025 during the first week of February, aiming to vaccinate over 45.4 million children under 5 across 159 districts with two doses of the oral polio vaccine, delivered by over 400,000 frontline workers to provide lifetime protection against th...

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Good Health and Well-being
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BBC Launches Arabic Educational Program for War-Affected Children

War in the Middle East and North Africa has left 30 million children out of school; the BBC World Service launched an Arabic version of its educational program, Dars, to provide learning resources to children aged 11-16 in conflict zones such as Gaza and Sudan, where millions of children have been a...

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Haiti: 1,000% Surge in Child Sexual Violence Amid Gang Crisis

A 16-year-old Haitian girl, Rosaline, was abducted, drugged, beaten, and repeatedly raped for a month by armed gang members before being released; this reflects a 1,000% surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti, where gangs control 85% of Port-au-Prince, forcing over a million people to fl...

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Gender Equality

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