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Afghan girls take to streets to protest school closure in Paktia

Dozens of girls rally in Gardez after Taliban shuts four schools, which were reopened on intervention of tribal elders.

Al Jazeera

A child's death highlights threat posed to young by Pakistan's floods

In the hours before her six-year-old son died in her lap, Badar Bibi recalled how she rushed from a field clinic set up to treat people caught in Pakistan's worst floods in decades to a city hospital, desperate to bring down the boy's fever.

Reuters

UN: More Than 700 Children Die in Somalia Nutrition Centers

Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months. The Horn of Africa region is on track for a fifth…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres, U.N. says

Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months.

Reuters

Measles outbreak in Zimbabwe kills 700 children despite available vaccine

UNICEF says it is "deeply concerned" after Zimbabwe's health ministry confirmed that nearly 700 children have died from the latest outbreak of measles. A vaccine campaign is underway but faces resistance from anti-vaccine religious groups.

Radio France Internationale

UNHCR rushes aid to Pakistan amid raging floods in south

Officials say four planes carrying aid for Pakistani flood victims from the UN refugee are arriving in this impoverished Islamic nation

The Independent UK

Powerful agents of change

Children and youth who are stateless, migrants or urban refugees are often unseen and unheard. But with access to support and tools for empowerment, they can develop their potential to advocate for their rights within their homes, schools and communities -- no matter their legal status, citizenship or country of…

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Pakistan breaches lake to help save city from flooding as death toll climbs to 1,300

Pakistani engineers cut into embankment for one of country’s largest lakes

The Independent UK

Heartbreaking attempt by teachers to decorate bomb shelters transformed into makeshift classrooms in Ukraine

Ukrainian teachers have taken to decorating bomb shelters as children return to school in the country. The war is still raging on, but brave teachers and pupils are continuing their education

Daily Mirror

Many more children may die in Pakistan after floods, UN says

The United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) said on Friday there was a risk of "many more" child deaths in Pakistan from disease after floods claimed the lives of around 400.

Reuters

It's back to school in Ukraine -- but far from normal

It's the first day of school in Ukraine, but children won't be sharing memories from their holidays

The Independent UK

Poor youth mental health is costing Thailand

I know children and adolescents to be incredibly resilient, as a mother of three and in my work with Unicef. But their mental health has seriously suffered from the grief, uncertainty, isolation and stress over the past years of Covid-19 and well before that. As recent tragic cases of youth…

Bangkok Post

Living on scraps: the Zimbabwe children who eke out a living from rusty metal

Nearly half of all children in the crisis-hit country have had to drop out of school to earn enough to eat. For some, collecting scrap metal offers a meagre living

The Guardian - UK

UN condemns deadly air raid that ‘hit kindergarten’ in Tigray

UNICEF calls on all parties to agree to an ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’ as the federal gov’t denies involvement.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Condemns Airstrike in Ethiopia that 'Hit Kindergarten'

The UN children's agency UNICEF on Saturday condemned an air strike that "hit a kindergarten" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing at least four people including two children. Friday's strike in the Tigray capital Mekele came days after fighting erupted on the region's southern border between government forces and rebels, ending…

ABC News

Tasmania's Ashley youth prison closure must be brought forward, children's commissioner, advocates say

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

Reuters

Eight children dead, more missing as flooding destroys Afghan homes

At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, adding that more children were missing.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine vows ‘powerful’ response to any Independence Day attacks

Ukrainian president warns of the risk of ‘brutal strikes’ by Russia, says any attack would provoke a strong response.

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Children in war-torn Yemen skip class to survive 'misery'

Taez (Yemen) (AFP) - Yemen's new school year is underway, but Midian Aoud skips class and washes cars to support his family in its struggle to survive the "misery" of poverty exacerbated by war.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Calls for Protecting Civilians in Syria

Three UN officials have urged all parties in Syria to take all feasible measures to minimize harm to civilians. In a joint statement, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Muhannad Hadi and UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East…

Reuters

For some Gaza children, another round of violence reopens trauma

When Israeli missiles started landing in Gaza in early August, shattering glass and collapsing buildings, Jouman Abdu put on headphones, covered her eyes with a blindfold and stretched on the couch.

Bangkok Post

Let's save gender equality gains

Sudanese protester Alaa Salah became a symbol of her country's revolution after standing atop a car, dressed in white, and singing to her fellow demonstrators. Ugandan climate-justice activist Vanessa Nakate went from protesting alone at the gates of her country's parliament to demanding action from world leaders at the United…

Evening Standard

Afghanistan: one year on — starvation, women in hiding and children married off to pay for food

A year ago today, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. The economy has since collapsed, child marriage is rife and women can’t work. Oliver Marsden reports from Kabul

Daily Mirror

Women forced to sell possessions just to give birth one year on from Taliban takeover

The Taliban took over Afghanistan exactly one year ago after Western forces retreated from the country and allowed the group to gain a foothold in the state once again

Daily Record

Girl, 12, saved from marrying 70-year-old man moments before wedding ceremony

Little Amira was duped into thinking she was attending her brother's wedding ceremony.

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