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AFGHANISTAN SCHOOL ATTACK - "SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A HAVEN NOT A BATTLEFIELD"

Save the Children responds to news that at least 15 people, including children, have been killed in a bomb attack on a school in Samangan, northern Afghanistan.

NEW REPORT: Number of children living in deadliest war zones jumps nearly 10% in one year

More than half of all children living in conflict areas in 2021 lived in the deadliest war zones 9% increase from the previous year, reveals new analysis.

2022 becomes the deadliest year for Palestinian children in the West Bank in over 15 years

The number of children killed by Israeli security forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank has doubled this year.

Ukraine: Stress, fear and anxiety for mothers and newborns as more than 900 babies born daily during war

More than 900 babies are estimated to have been born every day since the deadly war in Ukraine escalated nine months ago.

UN MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESPOND TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST CHILDREN IN IRAN: SAVE THE CHILDREN

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 children.

"We fled hunger but hunger followed us here": children in Somalia face soaring levels of malnutrition

A single graveyard in Somalia has been filled with the bodies of 230 children as malnutrition soars to levels not seen since famine was last declared in Somalia in 2011

UKRAINIANS COLLECT WATER FROM PUDDLES IN KHERSON AS EXPLOSIVES, SHELLING CUT OFF SUPPLIES

Families in Kherson have been collecting water from puddles and queuing for more than a kilometer to buy drinking water and fuel for heating.

COP27: A SMALL BUT CRITICAL STEP IN BRINGING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS TO THE TABLE AND AN IMPORTANT WIN ON LOSS AND DAMAGE

Leaders at COP27 have taken a small but critical step in securing justice for children most affected by the climate crisis, by form