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Girls living in conflict face 20% higher risk of child marriage

Girls affected by conflict are 20% more likely to be married than those living in peaceful areas, according to new analysis from Save the Children.

“She would hit her head on the wall continuously”: Afghanistan on the brink of mental health catastrophe as children pushed to the limit

Afghanistan is on the brink of a mental health catastrophe as the economic crisis and decades of conflict take a dangerous toll on children’s mental wellbeing.

Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and Mali top list of countries where education systems most at risk of collapse

The education of nearly 49 million children in Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and Mali is at extreme risk of collapse, according to new analysis by Save the Children.

Pakistan: Children at risk of snake bites and disease as 70% of flood-hit families live in squalid conditions without proper shelter

More than half of flood-hit families in Pakistan are sleeping outside in tents or makeshift shelters – often no more than flimsy plastic sheets.

STATEMENT: SAVE THE CHILDREN - ‘UK Government has delivered tax-cuts to the richest and a hammer-blow to low-income families’

Save the Children UK's response to the UK Chancellor’s mini-budget.

New figures reveal more than half of children in Somalia now facing malnutrition

More than half of children aged under five in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition with one in six suffering from the most deadly form, Save the Children said.

SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT: LIZ TRUSS’S ENERGY PLAN WON’T STOP STRUGGLING FAMILIES FROM REACHING CRISIS POINT THIS WINTER

The new Prime Minister’s energy plan won’t stop struggling families from reaching a crisis point this winter.

SYRIA: SEVEN CHILDREN KILLED BY LANDMINES IN TWO DAYS, SAYS SAVE THE CHILDREN

Seven children have been killed in two separate landmine explosions in Syria in two days, Save the Children said today.