Worrying article on the rise in female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa, particularly in conflict zones where the rights of women and girls are being eroded.
»a city of #children and families in despair […] I spoke with a young #boy and his sister. The boy had lost one of his eyes. His sister flashed a beautiful smile but was also incredibly shy because her face has been so disfigured by the bombings. Across the corridor was a #mother who had just had her leg amputated; she was laying in a bed next to her critically injured son. Her husband was downstairs; he has had two limbs amputated«
"In Rafah I saw children who had amputations, but were living in tents because hospitals are full. Those children – and many, many more – are now being told to go to zones such as Al Mawasi. The so called “safe zone” of Al Mawasi: where UNICEF reported on a little boy, Mustafa, who went to get some parsley for the family dinner. Mustafa was shot in the head, and killed … in the “safe zone” of Al Mawasi"
Israel just can't stop targeting aid workers. Incredible! Then they scream that aid is there but not being delivered. Who would want to risk being blown up?
Israel continue à cibler les ONG d'aide aux palestiniens. Aujourd'hui, c'est un véhicule de l'UNICEF qui a été attaqué #ZionistIsrael #génocideGaza #UNICEF
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell says 13,000 children has been killed and countless others injured during intense Israeli attacks on the enclave.
“Homes, schools and hospitals in ruin. Teachers, doctors and humanitarians killed. Famine is imminent. The level and speed of destruction are shocking. Children need a ceasefire NOW,” Russell wrote on X.
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Just because you can’t see it, does that mean it isn’t there? That is a question easily invoked by photographs from UNICEF China’s 2008 campaign to raise awareness about the “invisibility of poverty” affecting children in China. In a series of poignant photographs, homeless children in Beijing were painted identical to their surroundings so that they were almost indiscernible from the cityscape around them.
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"My view on #Gaza: it is not just a humanitarian crisis; it is a moral one. It is a test for our humanity & ability to save the children’s lives. The action or lack of it, will have a consequence on the future & history will judge our collective actions."
Adele Khodr
UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East
»Speaking from #Rafah in southern #Gaza, #UN Children’s Fund spokesperson James #Elder said that 13,750 #children have now been #killed according to Gaza’s health authorities, amid Israeli airstrikes and bombardment launched in response to #Hamas-led #terror attacks on #Israel on 7 October. […]
the #UNICEF official also noted that the agency’s own data indicated that one in three children under two years old now suffer from acute #malnutrition.«
The #UNICEF chief Catherine Russell says, "The body begins to consume itself, and it is a very painful death process. "
"The entire ward is completely quiet because the children and babies do not even have the energy to cry."
Transcript: #UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell on "Face the Nation," March 17, 2024 (CBS News)
"what's happening now is more than 13,000 children already have been killed, which is an astronomical horrifying number. Thousands more have been injured, or we can't even determine where they are, they may be stuck under rubble. Thousands more have lost one or both parents, some of these children, you've seen them on the news. They're just by themselves managing their younger siblings. I mean, it's a horrifying situation..."
"the children who were killed in Israel, the children who were taken hostage..., all horrific, right. ... I think these numbers that we're seeing out of Gaza are just staggering. I mean, we haven't seen that rate of death among children in almost any other conflict in the world..."
Ukraine will receive $18 million from Education Cannot Wait, a UNICEF-backed fund, to provide educational support to children affected by the war, Ukraine's Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi announced in a signing ceremony at the United Nations in New York on March 12.
“The sense of helplessness and despair among parents and doctors in realising that lifesaving aid, just a few kilometres away, is being kept out of reach, must be as unbearable, but worse still are the anguished cries of those babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze. The lives of thousands more babies and children depend on urgent action being taken now.”
"The United Nations children’s fund says there is a “dire situation” in several eastern and southern African countries, where at least 45 million children are dealing with severe #FoodInsecurity made worse by #ClimateChange."
UNICEF grant to provide $18 million in education funding (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine will receive $18 million from Education Cannot Wait, a UNICEF-backed fund, to provide educational support to children affected by the war, Ukraine's Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi announced in a signing ceremony at the United Nations in New York on March 12.