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World Vision
Children still experiencing unimaginable violence 30 years since rights enshrined
More than half of the world’s children – 1.7 billion – are still experiencing some form of violence every year, despite the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, says World Vision.
World + 3 others
GPEI + 1 other
Global leaders pledge US$2.6 billion to eradicate polio
Countries and partners announce commitments to vaccinate 450 million children against polio each year and to overcome barriers to reaching every child.
Kenya + 1 other
MSF
Shut out and forgotten, refugees in Dadaab appeal for dignity
Dimming prospects of lasting solutions in Somalia and ever-shrinking resettlement slots have locked refugees in Kenya's Dadaab camps in conditions of vulnerability and dependency.
World + 8 others
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IDMC
Why internally displaced children are twice invisible
First, because internally displaced people of all ages are often unaccounted for. Second, because age-disaggregation of any kind of data is limited, and even more so for IDPs.
Samoa + 9 others
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UNICEF
UNICEF supporting the Government of Samoa respond to the outbreak
Disaster:Pacific: Measles Outbreak - Oct 2019
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WHO
Nigeria campaign to protect more than 28 million children against measles, meningitis
Disaster:Nigeria: Measles Outbreak - Oct 2016
Iraq + 1 other
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OCHA
Estimated 4.1 million people require humanitarian assistance in Iraq
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Save the Children
Many Afghan children are afraid to go outside, new survey by Save the Children finds
DR Congo + 1 other
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UNHCR
