Number of children killed in global conflicts tripled in 2023

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UN: Number of children killed in global conflicts tripled in 2023 - Vijesti

"Children are being targeted. Hospitals are being bombed. Entire communities are being attacked with heavy artillery.

Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to ...

Children under the age of 15 living in countries affected by protracted conflict are, on average, almost three times more likely to die from diarrhoeal ...

LET CHILDREN LIVE IN PEACE

Based on Save the Children's analysis, the Democratic. Republic of Congo was the worst conflict-affected country to be a child in 2022, followed by Mali in.

Data on casualties | United Nations Office for the Coordination of ...

The figures below represent the number of Palestinians and Israelis who were killed or injured since 2008 in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and ...

More women and children killed in Gaza by Israeli military than any ...

Data from 2004-2021 on direct conflict deaths from the Small Arms Survey, estimates that the highest number of women killed in a single year was ...

New Figures: 468 Million children live in conflict zones

Save the Children's research shows that the increase in children living conflict zones has been fuelled by the war in Ukraine.

War on women – Proportion of women killed in armed conflicts ...

UN paints dire picture of women in war: Despite rising conflict less than 10 per cent of negotiators in peace processes in 2023 were women. 22 ...

Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza, UN ...

Women, children and newborns in Gaza are disproportionately bearing the burden of the escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory.

A/77/895-S/2023/363 General Assembly Security Council

4. In 2022, children continued to be disproportionately affected by armed conflict, and the number of children verified as affected by grave ...

Myanmar deaths from mines, ordnance tripled in 2023: UN

The number of people killed in Myanmar as a result of landmines and explosive ordnance tripled last year, with children accounting for 20 percent of the ...

Global Humanitarian Overview 2023 [EN/AR/ES/FR] - ReliefWeb

Appeal in Arabic on World and 33 other countries about Humanitarian Financing, Drought and Epidemic; published on 1 Dec 2022 by OCHA.

Effects of armed conflict on child health and development

Armed conflicts affect more than one in 10 children globally. While there is a large literature on mental health, the effects of armed conflict on ...

Holy See decries sharp increase of children killed in conflict

The Vatican representative the UN, Monsignor Robert Murphy, addresses an open debate at the Security Council in New York on children and ...

Percentage of women killed in war doubled in 2023: UN report

NEW YORK, 24th October, 2024 (WAM) – The proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled last year compared to 2022, accounting for 40 ...

Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive picture of mortality and disability across countries, time, age, and sex.

A global food crisis | World Food Programme

The scale of the current global hunger and malnutrition crisis is enormous. Millions of people are in the grips of catastrophic hunger – primarily in Gaza ...

GAZA: 3,195 children killed in three weeks surpasses annual ...

The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across conflict zones.

Firearm Violence in the United States

On this page explore the geography of gun violence, statistics and trends of firearm ownership, the latest data from the CDC on firearm deaths, and more.

Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023

Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases. Measles is preventable with two doses of measles vaccine; yet more than ...