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Nisha, 13 (third right), leading a community clean up with her Child Club in Dailekh, Nepal

Child rights during teenage years

Everyone has rights. No matter who you are or where you live, you have rights. But specific groups – like children and young people – also have specific rights related only to them.  

Rising conflict and world hunger

In 2023, thirty-three children are born into hunger every minute, according to a recent Save the Children study. The combination of conflict, economic instability and climate shocks has created the worst global food crisis in decades. 

The dramatic escalation in violence witnessed in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel is deeply alarming with horrendous consequences for children’s lives and wellbeing. With the death toll climbing, children are at risk and terrified. Children have been killed and injured in every major escalation, not to mention suffering from serious longer term mental health impacts – they’ve never emerged unscathed. As the violence continues, civilians continue to pay the heaviest price, with thousands killed and injured in both Gaza and Israel. It remains unclear how many children have been killed and injured so far. As of 23 October, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 2055 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza, bringing the total death toll to over 5,000 people. 62% of people killed in Gaza are women and children. A further27 children have been killed in the West Bank. In Israel, of the names of 855 fatalities released out of 1,400, 28 have been confirmed as children. With the violence ongoing, and many people trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings, numbers are expected to rise.

The situation in Gaza, explained

There is a lot of conversation about Palestine and Israel happening right now; in person, online, in the news, it seems like everywhere you turn, there’s some new news or information.