Tagged: violence against children

Hand drawing image of the street view in a cityscape with damaged buildings and a minaret, with a hand-drawn message on the top right in Arabic that reads: "My country, be patient."

The Duma Drawings

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Bebo’s life was cut short by war, but her voice will continue to be heard In the dark month of January 2018, intensifying fighting in Syria reportedly killed 59 children. In early February, dozens of children have reportedly been killed and many more injured by extreme and intensifying violence in several parts of Syria – and the… Read more →←
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Kasai: After months of violence, Bipendu returns to school

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End of August 2017. I am visiting the primary school of Malandji in Kananga, capital of Kasai Central Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a lot of activity. The director receives one mother after another, in his small office for the enrollment in the new school year. Nothing special, you would think. In thousands of schools… Read more →←
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Syrian families struggle to survive in besieged east Ghouta

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The scale of destruction and depth of suffering is mind-blowing. It is hard to imagine life in these conditions. These are the thoughts that hit me as we arrived in the so-called ‘buffer zone’ just outside of besieged Al-Nashabiyeh in east Ghouta, rural Damascus. Burnt trees, rubble, and damaged buildings lined the streets as we… Read more →←
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A small spark ignites a wave of conflict in DR Congo

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There is life before the crisis, and life since the crisis. A small spark ignited a wave of conflict. The Kasaï region has become a synonym for unbelievable atrocities and immeasurable violence. Most people have probably never heard of the Kasai and would probably struggle to locate it a map. But now militias, mystical attacks,… Read more →←
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Children displaced from Raqqa find respite from fear

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As heavy fighting rages in Raqqa, more than 200,000 people, half of them children, have been forced to flee their homes. They risk everything to reach safety. Many travel on roads full of landmines, or dodge shelling and snipers. One of their destinations is Ain Issa, 50 kilometres from the front lines in Raqqa city. The Ain Issa camp… Read more →←
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The bully in all of us

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The tension in our circle was palpable as I asked the question, “Why do you think some of you did better than others in this game?” Nervous eyes looked from one teammate to another. The silence was broken by a slightly built boy of about 14: “They bullied me! They ganged up on me!” The boy did not lose the game, but he was close… Read more →←
A woman sits in light, telling her story.

End violence against girls

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Batula is a traditional birth attendant and has been working for the past 25 years. Because of her reputation and medical skills, many families take girls to her and ask let her to carry out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on them. FGM is a deep-rooted cultural practice in Somalia with virtually every Somali girl and woman (98 per cent)… Read more →←
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I had problems at home. So I joined an armed group.

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With negotiations under way for a future peace deal in Colombia, UNICEF has obtained a rare interview with a young woman just released from an armed group after spending 6 years in the jungle. In her words, this is her story. Things were bad at home, so bad that I lost the will to live. I thought if I joined an armed group, I would get… Read more →←
Three children in the shelter of a blanket.

5 years on: Peace for the children of Syria?

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I visited Syria on the eve of the 3rd anniversary of the conflict, two years of suffering ago. At the time, it hardly seemed possible that the situation facing millions of children there could get worse. But it could. And, tragically, it did. Three weeks ago, I visited Syria again. And while the situation facing children still threatens… Read more →←

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