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Faced With Concurrent Crises, UNICEF Warns Millions of Children Threatened by 'Looming Famine'
Two children eat a food supplement at a government clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: Prinsloo/UNICEF)
13 Million More Girls Expected to Be Forced Into Marriage Due to Covid-19 Lockdowns and Economic Hardship
Julia Conley, staff writer
"I believe that a whole lot of girls would have gone through early marriage silently because movements were restricted and we can't reach them," Sierra Leonean First Lady Fatima Maada Bio said.
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Resurgence of Child Labor Amid Global Pandemic Offered as Proof That 'Capitalism Is Monstrous'
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A twelve year-old works in a silver cooking pot factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh during the coronavirus crisis, which has led to a resurgence of child labor amid worsening economic deprivation and educational precarity. (Photo: Md Manik/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
"Good time to remember that a number of free market economists defend child...
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Amid Pandemic and Economic Pain, UNICEF Unveils First-Ever Project to Combat Child Suffering in US
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Children in our country don't fare as well as children in other wealthy...
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As Covid-19 Hits War-Torn Nation, UNICEF Warns Millions of Yemeni Children at Risk of Starvation
Greta Thunberg, a 17-year-old Swedish climate activist
Greta Thunberg Advances Fight Against Another 'Child-Rights Crisis' With UNICEF Campaign to Support Kids Impacted by Covid-19
A lone protester holds a sign calling for an end to the lockdown and claiming chloroquine works as she stands in front of the White House in Washington on Saturday, April 25, 2020.
FBI-Affiliated Group Warned of Danger of Anti-Vaccine Movement During Pandemic in 2019
Food aid in Yemen
Food Aid to Yemen 'Snatched From the Starving' by US-Backed Saudi Allies
US Falls Behind Other Wealthy Countries in Infant Mortality Rates
child in school in Yemen
UN Agency Decries 'Shocking Scale' of Attacks on Children in Conflict Zones
U.S. Backs War as UN Agencies Make Urgent Plea To End 'World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis'
Cholera Cases in Yemen May Reach 130,000 in Two Weeks, UNICEF Warns

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