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Violence against children

Statement on the killing of a 14-year old girl in Iran

From Mandeep O’Brien, UNICEF Representative in Iran

Eleven children reported killed in an attack on a crowded market in Afrin, north of Syria

From Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

COVID-19: Children at heightened risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence amidst intensifying containment measures – UNICEF

Newly released technical guidance aims to help authorities strengthen protection measures for children during pandemic

An injured child

Children and teachers killed as schools and kindergartens attacked in Idlib

Statement attributable to Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

a group of kids in front of a destroyed house

As violence escalates, 37 children among those killed and injured in the attack in Al-Jawf, north of Yemen

From Sara Beysolow Nyanti, UNICEF Representative in Yemen

a girl and her family fleeing in a car

More than 6,500 children forced to flee in northwest Syria every day for past week

UNICEF calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities to protect children and deliver unimpeded humanitarian assistance

Girls playing with jump ropes

Libya: Tens of thousands of children at risk amidst violence and chaos of unrelenting conflict

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Fighting in and around Tripoli shuts 210 schools, depriving over 115,000 children of their education

UNICEF’s New Year appeal for Syria: cease fighting in the northwest and end the nine-year war

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

a group of kids with a teacher in a cirlcle outdoors

2019 concludes a ‘deadly decade’ for children in conflict, with more than 170,000 grave violations verified since 2010 – UNICEF

Three-fold rise in verified attacks on children since 2010, an average of 45 violations a day