Henrietta Fore

Climate crisis puts one billion children at ‘extremely high risk - UNICEF

Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change, which is proving to be devastating for their rights, the Children’s Climate Risk Index shows.

400,000 Yemeni children under 5 in danger of death by acute malnutrition

UN agencies say 2.3 million small children in war-torn Yemen are estimated to starve this year.

One death every 11 seconds among babies and pregnant mothers – UN

Data shows 6.2 million children worldwide died in 2018 before their 15th birthday and that more than 290,000 women died due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth in 2017.

2018 was the deadliest year for children in Syria: UNICEF

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed or displaced in the conflict, mainly by regime airstrikes targeting opposition-held areas.