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Articles tagged with: Children
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Health
By Policy@Manchester
Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing: moving towards evidence-based, data-driven responses
The two-child limit is a hammer blow to families suffering due to the pandemic. It must be suspended
Social affairs
By Clare Murphy
The two-child limit is a hammer blow to families suffering due to the pandemic. It must be suspended
Women should not have to choose between financial hardship or ending an otherwise wanted pregnancy. The two-child limit must be suspended as a matter of urgency.
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Health
By Save the Children
Rotavirus vaccines made available for use in humanitarian crises
Health partners welcome landmark pricing agreement through Humanitarian Mechanism, urging more manufacturers to follow suit.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
At least four children killed in Myanmar by security forces since Sunday, says Save the Children
At least 15 people have reportedly been killed by the Myanmar security forces today, in addition to the 23 people killed since the coup began on February 1st.
The need for a children’s mental health strategy isn’t new – but it is more vital than ever
Health
By Lisa Cameron MP
The need for a children’s mental health strategy isn’t new – but it is more vital than ever
A new Mental Health Act placing children and young people for the first time at the heart of legislation would be a fitting memorial for this pandemic.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
INGO joint statement on the unfolding crisis in Myanmar
As International NGOs working in Myanmar, we support the fulfilment of human rights and all people’s equal, democratic participation.
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Social affairs
By Save the Children
YEMEN: Over two million children expected to go hungry or starve in 2021, warns Save the Children
Save the Children is horrified to find that an estimated 2.3 million children under five in Yemen will go hungry or be on the brink of starvation by the end of this year – half of all children in that age bracket. Yemen faces an unprecedented hunger crisis after six years of conflict, the agency warned.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
An End to U.S. Participation in the War in Yemen: “A Critical Step to Saving Children’s Lives”
Save the Children applauds the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will take concrete steps to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s conflict, which has dragged on for nearly six years, precipitating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and claiming the lives of countless civilians.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
SOMALIA: More than 800,000 children are going hungry as state of emergency declared over locust invasion
New figures released today reveal up to 2.7 million people in Somalia face acute food shortages (IPC Phase 3 or worse), including approximately 839,000 children under five who are likely to be acutely malnourished.
Children’s social care review must address a decade of chronic underfunding
Social affairs
By Steve McCabe MP
Children’s social care review must address a decade of chronic underfunding
The APPG for Looked After Children and Care Leavers will explore how the care system is experienced by young people and seek to understand where solutions can be rooted in local communities.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
NORTHWEST SYRIA: Severe floods kill one child and force at least 20,000 from their homes as country marks nearly 10 years of conflict
A six-year-old boy has died, and more than 20,000 children have been displaced by heavy flooding in North West Syria, Save the Children said today.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
Fire blazes through Rohingya refugee camp, destroying hundreds of homes
Children and their families have lost what little they had, warns Save the Children
Inadequate food parcels being offered to families on free school meals are nothing short of outrageous
Health
By Sharon Hodgson MP
Inadequate food parcels being offered to families on free school meals are nothing short of outrageous
Families deserve dignity and rightly expect high-quality food for their children during school closures. The food provision offered to families in receipt of free school meals is simply not good enough.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
U.S. Terrorism Designation in Yemen Threatens Children’s Lives, warns Save the Children
Save the Children is warning that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will likely deepen in the coming weeks, placing thousands of children at further risk of starvation and disease, after the U.S. Government announced its decision to roll out a new terrorism designation on Ansar Allah, who are also the de facto authorities in northern Yemen.
We need a long-term education plan to ensure left-behind pupils aren’t mired in a Covid swamp
Education
By Rob Halfon MP
We need a long-term education plan to ensure left-behind pupils aren’t mired in a Covid swamp
The decision to close schools will accelerate education social injustices. We need to ensure a level playing field for all students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
YEMEN: At least four children killed in artillery shelling in the city of Hodeida
At least 11 civilians including 4 children were killed yesterday, 29 November, after artillery shells hit houses in the south of Hodeida city in Yemen.
Children have been let down by a shameful lack of support from this government
Education
By Daisy Cooper MP
Children have been let down by a shameful lack of support from this government
The Chancellor's decision to ignore children’s needs in the Spending Review is unforgiveable. Those from poorer households have borne the brunt of the government's failings.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
Spending Review is a hammer blow to British impact in international development - Save the Children
The government has chosen to balance the books on the backs of the world’s poorest people, and I hope it is a choice that MPs will resoundingly reject.
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Coronavirus
By Save the Children
Cutting the UK aid budget now would be immoral and dangerous
Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate and Founder, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, writes to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him not to reduce the UK aid budget in the upcoming spending review.
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Culture
By Football Index
Education about gambling starts too late. We need to change that
There needs to be earlier outreach that provides age-appropriate educational tools to help individuals understand what gambling is and the risks associated with this particular form of entertainment.
The government should hang their heads in shame for their dereliction of duty to our nation’s children
Education
By Wes Streeting MP
The government should hang their heads in shame for their dereliction of duty to our nation’s children
Ofsted's report shows in stark terms the damage that the first lockdown inflicted on pupils. The government must ensure that children’s education is not halted again.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
Severe food crisis could be a death sentence for Yemeni children, warns Save the Children
War, rising food prices, a health system overwhelmed by COVID-19 and funding challenges are affecting access to food for children all across Yemen, pushing up the number of children on the brink of hunger or even starvation, Save the Children warned today.
Only by listening to the voices of care leavers can we truly begin to understand what needs to change
Social affairs
By Steve McCabe MP
Only by listening to the voices of care leavers can we truly begin to understand what needs to change
As we prepare for the delayed care review, our focus must be to create a system which works with care leavers and for care leavers.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
Alarmed and appalled: Civilian casualty data in Afghanistan highlights conflict’s brutal toll on children
Save the Children is alarmed and appalled to find that according to new data from the UN, close to 1,900 children have been killed or maimed in the Afghanistan conflict this year.