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PRE-COP: Young people from Australia and the Pacific issue climate challenge to Aus govt, “turn commitments into action”
Super El Niño threatens to push 8 million children into acute hunger across East and Southern Africa by early 2027
World spends more on fossil fuel subsidies every 3 days than amount needed to educate 750 million children
Child rights charity backs new push for national youth justice standards
Save the Children calls on Australia to join allies in banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank
Education for 1.5 million Palestinian children disrupted for fourth academic year
NEPAL: Over 500 children separated from parents and hundreds still missing after floods
For the second time in a month, a mass funeral for children has been held in Gaza
Nepal: Children who witnessed horrors face mounting mental health issues one week after devastating floods
NEPAL FLOODS: School children reunited with families after being stranded
NEPAL FLOODS: Rescuers race to find survivors with areas still cut off
Rohingya Camps: One in three refugees face ‘crisis’ hunger as conditions for children worsen
World Humanitarian Day: National staff bear brunt of record violence against humanitarian workers
More than 200 experts call for action: Australian children are being failed by systems meant to protect them
AFGHANISTAN: One in 10 children acutely malnourished as plummeting funding closes nearly 600 health facilities
Children must be in the driver’s seat at Australia’s first AI Royal Commission
Children at risk after strongest earthquake in a decade strikes Colombia
GAZA: “No family should go through the pain of losing their child, then suffer the indignity of not being able to bury their body”
Leading child rights organisation voices concern over push to collect children’s DNA without court order
SOMALIA: Children facing deadly hunger as admissions for severe malnutrition nearly triple in six months
Health financing under pressure as civil society calls for urgent action
Civil society pushes for action on health financing
Australian politicians to see aid in action focusing on health, economic and climate challenges in Timor-Leste
Israeli forces kill 19 children so far in July with four dying in latest strike
ONE YEAR ON: Call for child-focused climate action after landmark ICJ ruling
Yemen: More children killed by landmines and other UXOs in first half of this year than all of 2025
“They’re flinching at the slightest noise” – Children’s mental wellbeing at stake two weeks on from devastating Venezuela earthquakes
The WHO Civil Society Commission reshapes priorities at the World Health Assembly
Growing Up with a Nation: Children demand a say in South Sudan’s future on 15 years of independence
Families displaced by Venezuela earthquakes at risk of infection amid water and sanitation shortages
Airstrike on Gaza tent marks fourth Palestinian child killed in six days by Israeli forces
Sudan: More than 5,500 children displaced by escalating violence in El Obeid in past two weeks
World Health Assembly Global Parliamentary Forum: from commitment to action on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and sustainable financing for health
Health risks for children skyrocket one week after Venezuela earthquakes
After 1,000 days of war, Gaza’s children dream of home and a better future despite the world’s failure
Venezuela Earthquakes: “Fear, stress, and overwhelming sadness are everywhere” as children pulled from rubble with tens of thousands still missing
Save the Children Australia welcomes news last Australian child and her mother set to return from Syria
Puppets, songs, games set to teach young children in the DRC about Ebola to tackle misinformation and protect families
Child deaths in conflict surge by a third amid rise of tech-driven warfare
Young children paying the highest price one month since DRC declared new Ebola crisis
A bittersweet milestone: Children from Ukraine reflect on how war affected their education as they prepare to graduate
Children surviving on leaves and water lilies as conflict drives parts of South Sudan to the brink of famine
One in four confirmed DRC Ebola deaths are children underscoring the urgent need to protect them
Save the Children welcomes return of Australian children from northeastern Syria
EBOLA OUTBREAK: “We are in a game of catch-up. Unless a collective effort is made, this crisis is going to get worse”
Over four children killed or injured on average a day during the ‘so- called’ ceasefire in Lebanon
Foreign Minister welcomes Deputy PM of Lao PDR to New Zealand
Bangladesh: Families urged to vaccinate children as number of suspected measles deaths exceeds 400