Topic: Save the Children

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War and poverty threaten a billion children

More than one billion children, many of whom live in city slums, are threatened by conflict, poverty or discrimination against girls, says Save the Children. The global charity’s new report, The Many Faces of Exclusion, looks at...Read more

06-06-2018|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

UN ‘chronically underfunded’ to tackle crimes against children – Save the Children

The United Nations-led mechanism for monitoring crimes against children was “chronically underfunded”, the group’s head has said in a speech highly critical of European governments. The head of Save the Children International Helle Thorning-Schmidt has demanded increased...Read more

19-01-2017|Comment|author: Adrian Voce

High levels of child poverty across the EU call for actions

Almost 27 million children in Europe are at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the current economic, financial and social crisis is putting them even more at risk, according to a report by Save the...Read more

03-02-2016|Comment|author: Eleni Karasavvidou