President and CEO of UNICEF Canada Sevaun Palvetzian shares her experience of visiting a women's shelter in the province of Sucumbíos, Ecuador, reflecting on the impact of UNICEF's work supporting children and families facing gang and sexual violence in the country.
“The brutal war in Sudan is pushing the country toward famine and a catastrophic loss of life, especially among children. In what is now the world’s largest child displacement crisis, severe malnutrition among young children is intensifying beyond the worst projections, and there are outbreaks of cholera, measles and malaria.
Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday somewhere in the world, or 1 death every 6 seconds.
Prolonged exposure to conflict and deprivation takes a devastating long-term physical and mental toll on a generation of children.
This is a summary of what was said by Jill Lawler, Chief of Field Operations and Emergency for UNICEF in Sudan, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
1 in 3 children under 2 years of age are today acutely malnourished in the north, according to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners
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