The world’s nearly 240 million children living with disabilities are being denied basic rights – UNICEF
All around the world, the nearly 240 million children living with disabilities -- 1 in 10 children worldwide -- are being denied basic rights, UNICEF said ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
![Malk, 7, and Abrar, 7, in the prosthetics centre in Aden, Yemen on 14 October 2021. Both children have a congenital disability and are receiving treatment in the centre](/sites/default/files/styles/search_index/public/hero/images/UN0539874.jpg?itok=lE8tvmwe)