UN: Record 473M Children Now Live in Conflict Zones

    UN: Record 473M Children Now Live in Conflict Zones
    Above: A boy walks past the site of an Israeli strike on a broadcast truck in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 26, 2024. Image copyright: EYAD BABA/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

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    Pro-establishment narrative

    The dramatic increase in harm to children represents a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale, with children facing daily struggles for survival that deprive them of essential childhood experiences and opportunities for development and make them particularly vulnerable to disease outbreaks such as measles and polio. The world must come together and stop neglecting children, who are disproportionately bearing the brunt of wars.

    Establishment-critical narrative

    The international community's response to protecting children in conflict zones remains severely underfunded, while key global actors continue to channel their resources into the very conflicts that fuel this crisis, revealing not only neglect but active complicity. The limited aid that does exist is often rendered ineffective as warring parties intentionally deprive children living in conflict zones of the life-saving assistance. This alarming trend demands change.

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