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Funds for world’s climate hotspots woefully neglect the needs…

Children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis members of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition have found.…
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African women leaders demand support for women and girls tackling…

Civil society leaders are urging the international community to support women-led organisations tackling the global hunger crisis.
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Cyclone Mocha devastates communities in Bangladesh and Myanmar…

Plan International is responding in the aftermath of powerful cyclonic storm Mocha, which yesterday crossed south east Bangladesh and Myanmar, hitting refugee camps and communities.
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G7 must address hunger and gender equality

We're calling on G7 states to put age and gender equality and equity at the centre of policies, address the gendered impacts of climate change, and end the global hunger crisis.
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Families separated while fleeing escalating hostilities in Sudan…

Concerns growing over the safety of children and girls as conflict in Sudan escalates.
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Urgent assistance needed in Haiti to save lives

Conditions in Haiti are deteriorating rapidly amid widespread hunger, gang violence, school closures and an ongoing cholera epidemic.
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Girls in Kenya face violence as further drought expected

Girls and young women in Kenya are facing increased risk of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) as sixth successive year of drought and crisis is feared.
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Concerns about children’s safety: conflict in Sudan escalates…

The plight of families, especially children and girls, in Sudan is cause for concern amid ongoing conflict.
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G7 a critical opportunity to fight famine and prevent life-threatening…

As the global hunger crisis continues to escalate, we call on leaders at the upcoming G7 summit to take urgent action to save lives.
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IPCC report lays bare catastrophic scale of climate crisis

Report lays bare the catastrophic scale of the climate crisis and the consequences should the 1.5-degree target not be kept alive.
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Cyclone Freddy leaves families cut off from shelter, food and…

Concerns for the safety and welfare of children and their families after Cyclone Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month.
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Migrant girls risk trafficking, kidnapping, extortion

Latest research shows migrant girls in Central America's Northern Triangle and Mexico risk trafficking, kidnapping and extortion.
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