{"id":1064,"date":"2025-11-04T14:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:03:54","slug":"crimes-against-children-in-conflict-zones-surges-in-2024-ngo-child-rights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1064","title":{"rendered":"Crimes against children in conflict zones surges in 2024: NGO | Child Rights News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>One in five children live in conflict zones and 520 million exposed to war, a record high.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 4 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">4 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>One in five children globally lived in active conflict zones last year, according to Save the Children.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/resourcecentre.savethechildren.net\/document\/stop-the-war-on-children-security-for-whom-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> released on Tuesday, the charity said 520 million children in 2024 were exposed to war, marking a record high for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Save the Children verified 41,763 grave violations against children last year, a 30 percent increase from 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This means an average of 78 children endured grave violations \u2013 such as being killed or maimed, abducted, recruited or sexually abused \u2013 each day, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in militarised areas also often means dropping out of school, being forced to leave home, and being subjected to physical and mental trauma, it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis disproportionate rise in grave violations reveals that beyond exposure to conflict, there is also a deep erosion of the international norms and protections designed to shield children from harm,\u201d said Inger Ashing, Save the Children\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report also reveals another troubling reality: The current unilateral focus on combating violence through military, state and private security solutions is failing to adequately protect children from the gravest forms of harm,\u201d Ashing added.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, there were 61 state-based conflicts, meaning that at least one of the warring parties was a state government.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 2 percent of global security funds went towards peacebuilding and peacekeeping in 2024, mirroring a long-term trend in declining peace spending.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, military spending hit a record high as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peace-and-security\/the-true-cost-of-peace\">soared <\/a>by more than 9 percent to total $2.7 trillion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Africa has the highest number and ratio of children living in conflict zones \u2013 218 million \u2013 surpassing the Middle East for the first time since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>However, the highest number of grave violations recorded against children took place in occupied Palestinian territory while one in three children killed or maimed in war were Palestinian.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, more than half of the violations against children took place in Palestinian territory, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Somalia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in five children live in conflict zones and 520 million exposed to war, a record high. 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