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Gender-based violence

Girls in Somalia face rising threats

December 21 2022 - In humanitarian crises, girls face a greater risk of child marriages and gender-based violence. Child protection organizations in Somalia, including SOS Children’s Villages, have documented a spike in GBV amidst the current drought.
Refugees and Migrants

Protecting the rights of migrant children benefits us all

December 16 2022 - No human chooses their place of birth, and sometimes, they have no choice but to leave that place behind. When they are forced to move in search of a better life, children often suffer the most.
Refugees and Migrants

Walking towards a new future

December 15 2022 - Aracely and Miguel left Venezuela with their five children on foot. They walked nearly a week, enduring hunger, rainstorms and the freezing temperatures of the Paramo mountains before crossing the Colombian border.
INDIA

Leena and Devi healing from trauma

December 9 2022 - The sisters were ten and seven years old in 2021, when they were brought to an SOS Children’s Village. Their mother had been kidnapped at the age of 13. She was kept in captivity by a man much older than her and fell victim to sexual violence.
TOGO

SOS Children’s Villages’s programme fighting gender-based violence keeps girls in schools

December 1 2022 - Early pregnancies leading to school dropout are not a rare phenomenon in Atakpamè, central Togo. 'If I had left school, I wouldn’t be the person I am today,' says Adjoua.
Mental Health

Mental health support for children lacking in low and middle-income countries

November 24 2022 - More than 225 million children live with a mental disorder, which is more than the population of Germany, the UK, and France combined. Of these, 88% live in low and middle-income countries.
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