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New UNESCO Report on School Violence and Bullying to be released at International Symposium on issue affecting millions worldwide

Millions of girls and boys suffer school-related violence every year, according to a new report by UNESCO and the Institute of School Violence Prevention at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Republic of Korea). Thirty-four per cent of students aged 11–13...

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Haiti: New Assessment Shows Food Insecurity Halved In The Areas Affected By Hurricane Matthew

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Over 40 per cent of Syrian refugee children in Turkey missing out on education, despite massive increase in enrolment rates - UNICEF

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On 16 January 2017, boys racing their tricycles in Nizip 1 refugee camp, Gaziantep, southern...

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Amid outpour of sympathy, UN emergency responders aid bombed Nigerian camp

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UNHAS helicopter leaving Maiduguri for Rann, the site of a bombed displacement camp.

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