"Even women and girls who are not physically forced to have sex may still be obliged to trade sexual favours for food, shelter or physical protection for themselves or their children."
" Recent developments in warfare have significantly heightened the dangers for children. During the last decade, it is estimated (and these figures, while specific, are necessarily orders of magnitude) that child victims have included:
- 2 million killed;
- 4-5 million disabled;
- 12 million left homeless;
- more than 1 million orphaned or separated from their parents;
- some 10 million psychologically traumatized. "
" in Somalia, during 1992, half or more of all the children under five on 1 January were dead by 31 December—and around 90 per cent of these died from the interaction of malnutrition and disease"
"The 22-day Israeli offensive on Gaza which broke out last December killed at least 1,300 Palestinians and wounded some 5,300.According to UNICEF, roughly one-third of all casualties were children."
"Up till now, there are still 10 percent of Gaza's population remains without electricity and 9 percent with little access to safe water" UNICEF said.
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