The destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure as a result of Israel’s bombings has particularly impacted Gaza’s water sanitation systems. Additionally, two days after Hamas’s initial attack, Israel declared a full siege on Gaza, prohibiting any delivery of goods to the Gaza strip.
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Hundreds of Nigerian girls have been released after they were kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwestern region of the country, according to The Washington Post. The girls, dressed in light blue hijabs and barefoot, appear unharmed, but doctors will administer a a medical checkup before the children are returned to their parents. CNN reports that the girls were in “good condition,” but some of them had to be treated for open sores on their feet.
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As schools have shut down, India is facing an increase in child sex trafficking, child labor, and forced child marriages. To cope with the pressures of the pandemic, families have no option but to send their children to work. Children across India are working in a broad spectrum of fields such as “carpet-weaving, garment-making, domestic service, agriculture, fisheries, and mining,” Reuters says. This issue was already prominent in India and is only worsened by the pandemic.
Read MoreSeva Tsivgas, a diplomacy & international relations major, minoring in cyber security, Spanish, and economics hit off her senior year by starting out an internship at UNICEF USA.
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