Children's futures are blighted by pandemic, charity warns
Children’s futures are blighted by pandemic, charity warns WORLD VISION Mariam, aged 11 AN EXTRA four million girls around the world will not return to school when they reopen, the charity World Vision has calculated. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced more girls into child marriages, the charity reports. It also suggests that large numbers of children, both girls and boys, will remain estranged from school because of an increase in abuse, exploitation, and conscription into armed groups. The charity is urging the UK Government to use its leadership of the G7 summit, w...
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