Title:
UNICEF Appeals for Aid for Women and Children
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UNICEF is appealing for more than one billion
dollars in aid for women and children around the
world.
The United Nations Children's Fund has released its
"Humanitarian Action Report" for two thousand ten.
The report lists twenty-eight countries and
territories with some of the world's most pressing
crises affecting women and children.
Haiti was considered to be in crisis long before the
earthquake in January. The deputy executive director
of UNICEF, Hilde Johnson, says the quake has only
made the need for aid more immediate.
But she says children all over the world have the
right to the same assistance. The "Humanitarian
Action Report" discusses several issues that UNICEF
says increasingly threaten the basic rights of women
and children. It says climate change has caused
droughts and food insecurity in many areas.
High food prices and the global financial crisis of
two thousand eight-two thousand nine have only added
to poverty and malnutrition. And armed conflict
continues to threaten the lives of millions.
Hilde Johnson says children are always the most
affected by conflicts and disasters. They face an
increased risk of abuse, including sexual violence
and other serious rights violations.
UNICEF deals with about two hundred emergencies
around the world every year. The greatest need last
year was in sub-Saharan Africa.
The report says drought, food insecurity and civil
unrest affected about twenty-four million people.
Violence and displacements of people were especially
bad in Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo
and the Central African Republic.
In Asia, UNICEF expects its financial assistance
needs to more than double this year. This is partly
the result of adding Pakistan and the Philippines to
the latest report. In Pakistan, it says, more than
two million people have been forced from their homes
by the conflict in the Swat Valley and other areas
of the northwest.
And in the Philippines, more than two hundred
thousand people are still living in shelters after
severe storms last year.
This years UNICEF report talks about the value of
public and private partnerships in helping children
and families in emergencies.
And that's the VOA Special English Development
Report. For a link to the UNICEF report listing the
twenty-eight countries and territories in crisis, go
to voaspecialenglish.com.
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