The United Nations Children Emergency Fund has described 2014 as a year of horror, fear and extreme violence for millions of children across the world. Specifically, the international organisation said 230 million children currently live in countries and areas affected by armed conflicts.
In a statement, UNICEF said abductions; rape, human trafficking and the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease are some of the occurrences in the year which have had a crushing effect on the well -being of children around the world.
According to the Executive Director, Anthony Lake, “This has been a devastating year for millions of children. Children have been killed while studying in the classroom and while sleeping in their beds; they have been orphaned, kidnapped, tortured, recruited, raped and even sold as slaves. Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality.”
Lake noted that as many as 15 million children are caught up in violent conflicts in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the State of Palestine.
He also lamented that 25 years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child was established, violence and trauma against children has continued to escalate.
“It is ironic that in this, the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child when we have been able to celebrate so much progress for children globally, the rights of so many millions of other children have been so brutally violated. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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