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• U.S. And Allies Tortured Kids In Iraqi Prisons (08 Nov 2020)
• Iraqi MPs ask government to investigate child-trafficking (29 Oct 2020)
• Iraq's unschooled children evidence of devastation's depth (21 Oct 2020)
• Childhood cut short in Baghdad (19 Oct 2020)
• Sufferance Iraqi Children (28 Sept 2020)
• Classrooms in Syria crowded with Iraqi children whose families have fled conflict (25 Sept 2020)
• ‘Beyond School Books’ – a podcast series on education in emergencies (15 Sept 2008)
• Inmates tell of sexual abuse and beatings in Iraq's overcrowded juvenile prison system (08 Sept 2020)
• Iraq’s Children will Bear the True Cost of the War (11 August 2008)
• What kind of sick demented human being would want to have sex with a 10-year-old? (11 August 2020)
• Concern over reports of child trafficking (29 June 2020)
• Scenes from an Iraki Childhood - Incident at Samra (25 June 2008)
• Report: Women and children refugees suffer in Iraq (20 June 2020)
• LEBANON: “Lost generation” of Iraqi refugee children (19 June 2020)
• Children's Rights in the War Theater: Who Guards the Guards? (Felicity Arbuthnot 09 June 2020)
• Russia sees as inadmissible the holding of Iraqi children in military prisons (29 May 2020)

• US: 500 youths detained in Iraq; 10 in Afghanistan (19 May 2008)

• Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict calls for action on child rights in Iraq (02 May 2020)

• UN says Iraqi children are recruited as suicide bombers by militants (25 April 2020)

• Violence in Iraq disrupts lives and education (21 April 2020)

• Childhood Is Dying (Dahr Jamail 10 March 2021)

• Iraq’s Displaced Children (13 Jan 2021)

• Iraqis resort to selling children (Al Jazeera 08 Jan 2021)

  2007

  December 2007 Unicef Report on Iraqi Children

  Roger Wright, Unicef's special representative for Iraq, recently told the media that "Iraqi children are paying far too high a price." "While we have been providing as much assistance as possible, a new window of opportunity is opening, which should enable us to reach the most vulnerable with expanded, consistent support. We must act now." Unicef says: - An estimated two million children in Iraq continue to face threats including poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education. - Many of the 220,000 displaced children of primary school age had their education interrupted. - An estimated 760,000 children (17 per cent) did not go to primary schools in 2006. - An average 25,000 children per month were displaced by violence or intimidation, with their families seeking shelter in other parts of Iraq. - In 2007, approximately 75,000 children had resorted to living in camps or temporary shelters. - Hundreds of children lost their lives or were injured by violence and many more had their main family wage-earner kidnapped or killed. - Only 28 per cent of Iraq’s 17 year olds sat their final exams in summer, and only 40 per cent of those sitting exams achieved a passing grade (in south and central Iraq). - Children in remote and hard-to-reach areas were frequently cut off from health outreach services. - Only 20 per cent outside Baghdad had working sewerage in their community, and access to safe water remains a serious issue. - Approximately 1,350 children were detained by military and police authorities, many for alleged security violations. (extract of UNICEF Iraq update April 2007) As the first quarter of 2007 draws to a close, Iraq’s humanitarian emergency has reached devastating proportions, with children bearing the brunt of the crisis.   As of 5 February, Iraq was re-added to UNICEF’s official list of emergency countries, a decision which instantly prioritizes Iraq for supply requisitions and other forms of support.   - Whether displaced or trapped by violence, the toll on children is increasingly severe.   - Normal elements of childhood are “on hold” in the worst affected areas, with children unable to go to school or even play with their friends without fear. The psychological fallout for children forced to live in such stressful conditions for long periods can only be imagined, leaving a lasting and damaging legacy as they move towards adulthood. A survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Iraq notes that 30 per cent of Iraq’s children are suffering psychological problems.   - Education, water and sanitation and preventative health care services are all being gravely affected. Schoolchildren and teachers continue to show determination to make it to school across Iraq, albeit sometimes sporadically. But the quality of learning is a concern, with many schools having to hold double or even triple shifts to accommodate extra pupils arriving from other areas.   - A recent survey supported by UNICEF estimates that at least 800,000 children were out of school in 2005/6, even before the current displacement and insecurity (63 per cent of them girls).   - Immunization rates are also on the decline, as insecurity curtails access to primary health care.   - Children are also increasingly in need of alternative sources of safe drinking water. National water and sanitation systems are suffering as a result of under-investment, electricity shortages and long-term damage to pipes and treatment facilities. UNICEF joined other UN Agencies this month in raising concerns that diarrhoea rates were rising in children, with an outbreak possible during the summer.

• Little respite for Iraq’s children in 2007 (UNICEF 21 Dec 2020)

• Iraq children 'paying high price' (BBC 21 Dec 2020)

• Children with serious illnesses abandoned (21 Nov 2020)

• Two Iraqi orphans die of cholera in Baghdad orphanage (19 Nov 2020)

• Back to School, Back to Horror (14 Sep 2020)

• Iraqi Children Starved of Childhood (02 Sept 2020)

• Lower school attendance expected in coming year (28 Aug 2020)

• Conflict jeopardising children’s physical, mental health (15 Aug 2020)

• Violence taking toll on pregnant mothers, infants (14 Aug 2020)

• Traumatised Iraqi children suffer psychological damage (16 July 2020)

• Health Ministry issues warning on waterborne diseases (03 July 2020)

• UNHCR calls for evacuation of seriously ill Palestinian children  (02 July 2020)

• UNICEF concerned at conditions for orphans and vulnerable children in Iraq (22 June 2020)

• Trapped! The disappearing hopes of Iraqi refugee children (15 June 2020) - PDF file-click here.

• Child labour on the rise as poverty increases (12 June 2020)

• Expired food products causing sickness (11 June 2020)

• Domestic violence against children on the rise (24 May 2020)

• Iraqi children in danger, warns UN (24 May 2020)

• Plight of Iraqi Children Raises Concern (May 21, 2020)

• Immediate Needs for Iraqi Children in Iraq and Neighbouring Countries (May 17, 2020)

• Educational standards plummet, say specialists (16 May 2020)

• Child mortality soars because of violence, poor health care (15 May 2007)

• Majdy Imad, 'I can’t stand the life of an orphan anymore' (13 May 2020)

• Iraq's children between despair and death (12 May 2020)

• Poverty drives children to work for armed groups (10 May 2020)

• Drug abuse among children on the rise (09 May 2020)

• Infant mortality in Iraq soars as young pay the price for war (Independent 08 May 2020)

• Egypt Makes the Most Progress and Iraq the Least In Reducing Child Deaths, Report Finds (08 May 2020)

• Hundreds of displaced children in south unable to get school places (07 May 2020)

• [PDF]UNICEF Iraq Update. Situation of Children in Iraq for Partners April 2007

• Doctors warn of summer dehydration among children and the elderly (19 April 2007)

• Lack of safe water endangers the health of Baghdads most deprived children (21 March 2021)

• Children suffer bad water diseases (20 March 2021)

• Children’s education gravely affected by conflict  (14 March 2021)

• Malnutrition among under-fives (05 March 2007)

• Children of War: The Generation Traumatized by Violence in Iraq (February 6, 2021)

• The Battle to Save Iraq’s Children (January 19, 2021)

• Western Civilization? The Unspoken Fate of Iraqi Children (January 13, 2021)

2006

• It's Either Occupation Or Education (Dahr Jamail, 20 Dec 2020)

• Children suffer most in Iraq, says Unicef report (11 Dec 2020)

• Women and children at increasing risk from effects of violence in Iraq, says IOM (21 Nov 2020)

• Children have been the main victims of war (19 Nov 2020)

• School attendance rates drop drastically (13 Oct 2020)

• 800,000 Iraqi Children Not Attending School (21 Sept 2020)

• Armed conflict depriving youth of education, report says (16 Sept 2020)

• 43 million children out of school because of conflict (12 Sept 2020)

• Iraq Health Update -- Conflict fuels Iraqi health crisis (05 Sept 2020)

• Beefed up flour to tackle anaemia (23 Aug 2020)

• Garbage accumulation causes health problems, (8/Aug/2006)

• CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Resources - Iraq ...

• Child Prisoners Left Without Support  (30 July 2006)

• Children suffer from dearth of entertainment, say health experts, (10/Jul/2006)

• Insecurity, Under-Funding Threaten Children's Health in Basra (July 9, 2020)

• [PDF] Mortality Country Fact Sheet 2006 (WHO)

• Malnutrition affects 1.5 million Iraqi children under 5-MAIC 2006

• Concern over reports of child trafficking (29/Jun/2006)

• IMF in Iraq: The Second Invasion (20 June 2020)

• NGO warns of rising rates of child labour (15/Jun/2006)

• Easily Dispensable: Iraq's Children (Dahr Jamail 22 May 2020)

• Malnutrition among Iraqi Children Alarming: Survey  (15 May 2020)

• Iraqi mothers and newborns suffer health collapse (Iraqanalysis 10 May 2020)

• Afghanistan, Iraq Near Top Of Infant Mortality Table  (09 May 2020)

• High infant mortality from treatable diseases-IRIN April 2006

• Aid agencies focus on children detainees, 18/Apr/2006

• Ministry copes with rising numbers of orphaned children, 18/Apr/2006

• Infant Mortality Rate in Iraq Up 30% Since Bush Invaded (11 April 2020)

• Iraq Mess Is Literally Making People Sick (10 April 2020)

• Support for 600,000 Iraqi children currently missing out on education (05 April 2006)

• Saddam's crimes dwarfed by coalition carnage-MWC April 2006

• War invades classroom-64 Children killed-Times March 2006

• Samarra children dying as US prevents aid-IRIN 22 March 2021

• A Terrible War Is Being Waged on Iraqi Children (10 March 2006)

• Iraqi families acting on rumour and fear Al-Ahram February 2006

• Children’s mental health affected by insecurity, say specialists, 7/Feb/2006

• Sex trade in Iraq children prevents schooling-UN REP. 2006

• Haditha children shot 'execution style' by US-LA Times 2006

• [PDF] 242,000 Children CHRONIC HEALTH CAUSED BY WAR (Medact)

2005

• Red Cross support children after US assault IRIN News 2005

• Children of mixed marriages protest official discrimination, 12/Dec/2005

• Squeezed To Death (John Pilger 11 Dec 2020)

• Tal Afar kids in unhealthy & inhumane conditions IWPR 2005

• US Troops force families out of homes Uruknet 26th Dec 2005

• [PDF] BMA report on Child deaths in Fallujah - Doctors for Iraq

• [PDF] US Soldiers exposed to DU in Iraq causing birth defects

• Violence scars Iraqi children Reuters 3rd October 2005

• Talafar children dead after US operation Electronic Iraq Sept 2005

• US soldiers shot pregnant women killing baby IL Sept 2005

• IRRESPONSIBLE-not counting Iraqi deaths BMJ Aug 2005

• Iraq: The Human Toll (The Nation, 24 July 2020)

• Iraq children want peace Bangladesh News 20th July 2005

• War halts children's hospital construction PJM July 2005

• Under fives chronically malnourished UNICEF July 2005

• 65,000 children and women killed in Iraq UPI July 2005

• US Occupation Steals Iraqi Childhood: UNDP said Iraqi children are paying the silent cost of occupation (06 July 2005)

• Unsafe for school or play Electronic Iraq June 30th 2005

• Child Abuse The Petersburg Times June 2005

• Children shot dead in front of families John Pilger 2005

• Unending Health Disaster For Iraqi Kids (18 June 2005)

• Children 'starving' in new Iraq BBC News 13th June 2005

• Falluja schools in ruins Azzaman 8th June 2005

• No child vaccinations Global Research 3rd June 2005

• Children of Iraq: A Face of Grief as War Takes Toll (02 June 2020)

• Increased deformities in Iraq babies IRIN 20th May 2005

• Justice for Iraqi Children Azzaman 15th May 2005

• Death rate tripled Pregnant Iraqi women dying IDAO

• Iraq Birth Deformaties soar ICFI World-Wide 10th May 2005

• Focus on child labour, 9/May/2005

• Shortage of drugs for epileptic children, 3/May/2005

• Doctors warn of increasing deformities in newborn babies., 27/Apr/05

• Expert: Malnutrition Affects Iraq Kids (30 March 2021)

• PASSIVE GENOCIDE in Iraq - (Dr. Polya Countercurrents.org 11 March 2005)

• "We Are Living in a State of Constant Fear" (02 March 2021)

• Juvenile drug abuse on the rise, 20/Jan/2005

• Parents concerned as child kidnappings increase, 10/Jan/2005

2004

• Iraq's Children Suffer Most Under US Occupation (22 Nov 2020)

• Children pay cost of Iraq's chaos (21 Nov 2020)

• Iraqi Children Pay Silent Cost of Occupation: Report (21 Nov 2020)

• The Most Tragic Victims of the Iraq War (CommonDreams 30 Oct 2020)

• Lack of books affecting children's education, 13/Oct/2004

• Iraq Faces Soaring Toll of Deadly Disease  (13 Oct 2020)

• IRAQ: Little progress on child mortality - UNICEF (11 October 2004)

• Children in Iraqi prisons (04 Aug 2020)

• Iraq's Child Prisoners (01 Aug 2020)

• Children's rights in dire need of attention - UNICEF, 29/Sep/2004

• Children work instead of going to school, 16/Sep/2004

• Focus on malnutrition, 7/Sep/2004

• Iraq Dispatches: Where Children Laugh at Bombs (Dahr Jamail 25 June 2020)

• More Than 1000 Children Killed or Wounded by Abandoned Arms (17 July 2020)

• Rights groups unable to visit child detainees, 15/Jul/2004

• Iraq's Education Setback (28 May 2004)

• School attendance reportedly dropping, says UNICEF, 22/Apr/2004

• Focus on maternal and infant healthcare in Baghdad, 8/Apr/2004

• Dying of Neglect: The State of Iraq's Children's Hospitals, 21 Feb 2021

• Encephalitis affecting children, 26/Jan/2004

2003

• Maternal deaths triple since 1990, says UNFPA, 7/Nov20/03

• Four-year-olds working on the streets, says World Vision, 13/Aug/2003

• Poor security and shortages still hampering health care, 23/Jul/2003

• Water-borne diseases increase with summer temperatures, 17/Jul/2003

• Burned Iraqi Children Turned Away (June 23, 2020)

• Children Suffer on Baghdad Streets (May 29, 2020)

• Working to Restore Public Health System to Help Malnourished Children (May 25, 2020)  

• Iraq survey finds child health sliding (14 May 2003)

• [PDF] Annual mortality rates and excess deaths of children under five in Iraq (WHO - April 2003)

• [PDF] Internal UN Documents on the Humanitarian Impact of War on Iraq (13 February, 2003)

• Vulnerable But Ignored: How Catastrophe Threatens the 12 Million Children of Iraq (February 12, 2021)

•  Our Common Responsibility: The Impact of a New War on Iraqi Children (January 30, 2003)  

 

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