Meanwhile, 2,864 children were detained or deprived of their liberty, “doubly punished” by conflicts in which they “were and are not responsible for,” she emphasized. Gamba told ambassadors, adding that girls also account for 98 per cent of all survivors of rape and other forms of sexual violence. “ In 2021, one out of three child victims was a girl – when barely a year earlier, the proportions were one to four,” Ms. Last year girls experienced a steady increase in violations, especially killing and maiming, sexual violence, and abduction. “The recruitment and use of children for, in, and by parties to armed conflict, with over 6,300 children verified recruited and used, was the second most prevalent violation…followed by the denial of humanitarian access to children, at over 3,900 incidents”. Moreover, 8,000 children were either killed or maimed by explosive remnants of war, improvised explosive devices, and landmines. “To put it in perspective, this represents an average of 65 grave violations committed against children every single day of every week of every month in the year”. She said 1,600 of these children were victimized two or more times, illustrating the frequent interlinkages.
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