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Remarks to Media: Geert Cappealaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, returning from a field visit to Yemen [EN/AR]
Today, close to 2 million Yemeni boys and girls are not attending school or never had a chance to. Very important is also poverty as a reason why an additional half a million children aren’t benefitting from education. Today, 75 per cent of Yemeni girls are married before the age of 18. It is not a choice, it is forced on them because of this brutal war. Happiness will only come back to Yemen, if we invest in children, stop the brutal war and invest in education.
Source: The North Africa Journal March 25, 2018 13:52 UTC
