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UNICEF

Specialised agency of the United Nations

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Dec 14, 2025
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How many children have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023 according to UN and human rights groups?

UN agencies and human-rights groups report that child casualties in Gaza since 7 October 2023 run into the tens of thousands when combining killed and injured: UNICEF said “more than 50,000 children h...

Dec 6, 2025
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How common are tetanus cases and deaths worldwide and in the United States in 2025?

Tetanus is now rare in high‑income countries but remains a preventable killer worldwide: global reported deaths fell to under ~35,000 by 2019 and confirmed global case counts have fallen by orders of ...

Oct 19, 2025
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How do rape rates in the US compare to those in European countries in 2024?

Reported rape and sexual‑violence figures are not directly comparable between the United States and European countries in 2024 because , which can inflate or depress apparent rates . European aggregat...

Jan 28, 2026

Is Spotify funding Israel in the Gaza War?

There is no sourced evidence that — is funding ; the controversy centers on ’s private investment in firm, and on artists’ and activists’ moral objections to that connection . Helsing and Spotify have...

Dec 7, 2025

What percentage of reported rape offenders are men versus women globally?

Available sources report that the overwhelming majority of recorded rape perpetrators are men — U.S.-focused sources cite nearly 99% of perpetrators as male and other national data consistently show a...

Nov 21, 2025

why do muslims marry children

Child marriage occurs in some Muslim-majority countries but is driven by social, legal and economic factors rather than a single “Muslim” cause; UNICEF estimates 40 million child brides live in the Mi...

Dec 16, 2025

What percentage of convicted rape offenders are male vs female globally and by country?

Available sources agree that the great majority of people convicted of rape are men and the large majority of victims are women: multiple summaries cite figures like “nearly 99% of perpetrators are ma...

Nov 24, 2025

How will birth and death rates in Gaza change over the next five years?

Available reporting shows a sharp recent fall in recorded births in Gaza and steep rises in maternal and newborn risks: Gazan authorities recorded 17,000 births in the first half of 2025 — a 41% drop ...

Nov 28, 2025

What are the most reputable charities helping children in Gaza?

Major international and local organizations are actively providing child-focused aid in Gaza: UNICEF and Save the Children run large-scale nutrition, water, psychosocial and education programs , UNRWA...

Jan 21, 2026

how many woman are raped

Global estimates place the lifetime prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence against women at roughly 30–35%, meaning hundreds of millions of women have been raped or sexually assaulted in their ...

Dec 12, 2025

Is Tyler Boyer accused of involvement with Ukrainian orphanages and trafficking?

No reliable public reporting in the supplied sources links a person named Tyler Boyer (or Bowyer/Bowyer variants) to running or trafficking through Ukrainian orphanages. The search snippets show wides...

Dec 12, 2025

how many children were killed in gaza

Exact counts for children killed in Gaza vary across agencies and reporting periods: UNICEF and Gaza health ministry figures are cited in multiple sources showing child deaths in the many thousands (f...

Dec 17, 2025

What is the current age of consent in China?

China’s statutory minimum age at which a person may legally consent to sexual activity is 14 years old; sexual activity with anyone under 14 is treated as a criminal offense regardless of asserted con...

Jan 26, 2026

Which other Nobel medals have been gifted, sold, or auctioned and what became of the recipients of those medals?

have periodically been gifted, sold or auctioned for reasons ranging from political gestures to fundraising and personal need; those transactions do not transfer the laureate title, which remains perm...

Dec 16, 2025

is the Tuvalu landmass shrinking?

Scientific studies of Tuvalu’s 101 reef islands found total land area rose by about 2.9% between 1971–2014, with most islands changing shape or expanding rather than uniformly shrinking . At the same ...

Nov 11, 2025

What is the estimated number of unreported rapes worldwide?

The available analyses show there is no single, empirically precise global count of unreported rapes, but multiple recent estimates and surveys converge on the conclusion that , with plausible underre...

Oct 1, 2025

What are the current child hunger statistics in the United States 2025?

The available documents reviewed do not provide a single, authoritative statistic for ; rather, they present a mix of U.S.-focused food security research and global hunger reports that stop short of o...

Jan 23, 2026

How many tetanus cases and deaths were reported globally in 2024 and 2025 so far?

There is no single, authoritative count of global for calendar year 2024 or for 2025 “so far” in the reporting provided: aggregates reported case data annually from country submissions and publishes u...

Nov 28, 2025

Which countries have the weakest laws or enforcement against child sexual exploitation?

Global rankings and expert reviews show that weak protection against child sexual exploitation is driven more by gaps in law implementation, data collection and enforcement capacity than by the absenc...

Nov 17, 2025

how many palestinian children killed by israel?

Available reporting shows large, but varying, tallies for Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in different periods and places: for Gaza, multiple NGOs and UN-linked reports cite figures in t...