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The 535 million children being left behind
Nearly one quarter of the world's children live in countries afflicted by war or disaster, according to new figures from UNICEF.
Rachel Browne is a Social Affairs Reporter for Fairfax Media
Nearly one quarter of the world's children live in countries afflicted by war or disaster, according to new figures from UNICEF.
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Scouts NSW has improved child safety since first appearing before the sex abuse royal commission but there is still more work to be done to protect children and support survivors.
Several years after shocking testimony about child sexual abuse, YMCA NSW is still managing the fall out from the royal commission.
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Members of Australia's close knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community were discouraged from reporting child sexual abuse, a royal commission has found.
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