Facts about kids situation in Yemen

Facts about the situation in Yemen
- 12.3 million children are dependenting on humanitarian aid.
- 2 million people are internally displaced (internally displaced people).
- More than 50% of health care in the country has been destroyed.
- Since 2015, 2,400 children have been killed and 3,600 seriously injured.
- 360,000 children are severely acutely malnourished.
- 2 million people have been infected with cholera since 2017.
- 78% of Yemenis live in poverty, 80% need social support.
- 1.8 million children younger than 5 years and 1.1 million pregnant and lactating women are acutely malnourished.

Education in Yemen under fire
- 2500 schools have been destroyed.
- 4.4 million children without education.
- 2 million children have no access to school education.
- 3.7 million children will soon be at risk without a teacher because the teachers salaries have not been paid for more than 2 years.
- Since March 2015, 2419 boys have been drafted for war.
- 75% of girls were married before the age of 18, of which 44.5% are under the age of 15.

Effects of child marriage
- The end of childhood is abrupt and brutal.
- School education is interrupted and the right to education taken.
- Minimize economic independence.
- The risk of domestic violence is increased.
- The risk of early pregnancy is increased.
- Girls under 15 years of age have a 5 times higher death rate and risk of injury at birth when women are 20 years old.
- Child marriages pose a higher risk of HIV.
- Child marriage is a violation of human rights and digs the UN convention on the "rights of the child".