Some sobering data

From Save The Children 

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE ARE MISSING OUT ON CHILDHOOD

263 MILLION children are out of school.

168 MILLION children are involved in child labor. Half (85 million) are doing hazardous work.

NEARLY 28 MILLION children have been forced to flee their homes (11 million are refugees and asylum-seekers; 17 million are internally displaced).

AROUND 8 MILLION boys and girls aged 0-19 die each year; 75% (6 million) are children under age 5.

ROUGHLY 16 MILLION girls between the ages of 15 and 19 – and 1 million girls under age 15 – give birth each year. 75,000+ boys and girls under the age of 20 were murdered in 2015.

156 MILLION children under age 5 have stunted growth.

ABOUT 40 MILLION girls (aged 15-19) are currently married or in union. 15 million are married as children each year (under age 18) and 4 million of those are married under age 15.