UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (dpa): The number of children abducted and raped in crisis regions saw a massive jump during 2020, according to a UN report.
"The violations of greatest exponential growth in 2020 were abduction, by a staggering 90 per cent, and rape and other forms of sexual violence which rose by 70 per cent," the office of Virginia Gamba, the UN special representative for children and armed conflict, earlier this week.
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