Quotes by Oxfam
, in Rising to the humanitarian challenge in Iraq, July 2007
relative poverty
Submitted by antarchi on April 25, 2010 - 23:30• Males growing up in poverty are 2.97 times more likely to be unemployed than men not in poverty.
• By the time they start school, poor children who were ahead before they started school are already falling behind middle-class children.
• Babies born to single mothers and parents from manual backgrounds are more likely to have low birth-weights than those born to non-manual employed couples.
• Infant deaths are 50% more common for children born to parents with manual occupations.
• A child born in the poorer Calton area of Glasgow has a life expectancy of 54, whilst those borne in the more affluent Lenzie North area of the same city have a life expectancy of 82.7
• 7% of families can’t afford to celebrate Christmas while many others have trouble finding the money.
over 2 million refugees
Submitted by antarchi on August 2, 2007 - 23:02More than two million Iraqis are estimated to have fled to neighbouring countries. Syria has around 1.4 million Iraqi refugees, Jordan 750,000, the Gulf States 200,000, Egypt 80,000 and Lebanon 40,000. Approximately 40,000–50,000 Iraqis are leaving their homes to seek safety inside or outside Iraq on a monthly basis. According to Refugees International, Iraq now represents the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world.
Rising to the Humanitarian Challenge in Iraq, July 2007
over 800,000 children out of school
Submitted by antarchi on August 2, 2007 - 22:39One survey found that 92 per cent of children [in Iraq] had learning impediments that are largely attributable to the current climate of fear. Schools are regularly closed as teachers and pupils are too fearful to attend. Over 800,000 children may now be out of school, according to a recent estimate by Save the Children UK – up from 600,000 in 2004.
Rising to the humanitarian challenge in Iraq, July 2007
child malnutrition in iraq
Submitted by antarchi on August 2, 2007 - 22:35According to Caritas, child malnutrition rates in Iraq have risen from 19 per cent before the 2003 invasion to 28 per cent four years later. More than 11 per cent of newborn babies were born underweight in 2006, compared with 4 per cent in 2003.
