UNICEF in action

Home is a battleground for a shocking number of women and girls worldwide: 50,000 were killed last year by partners or family members.

Almost four years of fighting have taken a devastating toll on the people of Yemen, and children have suffered most of all.

Displaced by civil war as a child, Salva Dut founded a nonprofit that's building communities and helping to strengthen a young nation.

Less likely to start school and often abandoned by their governments, children with disabilities are among the world's most marginalized groups.