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                    "text": "According to the most recent UNESCO data, this number has fallen from 390 million in 2000 to 244 million in 2023. That\u2019s nearly a 40% reduction. The global population of children ",
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                    "text": ". Unfortunately, the global aggregate data split by gender has not been updated by UNESCO since 2019. This makes it hard to track recent progress between boys and girls.",
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