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UNICEF warns that for children displaced inside Ukraine, the war has followed them, as attacks hit major cities across the country and devastate the services children rely on

Each year, UNICEF Germany bestows the title “UNICEF Photo of the Year” to photos and photo series from professional photojournalists which best depict the personality and living conditions of children worldwide in an outstanding manner. The UNICEF Photo of the Year 2025 is by the French photojournalist Elise Blanchard. It shows a girl studying in Afghanistan, where girls are being denied the opportunity to learn.

Malnutrition among children in the Gaza Strip is beginning even before birth, driven by rising rates of malnutrition among mothers. This has a “devastating domino effect on thousands of newborns,” said UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram, speaking today via video link from Gaza to a press briefing in Geneva.

Conflict, hunger, funding cuts and collapsing basic services are driving children’s humanitarian needs to extreme levels worldwide.

After the devastating Cyclone Ditwah, the situation for children in Sri Lanka is dramatic. Hundreds of thousands have been affected by floods and landslides.

The new programme “The Learning Bridge” aims to tackle profound learning setbacks and boost literacy, numeracy and teaching quality for vulnerable children in Mindanao.

More than 1 in 5 children in low- and middle-income countries – or 417 million – are severely deprived in at least two vital areas critical for their health, development, and wellbeing, according to UNICEF’s flagship report issued on World Children’s Day today.

A new study reveals the collective unease that adolescents and young adults in Switzerland are feeling in light of the current state of the world. The study shows that, alongside the challenges of continued stigma regarding mental health and inadequate support, young adults are sensitive to the problems surrounding mental health and want to be part of the solution.

FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn of the highest levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Al Fasher and Kadugli; improvements seen where fighting has receded and services have resumed

UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein, in partnership with Swiss media brand 20 Minuten awarded the “Voice of Youth” price for the first time.