News Type - Any -BlogMediaNewsStatement Children particularly at risk from new Mpox variant Media 22. August 2024 Children and vulnerable population groups are the main victims of a spreading Mpox epidemic in eastern and southern Africa. DRC: Children at significant risk from surging mpox outbreak Media 17. August 2024 Thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries are at significant risk of contracting the mpox virus as cases of a new, more deadly, variant continue to surge, UNICEF warned today. Sudan: Several children killed in shelling of school in El Obeid News 16. August 2024 On Wednesday, several children were injured and killed in various attacks in the city of El Obeid in the state of Kordofan, Sudan. Half a billion children see twice as many hot days as their grandparents News 14. August 2024 Eight countries, including Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Sudan and Sudan, are home to children who spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius. Sudan: “Tens of thousands of children may die” Statement 13. August 2024 This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Gaza: “I wish my child would die” Statement 9. August 2024 Statement by UNICEF Communication Officer Salim Oweis on the impact of the conflict in the Gaza Strip on children. Middle East: "Immediate de-escalation is essential to safeguard childrens lives" Statement 8. August 2024 Statement by UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr on the impact of the recent violence and attacks in the Middle East on children. Famine confirmed in Sudan’s North Darfur Media 2. August 2024 After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region. Support for Tunisia’s socially disadvantaged children Blog 31. July 2024 Since 2019, UNICEF has supported the Tunisian government in strengthening the country’s social protection system. This also involves training selected social workers, such as Jamila. Rising heat across Europe and Central Asia kills nearly 400 children a year Media 25. July 2024 New policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress The current situation in the Gaza Strip Statement 25. July 2024 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in the Gaza Strip. Hunger numbers stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: UN report Media 24. July 2024 Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today West Bank: Child casualties skyrocket in the past nine months News 22. July 2024 On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023, a nearly two-and-a-half-fold increase from the previous nine months. The bleak déjà vu in Darfur Blog 18. July 2024 UNICEF spokesperson James Elder reflects on a visit to Sudan. Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 Media 15. July 2024 New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks Attack on children's hospital in Kyiv News 11. July 2024 The brutal attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Ukraine horrified the entire world on Monday. Some parts of the hospital, which treated seriously ill children, are in ruins. Ukraine: Missile attacks claim numerous victims Statement 8. July 2024 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on deadly strikes in Ukraine. Caribbean: Hurricane Beryl endangers over three million children News 3. July 2024 UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to children and families in several countries. Night-time curfew for children – UNICEF responds Statement 3. July 2024 Statement by UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein in response to the decision of the Studen municipality in Bern to introduce a night-time curfew from 22h00 to 06h00 for children younger than 14 from July 1. Haiti: Every minute a child is displaced due to violence Media 2. July 2024 Over 300 000 children now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March. Sudan is facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe Media 27. June 2024 New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger Sudan: UNICEF warns of a deepening crisis for children News 26. June 2024 According to reports, more than 400 children have been killed or injured in the Sudanese city of El Fasher in the past seven weeks. Many children are also suffering from hunger and malnutrition. UNICEF wins Swissfundraising Award again News 26. June 2024 UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein received the Swissfundraising Award for the most successful campaign of 2023 today, achieving this accolade for the second time in succession. 1,000 days of education lost for Afghan girls Statement 13. June 2024 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell Financial institutions and the fight against child labor: Responsibility and options for action News 12. June 2024 Worldwide, the number of children involved in child labor is still 160 million. Gaza Strip: Almost 3000 malnourished children at risk of dying News 11. June 2024 Displacement, attacks on health, and dismal humanitarian access exacerbate the already desperate nutrition situation for Gaza’s children. UNICEF: 1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty Media 6. June 2024 Children experiencing severe food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises are up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition, new analysis finds. Afghanistan: Flash floods pose a persistent threat to children News 3. June 2024 UNICEF calls for increased investment in disaster preparedness and climate resilience as the recent floods provide a grave forewarning of potential future climate hazards. The new EU Supply Chain Act protects child rights News 31. May 2024 On May 24, 2024, the Council of the European Union approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD). UNICEF welcomes this important milestone for a more comprehensive corporate responsibility for human and child rights. Sudan: Children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis News 30. May 2024 Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war-torn Sudan. First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
Children particularly at risk from new Mpox variant Media 22. August 2024 Children and vulnerable population groups are the main victims of a spreading Mpox epidemic in eastern and southern Africa.
DRC: Children at significant risk from surging mpox outbreak Media 17. August 2024 Thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries are at significant risk of contracting the mpox virus as cases of a new, more deadly, variant continue to surge, UNICEF warned today.
Sudan: Several children killed in shelling of school in El Obeid News 16. August 2024 On Wednesday, several children were injured and killed in various attacks in the city of El Obeid in the state of Kordofan, Sudan.
Half a billion children see twice as many hot days as their grandparents News 14. August 2024 Eight countries, including Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Sudan and Sudan, are home to children who spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius.
Sudan: “Tens of thousands of children may die” Statement 13. August 2024 This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Gaza: “I wish my child would die” Statement 9. August 2024 Statement by UNICEF Communication Officer Salim Oweis on the impact of the conflict in the Gaza Strip on children.
Middle East: "Immediate de-escalation is essential to safeguard childrens lives" Statement 8. August 2024 Statement by UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr on the impact of the recent violence and attacks in the Middle East on children.
Famine confirmed in Sudan’s North Darfur Media 2. August 2024 After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region.
Support for Tunisia’s socially disadvantaged children Blog 31. July 2024 Since 2019, UNICEF has supported the Tunisian government in strengthening the country’s social protection system. This also involves training selected social workers, such as Jamila.
Rising heat across Europe and Central Asia kills nearly 400 children a year Media 25. July 2024 New policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress
The current situation in the Gaza Strip Statement 25. July 2024 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Hunger numbers stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: UN report Media 24. July 2024 Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today
West Bank: Child casualties skyrocket in the past nine months News 22. July 2024 On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023, a nearly two-and-a-half-fold increase from the previous nine months.
The bleak déjà vu in Darfur Blog 18. July 2024 UNICEF spokesperson James Elder reflects on a visit to Sudan.
Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 Media 15. July 2024 New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks
Attack on children's hospital in Kyiv News 11. July 2024 The brutal attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Ukraine horrified the entire world on Monday. Some parts of the hospital, which treated seriously ill children, are in ruins.
Ukraine: Missile attacks claim numerous victims Statement 8. July 2024 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on deadly strikes in Ukraine.
Caribbean: Hurricane Beryl endangers over three million children News 3. July 2024 UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to children and families in several countries.
Night-time curfew for children – UNICEF responds Statement 3. July 2024 Statement by UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein in response to the decision of the Studen municipality in Bern to introduce a night-time curfew from 22h00 to 06h00 for children younger than 14 from July 1.
Haiti: Every minute a child is displaced due to violence Media 2. July 2024 Over 300 000 children now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March.
Sudan is facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe Media 27. June 2024 New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger
Sudan: UNICEF warns of a deepening crisis for children News 26. June 2024 According to reports, more than 400 children have been killed or injured in the Sudanese city of El Fasher in the past seven weeks. Many children are also suffering from hunger and malnutrition.
UNICEF wins Swissfundraising Award again News 26. June 2024 UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein received the Swissfundraising Award for the most successful campaign of 2023 today, achieving this accolade for the second time in succession.
1,000 days of education lost for Afghan girls Statement 13. June 2024 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell
Financial institutions and the fight against child labor: Responsibility and options for action News 12. June 2024 Worldwide, the number of children involved in child labor is still 160 million.
Gaza Strip: Almost 3000 malnourished children at risk of dying News 11. June 2024 Displacement, attacks on health, and dismal humanitarian access exacerbate the already desperate nutrition situation for Gaza’s children.
UNICEF: 1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty Media 6. June 2024 Children experiencing severe food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises are up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition, new analysis finds.
Afghanistan: Flash floods pose a persistent threat to children News 3. June 2024 UNICEF calls for increased investment in disaster preparedness and climate resilience as the recent floods provide a grave forewarning of potential future climate hazards.
The new EU Supply Chain Act protects child rights News 31. May 2024 On May 24, 2024, the Council of the European Union approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD). UNICEF welcomes this important milestone for a more comprehensive corporate responsibility for human and child rights.
Sudan: Children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis News 30. May 2024 Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war-torn Sudan.
