Press releases UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein Media Office And the Star Weeks Award 2025 goes to… Media 20. May 2025 Zurich, May 17, 2025 – The Star Weeks Award ceremony attended by around 550 children and adults took place today at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, where awards were given out for the most creative children’s fundraising campaigns. UNICEF: Decline in child well-being in high-income countries Media 14. May 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened existing negative developments regarding the well-being of children in wealthy countries. More children are experiencing difficulties with school, obesity and falling satisfaction levels. Switzerland is also showing significant decline in some areas. Sudan: Number of children in need doubled Media 15. April 2025 15 million children in need as violence, hunger, and disease increase, and growing constraints on access and funding compound challenges More than a million children in the Gaza Strip deprived of lifesaving aid for over one Media 7. April 2025 Aid continues to be blocked from entering, in breach of international humanitarian law and with dire repercussions for children. Myanmar: Millions of children in danger after devastating earthquake Media 30. March 2025 UNICEF calls for urgent response as homes, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure have sustained severe damage. In 2025, 14 million children will lose vital nutritional support Media 27. March 2025 Reductions in donor funding threaten to unravel decades of progress for the world’s most vulnerable children and women. Global child mortality at an all-time low, but progress at risk Media 25. March 2025 Number of under-five deaths declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths remained around 1.9 million, according to two new UN reports Europe: Highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years Media 13. March 2025 127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024 – double the number reported for 2023 and the highest number seen in the Region since 1997. Sudan: Sexual violence against children Media 4. March 2025 Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict. UNICEF calls for urgent international efforts to protect and support children in Sudan. DR Congo: Grave violations against children tripled Media 26. February 2025 UNICEF is deeply concerned about the sharp increase in serious violations against children in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the recent escalation of violence, the number of reported incidents has tripled. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next page ›› Last page Last »
And the Star Weeks Award 2025 goes to… Media 20. May 2025 Zurich, May 17, 2025 – The Star Weeks Award ceremony attended by around 550 children and adults took place today at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, where awards were given out for the most creative children’s fundraising campaigns.
UNICEF: Decline in child well-being in high-income countries Media 14. May 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened existing negative developments regarding the well-being of children in wealthy countries. More children are experiencing difficulties with school, obesity and falling satisfaction levels. Switzerland is also showing significant decline in some areas.
Sudan: Number of children in need doubled Media 15. April 2025 15 million children in need as violence, hunger, and disease increase, and growing constraints on access and funding compound challenges
More than a million children in the Gaza Strip deprived of lifesaving aid for over one Media 7. April 2025 Aid continues to be blocked from entering, in breach of international humanitarian law and with dire repercussions for children.
Myanmar: Millions of children in danger after devastating earthquake Media 30. March 2025 UNICEF calls for urgent response as homes, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure have sustained severe damage.
In 2025, 14 million children will lose vital nutritional support Media 27. March 2025 Reductions in donor funding threaten to unravel decades of progress for the world’s most vulnerable children and women.
Global child mortality at an all-time low, but progress at risk Media 25. March 2025 Number of under-five deaths declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths remained around 1.9 million, according to two new UN reports
Europe: Highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years Media 13. March 2025 127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024 – double the number reported for 2023 and the highest number seen in the Region since 1997.
Sudan: Sexual violence against children Media 4. March 2025 Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict. UNICEF calls for urgent international efforts to protect and support children in Sudan.
DR Congo: Grave violations against children tripled Media 26. February 2025 UNICEF is deeply concerned about the sharp increase in serious violations against children in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the recent escalation of violence, the number of reported incidents has tripled.