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Non-govermental organisations are demanding measures to improve mental health and, on World Mental Health Day in particular, want to raise the awareness of the vulnerable situation of youth and young adults in Switzerland.

River floods alone projected to displace almost 96 million children over next 30 years, new analysis shows

UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein has appointed Samuel Wille as its new Director of Partnerships & Philanthropy. Samuel Wille succeeds Asa Sjöberg Langner, who will hand over the department to him on January 1, 2024.

Deaths and disappearances on the Central Mediterranean route tripled this summer compared to last

Today, UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein together with the Marie Meierhofer Institute for the Child (MMI) published new guidelines on the participation and consultation of children and young people in the asylum procedure.

A delegation of 15 representatives of administrative authorities from four provinces in South Korea is to visit a number of “child friendly communities” in Switzerland from September 11 to 15.

Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest seismic event to hit the Kingdom since 1960.

Although much is being said about children and youth, we know very little about how well they are really doing. Switzerland and Liechtenstein lack representative data on the well-being of young people.

The Society for Quality in Child Protection, UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Swiss Foundation for the Protection of Children and YOUVITA today published a brochure on transdisciplinary quality standards in child protection for specialists.

UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and Pro Juventute, supported by a broad alliance of organizations, published a position paper which not only analyzes the deficits in compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, PH Lucerne and UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein have launched a child rights web application.

For the first time, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Around half of children in Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million – are exposed to high heatwave frequency, according to an analysis of the latest available data from 50 countries published today by UNICEF in a new policy brief.

So far in 2023, an estimated 11,600 children made the dangerous crossing. The majority were alone or separated from their parents.

At the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) on June 8 and 9 in Interlaken, UNICEF presents the works of artists envisioning a positive future for children, generated with the help of AI.

The delegates of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein have unanimously elected Christian Levrat as the association’s new President. He takes over from Hans Künzle with immediate effect.

The award ceremony took place today at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, where awards were given out for the most creative Star Weeks children’s fundraising campaigns. A total of around 550 children and adults attended the event.

A new UNICEF report shows that 67 million children have missed out on some or all of their routine vaccinations in the last three years.

Stefanie Heinzmann is to become a new ambassador for UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This is in recognition of her many years of commitment to the United Nations Children’s Fund.

In the run-up to the historic United Nations Water Conference, UNICEF warns of the life-threatening dangers to children posed by water pollution, inadequate sanitation and climate change.

With half of stunting in children under 2 developing during pregnancy and before six months, new report raises the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women

AGCO Corporation today announced it is donating USD 650,000 to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in direct support of its earthquake response in Türkiye.

According to the latest United Nations estimates on child mortality published today, around five million children died before their fifth birthday in 2021.

UNICEF is calling on governments and the public to support humanitarian assistance programs for 173 million people in 155 countries and territories, including more than 110 million children.

Three leading companies join UNICEF and the Z Zurich Foundation to advocate for greater investment and action to promote young people’s mental health and wellbeing.