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UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and OST (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences) have published the first qualitative report on the Child Rights Barometer. It presents the theoretical background and the results from past participatory workshops with over 100 children in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

At least 2,406 children have been killed or injured since the escalation of the war in Ukraine nearly 1,000 days ago, according to the latest available verified reports. In addition to child casualties, which include 659 children killed and 1,747 children injured - amounting to at least 16 children killed or injured every week - millions of children continue to have their lives upended due to ongoing attacks.

Children in Lebanon are at growing risk of health and protection issues – including waterborne diseases like cholera, hepatitis and diarrhoea – as the continued bombardment of the country increasingly disrupts and damages essential services that families rely on.

UNICEF is providing 167 metric tons of medical supplies for about 2 million people affected by the rapidly escalating conflict in Lebanon, especially women and children.

 At least 13 children were reportedly killed and another 4 injured in airstrikes in Al Kuma, in Sudan’s North Darfur State on Friday. The children who were killed were between the ages of 6 and 17.

International Children's Rights Day on 20 November provides an important platform for drawing attention to children's rights worldwide. This year, the Swiss Children's Rights Network and UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein have developed a new, freely usable label to make the numerous activities surrounding this day more visible.

Between September 23 and 26, over 300 representatives from ‘Child Friendly Cities’ (CFC) and various UNICEF representatives met in Jinan, China for the second regional meeting between Asian and European cities.

UNICEF scales up efforts to address mpox as children head back to school across the country.

Super Typhoon Yagi – the strongest storm in the region in decades – made landfall in northern Vietnam and caused catastrophic damage. Millions of children and their families are at risk.

UNICEF today announced that it has issued an emergency tender for the procurement of mpox vaccines.