News Increase in child abuse: We are taking action! News 26. January 2023 Zurich Children’s Hospital recorded 647 cases of suspected child abuse last year. More than ever before. UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein is committed to prevention and to raising awareness among professionals. Education funding: the poorest children receive the least support News 18. January 2023 Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released today, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis. Pakistan: Stagnant and polluted floodwater endangers children's lives News 9. January 2023 More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned today. UNICEF advocates for active voting rights for 16-year-olds. News 21. December 2022 Children and young people have the right to voice opinions and the right to make their own decisions. UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein are supporting the call for the voting age to be lowered to 16 as part of parliamentary initiative 19.415. Elections completed: These are the new delegates of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein. News 16. December 2022 All five existing delegates have been re-elected. They are now joined by five new delegates from the constituencies of Central Switzerland, Northwestern Switzerland, Italian-speaking Switzerland and French-speaking Switzerland. We would like to congratulate them on their election. Right to a non-violent upbringing is enshrined in law in Switzerland. News 15. December 2022 Yesterday, the Council of States followed the recommendation of its Legal Affairs Committee and clearly adopted motion 19.4632 (“Enshrine the right to a non-violent upbringing in the Civil Code”) by 27 votes to 8. Ukraine: Attacks on infrastructure put seven million children at risk News 14. December 2022 Continuing attacks on critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine have left nearly seven million children without sustained access to electricity, heating and water, putting them at increased risk as temperatures continue to drop and winter deepens. Launch of "MSC Seascape" in New York News 14. December 2022 Last Wednesday, MSC Cruises launched its new cruise ship "MSC Seascape" in New York. Representatives of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and UNICEF USA attended the ceremony. More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen News 12. December 2022 More than 11,000 children have now been killed or maimed as a result of the conflict in Yemen, according to UNICEF – an average of four a day since the escalation of the conflict in 2015. First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Increase in child abuse: We are taking action! News 26. January 2023 Zurich Children’s Hospital recorded 647 cases of suspected child abuse last year. More than ever before. UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein is committed to prevention and to raising awareness among professionals.
Education funding: the poorest children receive the least support News 18. January 2023 Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released today, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis.
Pakistan: Stagnant and polluted floodwater endangers children's lives News 9. January 2023 More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned today.
UNICEF advocates for active voting rights for 16-year-olds. News 21. December 2022 Children and young people have the right to voice opinions and the right to make their own decisions. UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein are supporting the call for the voting age to be lowered to 16 as part of parliamentary initiative 19.415.
Elections completed: These are the new delegates of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein. News 16. December 2022 All five existing delegates have been re-elected. They are now joined by five new delegates from the constituencies of Central Switzerland, Northwestern Switzerland, Italian-speaking Switzerland and French-speaking Switzerland. We would like to congratulate them on their election.
Right to a non-violent upbringing is enshrined in law in Switzerland. News 15. December 2022 Yesterday, the Council of States followed the recommendation of its Legal Affairs Committee and clearly adopted motion 19.4632 (“Enshrine the right to a non-violent upbringing in the Civil Code”) by 27 votes to 8.
Ukraine: Attacks on infrastructure put seven million children at risk News 14. December 2022 Continuing attacks on critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine have left nearly seven million children without sustained access to electricity, heating and water, putting them at increased risk as temperatures continue to drop and winter deepens.
Launch of "MSC Seascape" in New York News 14. December 2022 Last Wednesday, MSC Cruises launched its new cruise ship "MSC Seascape" in New York. Representatives of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and UNICEF USA attended the ceremony.
More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen News 12. December 2022 More than 11,000 children have now been killed or maimed as a result of the conflict in Yemen, according to UNICEF – an average of four a day since the escalation of the conflict in 2015.
