News UNICEF: Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage News 3. May 2023 Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress. Sudan: Fighting worsens already precarious humanitarian situation for children News 27. April 2023 As violent clashes in Sudan continue, UNICEF and the child-focused NGOs World Vision and Save the Children are highlighting the danger to children if the current ceasefire is not respected by all parties. How children can have a say in the development of digital tools. News 24. April 2023 A new guide to the participatory design of digital applications provides practical tips and recommendations on how to involve children in the development of such tools. Chad: more than 100,000 children fleeing Sudan conflict face new dangers News 17. April 2023 Children and families who have arrived in Eastern Chad in search of safety after fleeing the intensifying conflict in the neighbouring Sudanese region of Darfur, now face new needs and challenges as they seek refuge in provinces of Chad. Immunization coverage for 800,000 children in Syria earthquake zone News 12. April 2023 A measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched tomorrow across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000 children under five years from the two potentially deadly but preventable diseases. UNICEF and MSC Foundation celebrate 13-year partnership News 5. April 2023 The MSC Foundation has raised a total of 12 million euros for UNICEF’s global programmes for children. This is a major milestone in the partnership’s 13-year history. Eleven million children in Yemen need humanitarian aid News 24. March 2023 Eight brutal years of conflict have devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen and left 11 million children in need of one or more forms of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said today, warning that, without urgent action, millions could face greater risks of being malnourished. Southeast Africa: First Cyclone Freddy, now cholera News 20. March 2023 Millions of children are at risk in the face of a potential increase in cholera cases in Malawi and Mozambique in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has ravaged both countries for the second time in less than a month. 850,000 children homeless in earthquake zone News 6. March 2023 One month on from the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes. 3.7 million children in Syria exposed to multiple catastrophic threats News 2. March 2023 The 3.7 million children in affected areas of Syria who survived the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria are facing several growing and potentially catastrophic threats, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned today. First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next page ›› Last page Last »
UNICEF: Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage News 3. May 2023 Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress.
Sudan: Fighting worsens already precarious humanitarian situation for children News 27. April 2023 As violent clashes in Sudan continue, UNICEF and the child-focused NGOs World Vision and Save the Children are highlighting the danger to children if the current ceasefire is not respected by all parties.
How children can have a say in the development of digital tools. News 24. April 2023 A new guide to the participatory design of digital applications provides practical tips and recommendations on how to involve children in the development of such tools.
Chad: more than 100,000 children fleeing Sudan conflict face new dangers News 17. April 2023 Children and families who have arrived in Eastern Chad in search of safety after fleeing the intensifying conflict in the neighbouring Sudanese region of Darfur, now face new needs and challenges as they seek refuge in provinces of Chad.
Immunization coverage for 800,000 children in Syria earthquake zone News 12. April 2023 A measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched tomorrow across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000 children under five years from the two potentially deadly but preventable diseases.
UNICEF and MSC Foundation celebrate 13-year partnership News 5. April 2023 The MSC Foundation has raised a total of 12 million euros for UNICEF’s global programmes for children. This is a major milestone in the partnership’s 13-year history.
Eleven million children in Yemen need humanitarian aid News 24. March 2023 Eight brutal years of conflict have devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen and left 11 million children in need of one or more forms of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said today, warning that, without urgent action, millions could face greater risks of being malnourished.
Southeast Africa: First Cyclone Freddy, now cholera News 20. March 2023 Millions of children are at risk in the face of a potential increase in cholera cases in Malawi and Mozambique in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has ravaged both countries for the second time in less than a month.
850,000 children homeless in earthquake zone News 6. March 2023 One month on from the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes.
3.7 million children in Syria exposed to multiple catastrophic threats News 2. March 2023 The 3.7 million children in affected areas of Syria who survived the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria are facing several growing and potentially catastrophic threats, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned today.
