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UNICEF calls for continued support for the 6.2 million children in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

Increased humanitarian response is urgently needed as an estimated 82,000 children cross into neighbouring countries, and 368,000 more become internally displaced.

On 3 May, the National Council held a special session in the Federal Palace in Bern. UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein used the session as an opportunity to lobby for the voting age to be lowered to 16. 

The Global Coalition for Youth Mental Health, led by UNICEF, is calling for greater attention to be paid to the mental health of young people around the world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.