Press Releases
Twelvefold Increase in Zika Cases Since Ecuador Earthquake
07/18/2016
NEW YORK (July 18, 2016) – Three months after the Ecuador earthquake, the number of Zika Virus cases increased from 92 to 1,106 country-wide, with the sharpest increase in the quake-hit areas...
Majority of Men and Women Oppose Female Genital Mutilation in Countries Where Practice Persists – UNICEF Figures
07/14/2016
NEW YORK (July 14, 2016) – Approximately two-thirds of men, women, boys and girls in countries where female genital mutilation is common say they want the practice to end – according to UNICEF data...
UNICEF Encourages Holiday Shoppers to Put Children First
07/11/2016
NEW YORK (July 11, 2016) – This holiday season, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is encouraging shoppers to put children first by purchasing gifts that support UNICEF’s work to save and improve the lives of...
UNICEF Statement on Violence in South Sudan
07/09/2016
NEW YORK (July 9, 2016) – UNICEF is deeply alarmed by the renewed violence in South Sudan and calls on all parties to respect humanitarian principles and provide unrestricted access to civilians in...
El Niño is Over but its Impact on Children is Set to Worsen as Disease, Malnutrition Continue to Spread
07/08/2016
NEW YORK (July 8, 2016) – The 2015-2016 El Niño has ended but its devastating impact on children is worsening, as hunger, malnutrition and disease continue to increase following the severe droughts...
Iraq Crisis: 3.6 Million Children Now at Risk from Increasing Violence
06/30/2016
NEW YORK (June 30, 2016) – 3.6 million children in Iraq – one in five in the country - are at serious risk of death, injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into armed groups, according to...
Poverty, Illiteracy and Early Deaths Await World’s Most Disadvantaged Children: UNICEF
06/28/2016
NEW YORK (June 28, 2016) – Based on current trends, 69 million children under five will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty, and 750 million women will have...
U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Maroon 5 Launch #Maroon5Day to Save and Improve the Lives of the World’s Most Vulnerable Children
06/20/2016
NEW YORK (June 20, 2016) – The U.S. Fund for UNICEF and multi-Grammy Award-winning band Maroon 5 today announced the launch of #Maroon5Day, an annual campaign to celebrate the universal messages of...
African Youth to African Leaders: “You Must Do More to End Conflicts in Africa”
06/16/2016
NEW YORK (June 16, 2016) – African leaders are not doing enough to stop conflicts in Africa, said two-thirds of the nearly 86,000 youth surveyed in a recent mobile-based poll conducted in nine African...
“If you try to run, they shoot you, if you stop working they beat you. It was just like the slave trade.”
06/14/2016
NEW YORK (June 14, 2016) -- More than nine out of 10 refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe this year through Italy are unaccompanied, prompting UNICEF to warn of the growing threats of abuse...