Press Releases
"Devastating Reality": 9 years after Chibok abductions, children in Northeast Nigeria continue to suffer the brutal consequences of conflict
NEW YORK (April 14, 2023) – Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria, 96 girls remain in captivity, and thousands more children...
800,000 children to be vaccinated against measles and polio across earthquake-stricken northwest Syria
NEW YORK (April 7, 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...
Two months on from Türkiye earthquakes, enormous challenges remain for 2.5 million children in need of humanitarian support
NEW YORK (April 6, 2023) – Two months after two devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and northern Syria, 2.5 million children in Türkiye remain in need of humanitarian support and are at risk of...
Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations will cost children’s lives
NEW YORK (April 5, 2023) – “Afghanistan is home to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. More than 28 million people, including over 15 million children, need humanitarian and protection...
Seven-Fold Increase in the Number of Children Walking through the Panamanian Jungle towards North America this year
NEW YORK CITY (March 30, 2023) - The number of children crossing the dangerous Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama by foot has increased seven-fold in the first two months of 2023 compared to...
The fight of our lives for their futures: climate action needed now, for every child
NEW YORK (March 30, 2023) – “As the IPCC report makes clear, our world is already being ravaged by the consequences of climate change. Just last year, we saw a series of deadly climate-linked...
Conflict in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on children’s education
NEW YORK (March 29, 2023) – The education of around 750,000 children has been disrupted in two most conflict-affected provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). New figures...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Returns to Ukraine as War Continues to Devastate Children’s Lives
NEW YORK (March 27, 2023) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to Ukraine this week to meet children and families affected by the war. During his 3-day visit to Kyiv, Irpin and Demydiv...
8 years of crushing conflict in Yemen leave more than 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance
NEW YORK (March 24, 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...
More than 10 million people, including children, living in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas still lack access to safe drinking water - UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 21, 2023) – Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking water...