Press Releases
85 Percent of Syrian Children in Host Communities Live in Poverty - UNICEF
02/25/2018
NEW YORK (February 25, 2018) – Syrian refugee families living in host communities in Jordan are increasingly struggling to meet their basic needs, including educating and protecting their children...
Cyclone Season and Threat of Violence Loom Over 720,000 Rohingya Children in Myanmar and Bangladesh – UNICEF
02/22/2018
NEW YORK (February 23, 2018) – Urgent efforts are needed to help more than 720,000 Rohingya children who are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence...
The War ON Children in Syria
02/20/2018
NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) – “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones”[1]. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ENDs- [1] UNICEF is issuing this blank...
World is Failing Newborn Babies, Says UNICEF
02/20/2018
NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) – Global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high, particularly among the world’s poorest countries, UNICEF said today in a new report on newborn mortality. Babies...
Massive Data Gaps Leave Refugee, Migrant and Displaced Children in Danger and Without Access to Basic Services
02/15/2018
NEW YORK (February 15, 2018) – Gaps in data covering refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced populations are endangering the lives and wellbeing of millions of children on the move...
In Iraq, Years of Violence and Conflict Leave 4 Million Children in Need
02/11/2018
NEW YORK (February 11, 2018) – Violence may have subsided in Iraq, but it has upended the lives of millions across the country, leaving one in four children in poverty and pushing families to extreme...
East Ghouta, Another Reminder That There is No Respite from Nightmare for Children in Syria - UNICEF
02/08/2018
NEW YORK (February 8, 2018) – “This week, dozens of children have reportedly been killed and many more injured by extreme and intensifying violence in several parts of Syria. “The violence shows no...
Hundreds of Children to Be Released by Armed Groups in South Sudan
02/07/2018
NEW YORK (February 7, 2018) – More than 300 children, 87 of them girls, were released by an armed group in South Sudan today, beginning a process that is expected to see at least 700 children freed in...
Violence Leaves 750,000 Children in Mosul Struggling to Access Basic Health Services
02/06/2018
NEW YORK (February 6, 2018) – As many as 750,000 children in Mosul and surrounding areas are struggling to access basic health services. While violence has subsided, less than 10 percent of health...
A Race against Trends
02/06/2018
NEW YORK (February 6, 2018) – “Female genital mutilation is many things: A violent act that causes infection, disease, childbirth complications, and even death. A cruel practice that inflicts lasting...