Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NEW YORK (February 6, 2018) – More than 175,000 children go online for the first time every day – a new child every half second – UNICEF said today. Digital access exposes these children to a wealth...

NEW YORK (February 5, 2018) – In this dark month of January, conflicts and violence in the Middle East and North Africa have once again taken a devastating toll on children. They were killed in...

NEW YORK (January 31, 2018) – Nearly 3 in 10 young people aged between 15 and 24 years old – 59 million – living in countries affected by conflict or disaster are illiterate, triple the global rate...