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Ecuador: Homicide Rate Among Children and Adolescents Soars 640 Percent in Four Years - UNICEF
NEW YORK/PANAMA CITY (January 12, 2024) – At least 770 child and adolescent homicides were recorded in Ecuador in 2023 [1] , a drastic increase of 640 percent from 104 cases in 2019, according to the...
Children in Gaza Still at the Sharp End of Unrelenting War
NEW YORK (January 12, 2024) - “After almost 100 days of violence, killing, bombardment and captivity for children in Gaza, all the suffering has been too much. “With every passing day, children and...
Intensifying conflict, malnutrition and disease in the Gaza Strip creates a deadly cycle that threatens over 1.1 million children
NEW YORK (January 5, 2024) – Children in the Gaza Strip face a deadly triple threat to their lives, as cases of diseases rise, nutrition plummets and the escalation in hostilities approaches its...
At least two children reportedly killed, and 15 injured in latest wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine
NEW YORK (January 3, 2024) – “Two children have reportedly been killed and at least 15 children have been reportedly injured in a wave of deadly attacks across several areas in Ukraine. “Over the last...
Hundreds of vulnerable children evacuated for second time as Sudan war continues to put millions of children at risk
NEW YORK (December 27, 2023) – 253 babies and children have been safely evacuated from transit centers in Wad Madani, Sudan to a safer location in the country, after fighting in Al Jazirah state...
Statement by UNICEF on the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (December 22, 2023) – “Yesterday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned the world of the very high risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, increasing every day if the...
Almost three million children in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state at risk as violence escalates – UNICEF
NEW YORK (December 21, 2023) – The escalation in fighting in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state has reportedly forced at least 150,000 children from their homes in less than a week, UNICEF warned today. The...
‘Barely a drop to drink’: children in the Gaza Strip do not access 90 percent of their normal water use
NEW YORK (December 20, 2023) – Recently displaced children in the southern Gaza Strip are accessing only 1.5 to 2 liters of water each day, well below the recommended requirements just for survival...
Escalation of attacks on infrastructure leaves Ukraine’s children without sustained access to water and heating, threatening safety and survival as temperatures plummet
NEW YORK (December 18, 2023) – “Yet again, as winter continues to take hold, we are witnessing an escalation of attacks on infrastructure across Ukraine, with particularly unrelenting bombardment in...
2024 looms as ‘increasingly bleak’ for children affected by armed conflicts and disasters - UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note
NEW YORK (December 15, 2023) – “In the entirety of my more than 25-year career with UNICEF, it is hard to recall a year in which the situation facing children affected by conflict and disaster has...