Press Releases
Getting Every Child Back to Learning in South Sudan
NEW YORK (June 3, 2015) – A national campaign to reverse the massive downward trend in school attendance and participation in South Sudan, and return 400,000 children back to learning, today held its...
Gucci-UNICEF partnership turns 10: Over 7.5 million children reap rewards
NEW YORK, June 2, 2015 – More than 7.5 million children in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia have gained improved access to quality education through a 10-year partnership between Gucci and UNICEF. To mark...
Nepal Earthquake: Race Against Time to Get Children Back to School – UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 31, 2015) – Almost 14,000 children whose schools were destroyed or heavily damaged in the two earthquakes are having classes for the first time in five weeks in temporary learning...
UNICEF Renews Call for Protection and Safety of Children amidst Violence in Burundi
NEW YORK (May 28, 2015) – UNICEF said today it is extremely concerned by evidence of the continued presence of children amidst violent confrontations in Burundi. This situation has led to the death of...
Children Face Worsening Nutrition Crisis as South Sudan Fighting Intensifies
NEW YORK (May 27, 2015) – The lives of nearly a quarter of a million children are at significant risk as food and nutrition security rapidly deteriorates in parts of South Sudan, UNICEF said today...
Northeast Nigeria: Alarming Spike in Suicide Attacks Involving Women and Girls
NEW YORK (May 26, 2015) – More women and children have been used as suicide bombers in Northeast Nigeria in the first five months of this year than during the whole of last year, according to reports...
Presidents of the UN Foundation and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Call Congressional Action on Girls Count Act “A Step toward a Brighter Future”
Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2015) – Following markups of the Girls Count Act in both the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees, Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the United...
UNICEF: Children Killed, Abducted and Raped in South Sudan Attacks
NEW YORK (May 18, 2015) — Dozens of children have been killed, at least 12 raped and others abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State over a two-week period, according...
UNICEF: Tens of Thousands of Children Flee Violence in Burundi
NEW YORK (May 18, 2015) — Approximately 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom are women and children, have fled violent clashes in Burundi to neighboring Great Lakes countries including Tanzania...
Leaders From USA's Fastest Growing Sport Unite for Beyond Soccer Series, Powered by streefootballworld
NEW YORK (May 15, 2015) – Influential figures from across the US and global soccer industry will come together for a series of high-level networking events in New York City; the Beyond Soccer Series...