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Severe violations of children’s rights an ‘hourly occurrence’ in Sudan, warns UNICEF
NEW YORK (July 24, 2023) – As the brutal conflict in Sudan hits 100 days, UNICEF has received reports of a staggering 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights —an average of at least one an hour...
UNICEF: Against the odds, children begin the new school year in Rohingya refugee camps
NEW YORK (July 23, 2023) – Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are filling up today...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate Takes a Stand for Adolescent Girls During Visit to Rwanda
NEW YORK (July 18, 2023) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate is joining thousands of girls and women at the Women Deliver Conference in Rwanda this week to call for increased investment to...
Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide
NEW YORK (July 18, 2023) – Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in...
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the WHO-UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage
NEW YORK (July 18, 2023) – “Last year, UNICEF described the backsliding in childhood immunization coverage as a “red alert for child health. Today, we see a hope that this trend is reversing. “However...
‘Children drowning in the world’s inaction’ UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the increase in children taking the Central Mediterranean Sea migration route
NEW YORK (July 14, 2023) – “The number of children who have lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe has doubled in the first half of this year compared to the...
Eleven children die every week attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean Sea migration route – UNICEF
NEW YORK (July 14, 2023) – At least 289 children are estimated to have died or disappeared this year attempting to cross the perilous Central Mediterranean Sea migration route from North Africa to...
Statement by Ms. Wafaa Saeed, UNICEF Representative in Somalia, on the reported deaths of 8 people, including 6 children, in a landmine explosion in Hirshabelle State, Somalia
NEW YORK (July 12, 2023) – “UNICEF is deeply saddened by reports that six children were among the victims in a landmine explosion that killed 8 people on Sunday, near the town of Bulaburde, in...
122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
NEW YORK (July 12, 2023) – Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according...
Women and girls bear brunt of water and sanitation crisis – new UNICEF-WHO report
NEW YORK (July 6, 2023) – Globally, women are most likely to be responsible for fetching water for households, while girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility, and spend more...