NEW YORK (August 14, 2024) – 1 in 5 children – or 466 million – live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared to just six decades ago, according to...
NEW YORK (August 13, 2024) – “Sudan’s humanitarian crisis for children is, by numbers, the biggest in the world. It is also a crisis of neglect. So many of the countless atrocities upon children in...
NEW YORK (August 8, 2024) – “Children in many countries in the Middle East are facing a harsh reality today more than ever before – life shrouded by uncertainty and violence. “The surge in violence...
NEW YORK (August 9, 2024) – "The unrelenting war in Gaza continues to inflict horrors on thousands of children, keeping far too many separated from their loved ones. On Saturday, I met 8-month-old...
LOS ANGELES | LONDON (August 9, 2024) — For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the GRAMMY® Award-winning album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming...
Sierra Leone, a low-income country on the west coast of Africa, has made progress towards many sustainable development goals. Yet children continue to face high risks due to climate change, poverty...
NEW YORK (August 2, 2024) – “I have just returned from a week in Bangladesh, and I am deeply concerned about the impact of recent violence and ongoing unrest on children. “UNICEF has now confirmed...
NEW YORK (August 1, 2024) – After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp...
NEW YORK (August 1, 2024) – “In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10 percent. This means 48 percent of...