How UNICEF USA Is Building a Coalition for Children's Rights
UNICEF USA supporters convened on Capitol Hill in March to ensure that the U.S. maintains its support for UNICEF's lifesaving programs.
No End in Sight to Seven Years of War in Syria: Children with Disabilities at Risk of Exclusion
NEW YORK (March 12, 2018) – With no end in sight to the war in Syria, children with disabilities risk being excluded and forgotten. The conflict in Syria continued unabated through 2017, killing the...
Devastated by War, Syria's Children Dream of Peace
Syria's brutal seven-year-long civil war has taken a staggering toll. Inside Syria, over 1.75 million children are out of school. An estimated 14 million people are living without safe, clean water to drink, sanitation or hygiene services.
Joint Statement: UNHCR and UNICEF Chiefs, on Joint Visit to Lebanon, Call for More Action to Protect and Empower Syrian Refugee Women and Girls as World Marks International Women’s Day
NEW YORK (March 8, 2018) – With women and girls making up more than half of the registered Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, and with nearly 40 percent of refugee households in the country headed...
UNICEF Report: Over Half a Billion ‘Uncounted’ Children Live in Countries Unable to Measure SDG Progress
NEW YORK (March 7, 2018) – Early assessment of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals confirms an alarming lack of data in 64 countries, as well as insufficient progress toward...
Ridding the World of Rotavirus, One Dose at a Time
See how far we've come in the fight against rotavirus, the deadliest diarrheal disease in children under five. But more needs to be done
25 Million Child Marriages Prevented in Last Decade Due to Accelerated Progress, According to New UNICEF Estimates
NEW YORK (March 6, 2018) – The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally with several countries seeing significant reductions in recent years, UNICEF said today. Overall, the proportion of...
Statement on the Attack Against Humanitarian Workers in Northeast Nigeria
NEW YORK (March 2, 2018) –“UNICEF is shocked by the attack on 1 March in Rann, Borno State, in which three aid workers lost their lives, three were injured and one is reportedly missing. “One of these...
Attack Against Humanitarian Workers in the Central African Republic
NEW YORK (March 1, 2018) – “All of us at UNICEF are deeply saddened and shocked by the killing of our colleague, along with five other education workers, who were attacked on February 25 while...