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At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in 30 countries.

ZERO TOLERANCE — End Female Genital Mutilation

Learn how UNICEF is working to fight FGM at every level and to help affected girls and women.

A water point in Ethiopia's Oromia Region. The ongoing drought has severely affected semi-pastoralist communities and their ability to access clean water, and children in this community spend much of their day searching for the resource.

It's Not Over: 3 Stories of How El Niño Still Impacts Children

Drought, malnutrition and the spread of mosquito-borne disease is affecting children worldwide.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director With Italian Coast Guard

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth Travels With The Italian Coast Guard On An Operation To Save Migrants

Facing Danger Each Step They Take, Children Flee Violence and Hardship

UNICEF reports on child refugees’ harrowing journeys to Europe.

Photographed by Matthew K. Firpo

NextGen visit to UNICEF Jamaica

By Serena Guen As the plane’s wheels screeched off the tarmac of Port Antonio’s airport, I felt a very complicated mix of happy and sad. Trying to process my emotions, I thought back to the few very...

One third of Iraqi children need humanitarian aid.

Five Things You Should Know About Children in Iraq

UNICEF deplores the senseless bombings. Nothing justifies attacks on children.

If You Were Forced to Leave Home, What Would You Remember?

Joya Dhali (carrying books), 17, in southern Bangladesh, refused to get married at age 16.

SOWC 2016: Change Starts When You Choose to Care

From malnutrition to child marriage, the future is dark for millions of children around the world living in extreme poverty.

Medical assistant Yaye Aissa Boubacar injects a tetanus vaccination for pregnant mother Mariama Yacouba, at the Saguia health centre, Niamey, Niger.

The Frontline Worker Who Helped Guide Niger to MNT Elimination

A huge milestone in the global fight against an excruciating killer. This is Aichatou's story. She helped make it possible.