UNICEF in action

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Fatima Mahamat, 20, holds her 23-day-old baby girl Amina in her lap and the child's new birth certificate in her hand, having completed the registration in just a few minutes using a digital app, at the health center in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, where the child was vaccinated.

UNICEF and Child Protection: Birth Registration as First Line of Defense of Children's Rights

How UNICEF helped increase birth registration rates in Chad with digital innovation. [video]

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Children attend class at the Armenia Government School in Armenia, in the Cayo District of Belize.

Children's Right to Online Safety Must Be Protected

The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to protect children from the harms of social media.

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Displaced by violence, a boy stands in a hallway of a school being used as an emergency shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

UNICEF Helps Children Displaced by Violence in Haiti

Violence caused by armed groups has pushed over 300,000 children out of their homes in Haiti. UNICEF is there, providing urgent assistance. [video]

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A student at a school in northeast Nigeria holds a paper showing his greatest fear, part of an exercise to identify strengths and vulnerabilities at school and in the community.

How to Talk to Your Children About Gun Violence

Children always look to their parents for a sense of safety and security — even more so when violence strikes.

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Children play and learn at a UNICEF child-friendly space in Gedaref, Sudan.

VIDEO: UNICEF Child-Friendly Spaces Provide Hope and Safety in Sudan

UNICEF child-friendly spaces offer children in war-torn Sudan a safe place to read, write, learn and play.

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In the Gaza Strip in April 2024, Noura and her newborn, Majd, received essential baby supplies and baby clothes from UNICEF.

The Resilience of Mothers in the Gaza Strip

UNICEF is distributing baby clothes and infant supplies to newborns and their mothers in Gaza.

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Displaced by the war in Sudan and separated from his family, Mohammed, 13, holds his beloved soccer ball in Gedaref.

For the Love of Soccer in Sudan

Separated from his family by Sudan's brutal civil war, a boy leans into his passion for "the beautiful game" to keep his spirits up.

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On June 1, 2024, children gather at the Bulengo site for internally displaced people in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Grave Violations Against Children on the Rise in Democratic Republic of Congo

Escalating violence and mass displacement in eastern DRC are driving record levels of gender-based violence and hunger.

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A mother holds her child close in Haiti, where escalating violence is pushing more and more families from their homes.

In Haiti, Alarming Numbers of Children Joining Armed Groups

An estimated 30 to 50 percent of Haiti's armed group members are children, a grave violation of their rights.

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