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UNICEF Gears Up for Global Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout

UNICEF knows how to get lifesaving supplies to the right place at the right time. The success of COVAX depends on it.

Five-year-old Queen Philip collects water at a UNICEF-supported water point in Yambio, South Sudan.

4 Ways UNICEF Is Helping Children in South Sudan

As South Sudan continues to build resilience and work towards a lasting peace, UNICEF is on the ground, making sure children get the immunizations, clean water, education and nutrition they need to survive and thrive.

For Teenagers in Newtown, CT, Political Activism Comes Naturally

Young volunteers raised in the shadow of the deadly Sandy Hook shooting worked to get out the vote & manned the polls on Election Day.

Atlanta Youth Board Celebrate Healthcare Heroes for MLK Day of Service

A vaccinator administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker at Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi, India.

UNICEF's Guide to Fighting Misinformation About Vaccines

UNICEF's new how-to manual helps countries dispel myths and rumors that could impede efforts to vaccinate the world against COVID-19.

Promised a job as a housekeeper, this teenager was forced into sex work in Kazakhstan. She escaped and found refuge in a UNICEF-supported center for abused and trafficked children.

Child Trafficking Hits Close to Home

The buying and selling of children for the purpose of exploitation happens everywhere — including all 50 U.S. states.

In March 2019, UNICEF USA supporters from 39 states traveled to Washington, D.C. to urge elected officials to maintain support for UNICEF's lifesaving programs for children around the world.

UNICEF USA’s Advocacy Priorities in 2021 and Beyond

How we'll advocate for child rights and lift the voices of every child in the new administration and Congress.

Young adolescent girls in Husangar village, Sri Dungargarh block, Bikaner district, Rajasthan, India in 2018.

Not An Object: On Sexualization and Exploitation of Women and Girls

Objectification and sexualization of girls in the media is linked to violence against women and girls worldwide.

UNICEF helps unaccompanied child migrants like Berhan, 17, who left Ethiopia to find work but was captured by human traffickers in Yemen and held captive for five months.

Helping Survivors of Child Trafficking Get Their Lives Back

Child trafficking preys upon children in desperate circumstances who cross borders alone, hoping to find work to support their families.