Press Releases
The devastating toll of war on Ukraine’s children
NEW YORK (February 21, 2025) - “A staggering one in five children in Ukraine reported losing a close relative or friend since the escalation of the war three years ago. One in three children reported...
Inter Miami CF Foundation and UNICEF partner to support children’s education across Latin America and the Caribbean
NEW YORK (February 21, 2025) - The Inter Miami CF Foundation and UNICEF announced a new global partnership today that will support access to quality education programs for children in five countries...
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (February 19, 2025) - The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with a mass vaccination campaign scheduled from 22 to 26 February 2025. The novel oral polio...
Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 19, 2025) - Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing...
Thousands more children deprived of education as crisis in eastern DR Congo escalates – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 17, 2025) – As levels of violence and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surge, UNICEF is calling for emergency measures to save the school year for...
Children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo increasingly exposed to sexual violence, abduction and recruitment – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 13, 2025) – “I am deeply alarmed by the intensifying violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and its impact on children and families. In North and South Kivu...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on child casualties in the West Bank
NEW YORK (February 12, 2025) – “Conflict-related violence continues to bring death and fear to civilians, including women and children in the West Bank. On 7 February, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy...
Haiti’s Children Under Siege: The staggering rise of child abuse and recruitment by armed groups
NEW YORK (February 7, 2025) – “A staggering 1,000 percent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds. The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last...
The silent killer: over 100 daily deaths of children under five linked to air pollution in East Asia and the Pacific
NEW YORK (February 6, 2025) – As Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, grapples with unhealthy levels of air pollution, leading to school closures and widespread health concerns, UNICEF’s latest analysis sheds...
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
NEW YORK (February 6, 2025) – “Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional, and psychological scars on girls and women. This harmful...