Press Releases

More than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied a secondary education since 2021 – UNICEF

Publication date: August 14, 2026

Girls have been barred from formal education beyond grade six since September 2021, and women from universities since December 2022.

UNICEF support children and families affected by the earthquake in Chocó and Buenaventura, Colombia

Publication date: August 12, 2026

Following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia, UNICEF is scaling up its response to support affected children and families in the department of Chocó and the city of Buenaventura (on the Pacific coast).

As Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa, UNICEF calls for urgent action to protect millions of children

Publication date: August 11, 2026

Cholera is rapidly spreading across West and Central Africa, with outbreaks now affecting six countries and placing millions of children at increasing risk.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hannan Sulieman's remarks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on escalating violence in the West Bank

Publication date: August 11, 2026

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hannan Sulieman's remarks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on escalating violence in the West Bank.

DR Congo: As Ebola child deaths pass 300, UNICEF warns outbreak also threatens essential health services

Publication date: August 6, 2026

Disruption of services and fear of infection drive over 40 per cent decline in childhood immunizations, safe deliveries, and essential healthcare in the epicentre of the outbreak

At least 300 children reportedly killed in Gaza in past 300 days

Publication date: August 6, 2026

This amounts to an average of one child every day, despite an agreement for the suspension of military operations and the full entry of humanitarian aid and relief almost 10 months ago.

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ahead of World Breastfeeding Week

Publication date: July 31, 2026

Countries urged to strengthen breastfeeding support and health systems to give every child a healthy start in life

Statement by UNICEF Acting Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Abdul Fofana, as child casualties in Iran reportedly exceed 2,500 amid ongoing war

Publication date: July 31, 2026

As war reverberates in Iran and neighboring countries, children continue to be killed and maimed in the places where they should be safest – their homes, schools and communities.

At least 23 children reportedly killed and 25 injured in Sudan’s conflict-afflicted North Kordofan in past two months

Publication date: July 28, 2026

Ongoing violence, repeated displacement and damage to civilian infrastructure are putting children's lives, wellbeing and future at risk.

Children and women queue for water in Al Obeid, Sudan.

Thousands of children continue to face multiple risks one month after devastating earthquakes in Venezuela

Publication date: July 24, 2026

Displacement, damaged services and aftershocks affect the most vulnerable as communities recover from deadly disaster