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Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target - UNICEF

Publication date: September 18, 2023

New report released ahead of the UN General Assembly shows historic acceleration needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), only possible if world puts children at heart of national agendas

Somaya, 2 years old, is one of the children who came with her father, Walid Mohammed Ahmed Hassan, to get medical attention from the mobile clinic in Mazhar District, Raymah Governorate.

Nearly 300,000 children affected in Libya after Storm Daniel devastates entire communities - UNICEF

Publication date: September 14, 2023

Beyond the immediate risks of death and injury, the severe floods in Libya put children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, displacement and loss of essential services

Nearly 300,000 children affected in Libya after Storm Daniel devastates entire communities - UNICEF

Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Publication date: September 11, 2023

Nearly 200,000 people, half of whom are children, are now displaced across the country, with 130,000 in the capital alone.

Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

At least 100,000 children affected by Morocco earthquake – UNICEF

Publication date: September 11, 2023

Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest seismic event to hit the Kingdom since 1960.

At least 100,000 children affected by Morocco earthquake – UNICEF

UNICEF STATEMENT ON THE EARTHQUAKE IN MOROCCO

Publication date: September 9, 2023

UNICEF is following the situation and ready to support the Government of Morocco upon its request and under the coordination of the United Nations, to help reach children who may have been impacted by this disaster.

Residents stay out at a square in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake.

Number of migrant children moving across Latin America and the Caribbean hits new record amid violence, instability and climate change

Publication date: September 7, 2023

One in four people on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean is a child, the highest proportion globally.

Esther, an Haitian mother of two children, arrives in pirogue to Lajas Blancas Migrant Temporary Reception Center, after crossing the Darien jungle with her husband.

Children in 98 per cent of African countries at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change: UNICEF

Publication date: September 1, 2023

New report reveals, despite the risks, only 2.4 per cent of global climate funding targets children.

Nearly one million children in Mali at risk of acute malnutrition by the end of 2023 – UNICEF-WFP

Publication date: September 1, 2023

Ongoing conflict and lack of humanitarian access are weakening already vulnerable communities.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell visits Brazil to highlight the impact of poverty and climate change on children

Publication date: August 31, 2023

The Executive Director’s visit to Sao Paulo, Recife and Brasilia highlight the more than half of Brazil’s children living in poverty, with many more vulnerable to climate and environmental risks.

On 30 August 2023 in Brazil, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell shares a good laugh with a student while visiting the CEMEI 8 de Março school in the Ibura neighbourhood of Recife.

Widespread learning loss among Ukraine’s children, as students enter fourth year of disruption to education – UNICEF

Publication date: August 29, 2023

Continued attacks on education inside Ukraine and low-level enrolment in host countries have left many of Ukraine’s 6.7 million 3–18-year-olds struggling to learn, warns UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Regina De Dominicis on return from Ukraine.