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100 days after earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, millions of children continue to face desperate conditions

Publication date: May 17, 2023

UNICEF calls for continued support for the 6.2 million children in dire need of humanitarian assistance

A little girl holding her toy at a temporary shelter in Hatay, Türkiye, after two devastating earthquakes hit south-east Türkiye on 1 May 2023.

Millions of children at risk in Myanmar and Bangladesh in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha

Publication date: May 16, 2023

The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Mocha – which tore through parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday – is causing severe disruption to the lives of millions of vulnerable children and families, including many already living in dire conditions.

After Mocha, 22 Camp, Unchiprang, Teknaf.

Unicef Canada and Paddington™ team up to give children a new way to explore the world

Publication date: May 12, 2023

With Paddington’s Postcards, Canadian families can embark on a horizon-broadening adventure while raising much-needed funds for children around the world.

Unicef Canada and Paddington team up to give children a new way to explore the world.

Sudan violence forces at least 450,000 children to flee their homes - UNICEF

Publication date: May 11, 2023

Increased humanitarian response is urgently needed as an estimated 82,000 children cross into neighbouring countries, and 368,000 more become internally displaced

On 30 April 2023, 16-year-old Ikhram, right, waits in line to collect non-food items distributed by UNICEF and its partners in Kounfroun, Chad.

Armed violence plunging children into severe acute malnutrition in Haiti

Publication date: May 11, 2023

Children bearing the brunt of the crisis are the most critically affected

Child eating peanut plan at a health center for nutrition. Mare Briole, departement South-East, Haiti, September 2019.

Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Horrifying numbers of children killed & injured in Sudan

Publication date: May 5, 2023

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

On 27 April 2023, as conflict escalates in Sudan, a group of refugees, mostly women and children, rest under a tree to protect themselves from the high temperatures after crossing into the Chadian village of Koufroun, which is situated on the Chad-Sudan border.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan

Publication date: May 4, 2023

The situation in Sudan is teetering toward catastrophe, and children are increasingly caught in the crossfire.

On 27 April 2023, as conflict escalates in Sudan, refugees arrive in the Chadian village of Koufroun, which is situated on the Chad-Sudan border.

Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF

Publication date: May 3, 2023

Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress

Getrude Muge, 17, photographed at her home is a student at Tik Seed Secondary School .

Fighting in Sudan rapidly worsening an already dire humanitarian situation for children, warn UNICEF, Save the Children and World Vision

Publication date: April 27, 2023

As violent clashes in Sudan continue, UNICEF and the child-focused NGOs World Vision and Save the Children are highlighting the danger to children if the current ceasefire is not respected by all parties.

On 19 April 2023, people flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum, Sudan.

90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women in low-income countries are offline - UNICEF