Press Releases

Two months on from Türkiye earthquakes, enormous challenges remain for 2.5 million children in need of humanitarian support

Publication date: April 6, 2023

Additional assistance is needed as many children in Türkiye face threat of poverty, child labour or child marriage

Children attending lessons at a UNICEF-supported tent classroom in a temporary shelter in Antakya, after two devastating earthquakes hit south-east Türkiye.

Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations will cost children’s lives

Publication date: April 5, 2023

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations will cost children’s lives

Conflict in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on children’s education

Publication date: March 29, 2023

Insecurity has disrupted the education of three-quarters of a million children in 2022 and early 2023, according to the latest UNICEF data.

Ecole primaire Philéo est situé à Goma ; elle est constituée de 642 élèves dont 358 filles et 284 garçons. Tous sont déplacés.

BUDGET 2023: UNICEF CANADA STATEMENT

Publication date: March 29, 2023

On March 28, 2023, the Government of Canada tabled Budget 2023. UNICEF Canada believes that bold leadership is required from the federal government to address issues that affect children and youth in Canada and around the world.

8 years of crushing conflict in Yemen leave more than 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance

Publication date: March 24, 2023

More than 540,000 children under the age of five suffering life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, with one child continuing to die every 10 minutes from preventable causes

Children in a classroom for the ECHO funded UNICEF's catch-up classes programme in one of the IDP camp in Marib, Yemen.

More than 10 million people, including children, living in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas still lack access to safe drinking water - UNICEF

Publication date: March 21, 2023

Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking water, leaving families with no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water.

Nafisa (6) drinking water from a community handpump.

UNICEF calls on de facto authorities to allow girls to return to secondary school in Afghanistan immediately

Publication date: March 21, 2023

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the start of the new school year in Afghanistan

UNICEF calls on de facto authorities to allow girls to return to secondary school in Afghanistan immediately

A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering the lives of 190 million children - UNICEF

Publication date: March 20, 2023

As world leaders prepare to attend the historic UN Water Conference, UNICEF calls for urgent investment in climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services to protect children

Children gathering water in the village of Naaba Guegma, in the Northern region of Burkina Faso.

In wake of Cyclone Freddy, amid disruption to critical services, cholera surges in Mozambique

Publication date: March 20, 2023

One week after Cyclone Freddy made landfall for a second time in Mozambique, creating severe disruption to critical services, the threat of cholera is growing rapidly for children and families.

March 13, 2023. A group of children walks through a flooded street after Cyclone Freddy passes through Quelimane on March 11.

Children at risk of cholera in aftermath of Cyclone Freddy - UNICEF

Publication date: March 19, 2023

Millions of children are at risk in the face of a potential increase in cholera cases in Malawi and Mozambique in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has ravaged both countries for the second time in less than a month.