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A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on

Publication date: February 4, 2022

Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

At least six children killed in northwest Syria overnight

Publication date: February 3, 2022

Statement by Bertrand Bainvel, acting UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, UNICEF warns COVID-19 threatens to reverse decades of progress

Publication date: February 3, 2022

Millions of girls are at increased risk of female genital mutilation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prolonged drought pushing families in Ethiopia to the brink

Publication date: February 1, 2022

More than 6.8 million people in drought-impacted areas will be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance by mid-March 2022

Catherine Russell assumes functions as new UNICEF Executive Director

Publication date: February 1, 2022

Catherine Russell took office as UNICEF's new Executive Director, becoming the fourth woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history.

Catherine Russell, new UNICEF Executive Director

UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance to displaced children and families in northeast Syria

Publication date: January 27, 2022

Nearly 45,000 people fled violence in Ghwayran, northeast Syria

No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait.

Publication date: January 27, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Children learn with tablets and computers in the Public Melen School of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.

UNICEF deploys staff and life-saving supplies for children and families affected by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique

Publication date: January 27, 2022

UNICEF is deploying staff and preparing medical and nutrition supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene kits, as well as setting up temporary learning spaces to support children and families affected by Tropical Storm Ana, which made landfall in central and northern Mozambique on 24 January.

COVID-19: Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

Publication date: January 24, 2022

On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning.

A group portrait of students wearing masks inside the school premises at Gandaria Mohila Shomity Government Primary School, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 12 September 2021.

UNICEF enters supply agreements for COVID-19 oral antiviral medicine Molnupiravir

Publication date: January 18, 2022

UNICEF has signed several long term agreements (LTA) with suppliers for the procurement of the new antiviral medicine Molnupiravir.

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A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on

At least six children killed in northwest Syria overnight

On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, UNICEF warns COVID-19 threatens to reverse decades of progress

Prolonged drought pushing families in Ethiopia to the brink

Catherine Russell assumes functions as new UNICEF Executive Director

UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance to displaced children and families in northeast Syria

No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait.

UNICEF deploys staff and life-saving supplies for children and families affected by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique

COVID-19: Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

UNICEF enters supply agreements for COVID-19 oral antiviral medicine Molnupiravir

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