Press Releases

UNICEF, WFP chiefs wrap up two-day visit to Syria, see impact of conflict on children and families

Publication date: March 5, 2020

UN officials call for cessation of hostilities and protection of children as conflict is about to enter its 10th year.

A girl carries a baby in northwest Syria.

25 years of uneven progress: Despite gains in education, world still a violent, highly discriminatory place for girls

Publication date: March 4, 2020

Two and a half decades after the historic Beijing women’s conference, violence against women and girls still not only common, but accepted

Children and teachers killed as schools and kindergartens attacked in Idlib

Publication date: February 27, 2020

Statement attributable to Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

A classroom in Idlib is in ruins following an attack.

UNICEF provides cash support to more than 40,000 Lebanese children

Publication date: February 26, 2020

Lebanon’s deteriorating economic situation is threatening the livelihoods of the most vulnerable Lebanese households, putting children and young people’s education, protection and health at risk. UNICEF with partners have activated a cash assistance programme to support approximately 40,000 children from 15,000 Lebanese families.

Two children show off their UNICEF supplies in Lebanon.

15 child soldiers released in South Sudan

Publication date: February 26, 2020

15 children associated with armed forces and armed groups have been released in South Sudan. The boys ranging from 16 to 18 years of age were taken as prisoners of war during clashes in the northern parts of the country in 2019.

Two boys embrace at a ceremony for former child soldiers.

Louis Vuitton: More than 10 million US dollars to help the world’s most vulnerable children

Publication date: February 21, 2020

In the four years since the launch of its international partnership with UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, Louis Vuitton has raised more than 10 million US dollars through a global network of stores, customers and employees to support UNICEF’s programmes and help the world’s most vulnerable children.

A Louis Vuitton staff member meets with children at a school in Nepal.

As violence escalates, 37 children among those killed and injured in the attack in Al-Jawf, north of Yemen

Publication date: February 20, 2020

Statement from Sara Beysolow Nyanti, UNICEF Representative in Yemen

Boys sit in front of a bombed house in Sana'a Yemen

Over half a million children in northwest Syria forced to flee amid continued violence and harsh weather

Publication date: February 18, 2020

77 children killed or injured in the fighting since the beginning of the year.

A child stands in a temporary camp for displaced persons in Syria.

Critical support for former child soldiers in South Sudan at risk from lack of funding

Publication date: February 12, 2020

900 children on verge of release could be left in limbo unless new funds are secured

Two former child soldiers wait during a reintegration ceremony.

1 in 3 adolescent girls from the poorest households has never been to school - UNICEF

Publication date: January 20, 2020

As world leaders convene at the World Economic Forum, UNICEF urges policy-makers to address extreme disparities in public education spending.