Press Releases

Canada ranks in the middle of the pack for family-friendly policies among wealthy countries

Publication date: June 13, 2019

Quebec offers new moms and dads the most generous parental leave benefits in Canada

UNICEF launches swift response as first Ebola cases and deaths confirmed in Uganda

Publication date: June 13, 2019

UNICEF has launched an emergency Ebola response plan in Uganda following the confirmation of the first three cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country over the past two days.

Children killed, injured, detained and abused amid escalating violence and unrest in Sudan

Publication date: June 11, 2019

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

UNICEF provided life-saving support to children in almost 300 emergencies in 2018

Publication date: June 10, 2019

Number of countries enduring violent conflicts is at a 30-year high with devastating impact on world’s most vulnerable children

115 million boys and men around the world married as children - UNICEF

Publication date: June 7, 2019

An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said today in its first ever in-depth analysis of child grooms. Of these, 1 in 5 children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15.

UNICEF ramps up its humanitarian assistance to children in Venezuela

Publication date: June 7, 2019

One third of children in Venezuela need help accessing basic nutrition, health and education services, according to preliminary UN estimates. UNICEF has been working in Venezuela for almost 30 years. As the country grapples with the impact of a devastating economic and political crisis, we will continue to provide its most vulnerable children, wherever they are, with the humanitarian support they need. Children’s needs must always remain above politics.

UNICEF Canada responds to the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Publication date: June 5, 2019

UNICEF Canada issues statement on the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

UNICEF Canada welcomes historic federal government's global commitment to health care for women and children

Publication date: June 4, 2019

UNICEF Canada warmly applauds the Government of Canada’s decision to increase its commitment to support the health of women, adolescents, children and newborns around the world over the next 10 years. This significant announcement, made today at the international Women Deliver 2019 conference, supports the Thrive Agenda – an advocacy initiative spear-headed by a diverse group of organizations, including UNICEF Canada, calling on Canada to take a stronger leadership role in promoting the health and rights of the world's most marginalized people.

women in front of a clinic in Cote d'Ivoire

World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers - UNICEF

Publication date: June 3, 2019

Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits children displaced by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique

Publication date: May 30, 2019

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Mozambique this week, where 1.1 million children remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth.