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New UNICEF Report shines a light on the challenging future projected for children in 2050

Publication date: November 19, 2024

Extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities mean childhood ‘hangs in the balance’ unless urgent measures are adopted to protect children’s futures

New UNICEF Report shines a light on the challenging future projected for children in 2050

Average of at least 16 children killed or injured in Ukraine every week as escalation of war nears 1,000 days

Publication date: November 18, 2024

Children and families face third winter in harsh conditions as attacks intensify.

UNICEF joins forces with lululemon to promote youth mental health

Publication date: November 14, 2024

Three-year partnership focused on getting the world moving on children’s mental health—action that’s more crucial than ever

UNICEF joins forces with lululemon to promote youth mental health

More children killed in latest attacks across Ukraine - UNICEF

Publication date: November 12, 2024

Statement attributable to UNICEF Representative to Ukraine, Munir Mammadzade

UNICEF aids children and families hit by Typhoons Kristine and Leon; residents brace for more storms

Publication date: November 12, 2024

The back-to-back onslaught of Typhoons Kristine and Leon caused widespread damage in the Philippines, leaving thousands of families and children without access to safe water and sanitation facilities and disrupting classes for 20 million learners. 

Individuals in a boat traversing a flooded street adjacent to a flooded house, highlighting the effects of severe flooding in the area.

Regular attacks put Gaza schools-turned-shelters on the “frontlines of war” – UNICEF

Publication date: November 8, 2024

In October alone, 64 attacks were verified on the ground, mostly in the north; 95 per cent of all schools in the Gaza Strip have sustained damage over the past year

Over 420,000 children affected by record-breaking drought in the Amazon region

Publication date: November 7, 2024

Climate shocks in Brazil, Colombia and Peru are leaving children cut off from education, food supplies and other life-saving services as rivers reach devastating lows

Small fishing ships seem to be stranded on a water front as the flood waters dissipate

Second round of polio campaign in Gaza completed amid ongoing conflict and attacks: UNICEF and WHO

Publication date: November 6, 2024

The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, with an overall 556,774 children under the age of ten being vaccinated with a second dose of polio vaccine, and 448,425 children between two- and ten-years-old receiving Vitamin A, following the three phases conducted in the last weeks.

A health worker administers polio vaccine to a child in Gaza

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on a deadly weekend of attacks in North Gaza

Publication date: November 5, 2024

Attacks on civilians, including humanitarian workers, and what remains of Gaza’s civilian facilities and infrastructure must stop - Catherine Russell, Executive Director UNICEF

FAST FACTS: Violence against children widespread, affecting millions globally