Press Releases

More than 104 million children and young people – 1 in 3 – are out of school in countries affected by war or natural disasters – UNICEF

Publication date: September 19, 2018

Adolescents in emergency countries face grim future, with 2 in 5 youth aged 15 to 17 years-old never completing primary school

A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world – UN report

Publication date: September 18, 2018

An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group.

UNICEF concerned for children at risk, stands ready to support government response to Super Typhoon Mangkhut / Ompong

Publication date: September 14, 2018

With Super-Typhoon Mangkhut (local name Ompong) expected to make landfall in Northern Luzon on Saturday, at least 5 million Filipinos are facing threats strong winds, heavy rains, flooding, landslides, displacement and risk loss to life, home, livelihood and agriculture. Nearly half of them are children.

A year after the hurricanes – In the Caribbean, UNICEF works on developing resilience in children and communities on islands affected by hurricanes

Publication date: September 12, 2018

A year after two category 5 hurricanes caused destruction across parts of the Caribbean, most children in the affected countries are now back in school and have access to the services they need, thanks to the efforts of UNICEF and partners.

Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says

Publication date: September 11, 2018

New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 released today.

Escalation of violence in Idlib could be deadly for children, UNICEF warns

Publication date: September 7, 2018

A further escalation of fighting in Idlib, northwestern Syria, will put the lives of more than one million children at imminent risk, UNICEF said today.

Half of world’s teens experience peer violence in and around school – UNICEF

Publication date: September 6, 2018

Around 150 million students aged 13 to 15 worldwide report having experienced peer violence in and around school, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. Half of students aged 13 to 15 years in Canada (50%) reported being bullied at school at least once in the past couple of months and/or having been involved in a physical fight at least once in the past 12 months.

Statement by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, on the eve of Yemen peace talks

Publication date: September 5, 2018

"Twenty-one children were killed in the Yemen conflict in July, according to United Nations teams on the ground. Another 55 were reportedly killed in two weeks in August. After more than three years of fighting, the situation of children in Yemen is getting worse, not better."

Children among most vulnerable as extreme weather events continue around the world

Publication date: August 31, 2018

The large number of extreme weather events around the world, including floods in southern India, wildfires in the western United States and heatwaves across much of the northern hemisphere, are putting children in immediate danger, as well as jeopardizing their futures, UNICEF warned today.

UNICEF steps up support for children ahead of new school year in Ebola-affected areas of Eastern DRC

Publication date: August 28, 2018

As more than 82,500 children prepare for the new school year in Ebola-affected areas of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is scaling up education, health and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes to assist the schools to provide a protective learning environment for children and their teachers.