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Children account for nearly one-third of identified trafficking victims globally
UNICEF and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking urge Governments to adopt solutions shown to protect uprooted children
Three in five babies not breastfed in the first hour of life
Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: Step by Step, Day by Day… That’s (Still) the Baby-Friendly Way
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative has the power to create systems change, inform professional practice and enrich personal values and ethics and strengthen commitment to improve women’s and children’s health and the well being of families. It enables mothers to achieve their personal goals regarding infant feeding.
Drinking water systems under repeated continuous attack in Yemen
UNICEF calls for immediate halt to attacks on water facilities and civilian infrastructure in Yemen
No World Peace Without Investment In Education
As many children in Canada head into the first weeks of summer vacation, for many others, their summer vacations will never start. That’s because they were never in school to begin with. Worldwide, one in every five children, adolescents and youth is out of school – that is more than 263 million kids being denied their right to education. At UNICEF, we believe one child denied his or her right to learn is one too many. Two hundred and sixty-three million is beyond imaginable.
New Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF mobilizes staff and supplies to help with the response
Following the August 1 announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu, UNICEF has mobilized its teams to help contain the spread of the disease and protect children.
More children released from South Sudanese armed groups – UNICEF
More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900. This was the fourth release ceremony in 2018.
Closer To Home
It's easy to think that homelessness isn't a problem in Canada, a "first-world" country. However, it's much closer to home than we think. It's our responsibility to be aware of that and help break down the stigma that surrounds homelessness to increase access to resources for the less fortunate.
Unconscionable attack on children should be turning point in Yemen’s brutal war – enough is enough
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
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