One year after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, consequences continue to reverberate for affected children and families
Continuing crisis in Syria compounds impact on vulnerable children and families
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Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, OHCHR High Commissioner Volker Türk, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Two-month-old baby the ninth child reportedly killed in Ukraine this year, as attacks intensify – UNICEF
Statement by Regina De Dominicis, Regional Director for UNICEF Europe and Central Asia
Children and teachers killed in air strikes on schools in eastern Myanmar
Statement by Debora Comini, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific
UNICEF strengthens response to DRC's worst floods in 60 years and growing cholera outbreak
Heavy rainfall leaves more than 2 million people – nearly 60 per cent children – in need of humanitarian assistance
Record numbers of children seek life-saving care as Sudan war drives world’s worst displacement crisis
Without additional resources and humanitarian access, more children could die due to malnutrition and disease than conflict.
Three hundred days of atrocities against the children of Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
68,000 children affected by Nepal earthquake still need urgent assistance - UNICEF
100 days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Nepal on 3 November 2023, UNICEF is calling for continued support for 68,000 children and their families in the affected areas and appealing for US$14.7 million in funding to help rebuild the lives of the affected children.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Rafah, Gaza
UNICEF is urgently calling on the parties to refrain from military escalation in Rafah Governorate in Gaza where over 600,000 children and their families have been displaced – many of them more than once.
Children’s lives threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip
The situation is especially serious in the north, where one in six children under the age of two is acutely malnourished
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