Over 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation - UNICEF Publication date: March 8, 2024 New global estimates show a 15 per cent increase in the total number of FGM survivors compared to data released in 2016
Halifax’s ‘Chefs for UNICEF Water for Life Gala’ raises crucial funds to provide safe water for children Publication date: March 6, 2024 Women and girls worldwide continue to bear the brunt of the water crisis
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in Haiti Publication date: March 6, 2024 As violence and lawlessness in Haiti reaches a new and terrifying level, the resolve of the international community and local stakeholders to protect and support the Haitian people must be strengthened.
Statement by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Publication date: March 3, 2024 The child deaths we feared are here, as malnutrition ravages the Gaza Strip.
Ukraine two years: Children in frontline areas forced to spend up to 5,000 hours - equivalent to nearly 7 months - sheltering underground Publication date: February 23, 2024 Three-quarters of children and young people aged 14 to 34 recently reported needing emotional or psychological support
Ukraine - Frontline children: battling mental trauma, underground Publication date: February 23, 2024 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
Children’s lives threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip Publication date: February 19, 2024 The situation is especially serious in the north, where one in six children under the age of two is acutely malnourished
68,000 children affected by Nepal earthquake still need urgent assistance - UNICEF Publication date: February 11, 2024 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.
Three hundred days of atrocities against the children of Sudan Publication date: February 9, 2024 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.
Record numbers of children seek life-saving care as Sudan war drives world’s worst displacement crisis Publication date: February 9, 2024 Without additional resources and humanitarian access, more children could die due to malnutrition and disease than conflict.
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