Press Releases

Half a million children live in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti – UNICEF

Publication date: October 7, 2016

UNICEF will need at least $5 million to meet children’s immediate needs, according to preliminary estimates

Girls spend 160 million more hours than boys doing household chores everyday – UNICEF

Publication date: October 7, 2016

Girls between five and 14 years old spend 40 per cent more time, or 160 million more hours a day, on unpaid household chores and collecting water and firewood compared to boys their age, according to a report released by UNICEF ahead of International Day of the Girl on 11 October.

Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty, says joint World Bank Group – UNICEF study

Publication date: October 4, 2016

Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children finds that in 2013 19.5 per cent of children in developing countries were living in households that survived on an average of US$1.90 a day or less per person, compared to just 9.2 per cent of adults. Globally, almost 385 million children were living in extreme poverty.

UNICEF more than doubles its funding appeal to provide life-saving assistance for children in northeast Nigeria

Publication date: September 29, 2016

UNICEF has revised its humanitarian appeal for Nigeria from US$ 55 million to US$ 115 million to assist an additional 750,000 people who can now be reached across conflict-affected areas in the northeast of the country.

UNICEF Canada President and CEO responds to Prime Minister Trudeau`s address at UN General Assembly

Publication date: September 20, 2016

Today, as the UN General Assembly gets underway, Prime Minister Trudeau addressed the global body for the first time. His remarks emphasized the importance of embracing diversity, supporting a strong humanitarian response for those who have been uprooted around the world, promoting global health, and achieving the agenda for sustainable development. David Morley, UNICEF Canada`s President and CEO, is in New York and had the following response: