Press Releases

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director, on the children of Aleppo

Publication date: December 13, 2016

“As violence continues to escalate in Aleppo today, thousands of children are suffering in silence, and coming under brutal attack as the world watches.

Malnutrition amongst children in Yemen at an all-time high, warns UNICEF

Publication date: December 12, 2016

Nearly 2.2 million children in Yemen are acutely malnourished and require urgent care. At least 462,000 children suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), a drastic increase of almost 200 per cent since 2014. An additional 1.7 million children suffer from Moderate Acute Malnutrition.

Stop bombing schools and hospitals says UNICEF Regional Director

Publication date: November 21, 2016

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF MENA Regional Director.

Hurricane Matthew one month on: More than 600,000 children still in need of aid – UNICEF

Publication date: November 4, 2016

One month after Hurricane Matthew pummeled Haiti, nearly 600,000 children remain in need of humanitarian assistance, stalked by disease, hunger and malnutrition, UNICEF said today.

Pollution: 300 million children breathing toxic air - UNICEF report

Publication date: October 31, 2016

Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times higher than international guidelines – reveals a new UNICEF report.

Haiti funding needs nearly triple following Hurricane Matthew

Publication date: October 27, 2016

Three weeks since Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti, UNICEF said it would need an additional US$22.5 million to meet the increasing needs of children in the country, including in the hurricane-hit areas.

One week after Hurricane Matthew, at least 300 schools damaged in Haiti, over 100,000 children miss out on learning

Publication date: October 11, 2016

One week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, and as schools re-open across the country, more than 100,000 children will be missing out on learning after their schools were either damaged or converted into shelters.

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.