Press Releases

With 23 countries yet to fully reopen schools, education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’ as COVID-19 pandemic enters third year – UNICEF

Publication date: March 30, 2022

Number of children dropping out of school poised to increase, emerging evidence shows

More than half of Ukraine’s children displaced after one month of war – UNICEF

Publication date: March 24, 2022

Ongoing violence across the country has created a child rights crisis that could last for generations

Girls in Afghanistan must go back to school without any further delays

Publication date: March 23, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Africa to drastically accelerate progress on water, sanitation and hygiene – report

Publication date: March 22, 2022

If current progress trends continue, very few African Union member states may achieve universal access to safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation or basic hygiene services by 2030

Children fleeing war in Ukraine at heightened risk of trafficking and exploitation

Publication date: March 20, 2022

UNICEF calls for strengthened measures to protect children crossing from Ukraine into neighbouring countries

UNICEF sends additional life-saving supplies for Ukraine response

Publication date: March 18, 2022

UNICEF has dispatched 85 trucks carrying 858 tons of emergency supplies to support children and families in war-torn Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

On 6 March 2022, a UNICEF staff inspects supplies that have just arrived in Lviv, western Ukraine, from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen.

Syria: Children struggle with physical and psychological scars after 11 years of war

Publication date: March 15, 2022

Eleven years since the crisis began in Syria, violence, displacement, and lack of access to essential services continue to obstruct children’s lives.

Particularly Shocking. Every single minute, 55 children have fled their country. A Ukrainian child has become a refugee almost every single second since the start of the war.

Publication date: March 15, 2022

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.

Child accompanied across the Romanian border

Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up

Publication date: March 14, 2022

Joint press release by FAO, UNICEF and WFP

Stop attacks on health care in Ukraine

Publication date: March 13, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, and WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus