Press Releases

Top 5 policies to defend childhood in 2020

Publication date: December 30, 2019

UNICEF Canada outlines key policy priorities that will improve child and youth well-being in Canada and around the world

Young person running while holding Canadian flag

Children bear the brunt of intensifying violence in northwest Syria

Publication date: December 24, 2019

Children are bearing the brunt of intensifying violence in northwest Syria. More than 500 children were injured or killed in the first nine months of 2019, and at least 65 children have been killed or injured in the month of December alone.

Families fleeing escalating violence in northeast Syria - october 2019

Waves of protests around the world are reminder that voices of children and adolescents must be heard and their rights protected

Publication date: December 18, 2019

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

September 2019 in New York City, youth climate activists join in a demonstration calling for global action to combat climate change.

Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone – UNICEF

Publication date: December 17, 2019

The 40-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and parties are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said in a new report released today.

As impact of climate crisis worsens, Caribbean islands see six-fold increase in estimated number of children displaced by storms, new UNICEF report shows

Publication date: December 6, 2019

The estimated number of children displaced by storms and flooding in the Caribbean islands* saw a six-fold increase in the past five years, a new UNICEF report said today.

UNICEF issues largest-ever emergency funding appeal to reach historic numbers of children in need

Publication date: December 4, 2019

UNICEF today released its US$ 4.2 billion 2020 emergency appeal to reach 59 million children with life-saving support in 64 countries across the globe. It is its biggest ask of donors yet, representing 3.5 times the funds requested in 2010.

Over 300 children and adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes

Publication date: November 26, 2019

Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, or 13 every hour, according to a global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS released by UNICEF today.

Federal government must respect First Nation children’s right to a childhood

Publication date: November 21, 2019

UNICEF Canada calls on Cabinet to rescind challenge to landmark compensation decision

Youth activists take over the future at largest National Child Day event in Canada

Publication date: November 19, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, actor Finn Wolfhard send special messages to UNICEF Canada’s Youth Activism Summit

30 years of child rights: Historic gains and undeniable achievements, but little progress for the world’s poorest children – UNICEF

Publication date: November 18, 2019

Urgent action and a recommitment to child rights needed to address age-old and emerging threats