Press Releases

UNICEF strengthens support for women and children in Venezuela

Publication date: November 26, 2018

UNICEF has flown in nearly 130 tonnes of medicines, health and nutrition supplies for 350,000 women and children in Venezuela since August to boost Government efforts to alleviate the impact of the ongoing economic crisis on the most vulnerable.

Statement on the situation in Yemen

Publication date: November 22, 2018

Joint statement by Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, on the Situation in Yemen

On National Child Day, it’s children’s time to take over

Publication date: November 20, 2018

On National Child Day November 20 – also known worldwide as World Children’s Day – UNICEF Canada and decision-makers across the country open their doors to children and listen to what they have to say on issues that affect them. Kids Takeover is a global day of action ‘for children, by children’ to raise awareness for the millions of children around the world who’s rights are being denied.

Growing calls for ceasefire in Yemen a welcome sign, but country’s children need an end to war

Publication date: November 16, 2018

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

United Nations humanitarian convoy to Rukban: UNICEF delivers lifesaving vaccines, medicines and nutritional supplies for 50,000 people

Publication date: November 9, 2018

UNICEF, with United Nations partners and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, concluded a six-day humanitarian aid convoy to Rukban camp in southeast Syria near the Jordanian border. This is the first convoy to the camp from within Syria, where nearly 50,000 people live, the majority of whom are women and children. The last aid delivery to the area was in January from Jordan.

Children traveling with migrant caravan in Mexico at risk of psychosocial distress – UNICEF

Publication date: November 7, 2018

Many children traveling with the migrant caravan in Mexico are showing signs of anguish and psychosocial distress, according to UNICEF staff on the ground.

Yemen: Children in Hudaydah hospital at imminent risk of death

Publication date: November 6, 2018

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore "Intense fighting in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah is now dangerously close to Al Thawra hospital - putting the lives of 59 children, including 25 in the intensive care unit, at imminent risk of death."

Public education is a strong equalizing force in Canadian society, UNICEF report says

Publication date: October 30, 2018

A new UNICEF report released today measures levels of educational inequality in 38 rich countries along different stages of schooling. Findings show Canada’s education system is among the most equitable in the rich world. However, income inequality and its side effects may stretch the education gap wider for some children in Canada.

Indonesia: One month on from the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami disaster, thousands of children still homeless, out-of-school and in need of humanitarian support

Publication date: October 26, 2018

Almost a month after a deadly earthquake and tsunami struck Palu and the surrounding areas of the northwestern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia, an estimated 375,000 children remain in need of lifesaving supplies and services.

An estimated 2,300 children traveling with migrant caravan in Mexico need protection and essential services – UNICEF