Press Releases

More than 160,000 Canadian and global citizens call on world leaders to make education for children in crises a priority, ensuring girls are not left behind

Publication date: June 5, 2018

Canada’s leading ask Government of Canada at the G7 Summit to commit $500M in new funding for educating children in crises and closing the education gap between girls and boys

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra meets Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh camps

Publication date: May 24, 2018

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra has called for more support for vulnerable Rohingya refugee children and women following a four-day trip to refugee camps and informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

UNICEF Canada and dozens of Canadian celebrities shine spotlight on challenges facing youth in Canada

Publication date: May 22, 2018

New campaign featuring Keanu Reeves, Celine Dion and other Canadian A-List celebrities calls on Canadians to ‘Act Now’

UNICEF mobilizes hundreds of community workers to fight Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: May 18, 2018

Scaling up in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNICEF, with the Government of DRC and partners, is mobilizing hundreds of community workers to raise awareness among children and families on how to protect themselves against the disease.

For third time this year, hundreds of children released by armed groups in South Sudan

Publication date: May 18, 2018

More than 800 children released since start of 2018.

More than 60 Rohingya babies born in Bangladesh refugee camps every day – UNICEF

Publication date: May 17, 2018

Nine months since wave of violence forced thousands to flee, conditions for pregnant women remain dire, especially for survivors of sexual violence.

UNICEF delivers urgently needed health supplies for 70,000 people in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: May 16, 2018

Over 1,000 children injured since 30 March – health facilities unable to cope

"Stop attacks on children"

Publication date: May 15, 2018

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore

770,000 children under five suffering from acute malnutrition in Kasai region of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: May 11, 2018

At least 770,000 children in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are suffering from acute malnutrition, including 400,000 children who are severely malnourished and at risk of death – UNICEF said in a report released today.

On Mother’s Day, UNICEF calls for the narrowing of “breastfeeding gaps” between rich and poor worldwide

Publication date: May 10, 2018

Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, 1 in 5 babies in high-income countries are not breastfed at all, compared to just 1 in 25 in low- and-middle-income countries