Press Releases

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

Gaza’s children deserve much better

Publication date: May 4, 2018

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. "Over the past five weeks, five children were killed and hundreds were injured in largely peaceful protests in Gaza."

School children caught in the crossfire of eastern Ukraine’s four- year conflict – UNICEF

Publication date: May 4, 2018

More than four years of conflict in eastern Ukraine have taken a devastating toll on the education system, destroying and damaging hundreds of schools and forcing 200,000 girls and boys to learn in militarized environments, amid volatile fighting and dangers due to unexploded weapons of war, said UNICEF today.

STAR WARS’ CHEWBACCA CHALLENGES FANS TO ‘ROAR FOR CHANGE’

Publication date: May 2, 2018

Star Wars: Force for Change to Donate Up To $1 Million to Support UNICEF

Over 140 million children at greater risk of illness as they miss life-saving vitamin A supplements

Publication date: May 2, 2018

Over 140 million children are at greater risk of illness, hearing loss, blindness and even death if urgent action is not taken to provide them with life-saving vitamin A supplements, warns UNICEF in a new report released today. Two doses of vitamin A every year can save thousands of children’s lives, yet as the report finds, the coverage of this low-cost intervention fell alarmingly in 2016.

Aid workers released unharmed in South Sudan

Publication date: April 30, 2018

Ten aid workers who had been detained by an armed group since Wednesday, 25 April, outside of South Sudan’s Yei town were released today. The group returned safely to Juba. They have undergone medical checks and are said to be in good health.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on deaths of 11 children in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Publication date: April 30, 2018

I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the attack which reportedly killed 11 children this morning while they were studying at a religious school in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province.

UNICEF Canada partners with Waterloo region to prioritize well-being of children and youth

Publication date: April 25, 2018

Through Smart Cities Challenge, Waterloo Region aims for better and fairer lives for children and youth

Canadians Call for Action at G7 Summit

Publication date: April 23, 2018

As momentum builds toward the G7 Summit in June, a coalition of leading Canadian development and humanitarian agencies is amplifying the voices of concerned Canadians who want G7 leaders to take action on the most neglected, yet critical, issue in the world today: the education of girls in crises and conflict.

Kids Boost Immunity and UNICEF encourage Canadian students to ‘Act Local to Vaccinate Global’