Press Releases

UNICEF Canada advises government on how to protect children during COVID-19 response

Publication date: March 13, 2020

Today, UNICEF Canada sent letters to the Premiers of Canada and the federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau urging them to consider the possible impacts on children and youth and take appropriate steps to protect the right of every child during and after the pandemic of COVID-19.

One year after Cyclone Idai, 2.5 million people in Mozambique remain in need of humanitarian assistance

Publication date: March 13, 2020

UNICEF prepares for more frequent and ferocious disasters as a result of the climate crisis

UNICEF statement on COVID-19 outbreak

Publication date: March 11, 2020

UNICEF has been preparing and responding to the epidemic of COVID-19 around the world, knowing that the virus could spread to children and families in any country or community

Scientists are at work in the VirPath university laboratory, classified as "P3" level of safety.

COVID-19: UNICEF, Red Cross, and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations

Publication date: March 10, 2020

Guidance includes practical actions and checklists for administrators, teachers, parents and children

Statement by Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships, on coronavirus misinformation

Publication date: March 9, 2020

Misinformation during times of a health crisis can spread paranoia, fear, and stigmatization. It can also result in people being left unprotected or more vulnerable to the virus.

A little girl looks out a hospital window where she is being cared for while her family undergoes treatment for COVID19.

Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue, UNICEF chief says at end of Gaziantep trip

Publication date: March 9, 2020

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has just concluded a two-day trip to Gaziantep, Turkey, where she visited the humanitarian logistics hub in Bab Al Hawa on the border with Syria. She also toured a Syrian refugee camp in Kahramanmaras.

ED Fore sits with children in a classroom in Turkey.

UNICEF, WFP chiefs wrap up two-day visit to Syria, see impact of conflict on children and families

Publication date: March 5, 2020

UN officials call for cessation of hostilities and protection of children as conflict is about to enter its 10th year.

A girl carries a baby in northwest Syria.

25 years of uneven progress: Despite gains in education, world still a violent, highly discriminatory place for girls

Publication date: March 4, 2020

Two and a half decades after the historic Beijing women’s conference, violence against women and girls still not only common, but accepted

Children and teachers killed as schools and kindergartens attacked in Idlib

Publication date: February 27, 2020

Statement attributable to Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

A classroom in Idlib is in ruins following an attack.

15 child soldiers released in South Sudan

Publication date: February 26, 2020

15 children associated with armed forces and armed groups have been released in South Sudan. The boys ranging from 16 to 18 years of age were taken as prisoners of war during clashes in the northern parts of the country in 2019.